BFHL Hockey Simulation League

This is a follow up on the Pythagorean formula discussion, and focuses on the NHL and the Vancouver Canucks.  A lot of people have ragged on Luongo (myself included).  I wanted to objectively value his worth.  

The Pythagorean formula to determine winning percentages has long been used in sabermetrics.  The formula is best summarized as:

Wining % = GF^2 / (GF^2 + GA^2)

Where GF = goals for, and GA = goals against.

This article is used to illustrate the value of Roberto Luongo.  

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Get your picks in for Week 09 (Days 50-54). This weeks tie breaker is Day 54: Bulls vs. Red Sox.

Make your picks below, please only make 10 selections (not including the No Plays).  You could only make one selection, but it's highly unlikely you'll win .  Improper forms will simply be void.

Bombers GM has looked at the predicted rankings based on the pythagorean theorem

Winning % =              (Goals For)²                

                    (Goals For)² + (Goals Against)²

Results:

Simulator is fairly reflective of the formula with actual win% vs predicted win% having an R-squared of 0.6891.  (Predicted win on x-axis, actual win y-axis).

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Get your picks in for Week 08 (Days 43-47). This weeks tie breaker is Day 46: Nespresso vs. Aviators.

Make your picks below, please only make 10 selections (not including the No Plays).  You could only make one selection, but it's highly unlikely you'll win .  Improper forms will simply be void.

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Get your picks in for Week 07 (Days 36-40). This weeks tie breaker is Day 40: Worgs vs. DreamTeam. 77 shots

Make your picks below, please only make 10 selections (not including the No Plays).  You could only make one selection, but it's highly unlikely you'll win .  Improper forms will simply be void.

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Get your picks in for Week 06 (Days 29-33). This weeks tie breaker is Day 33: Aviators vs. Nokians.

Make your picks below, please only make 10 selections (not including the No Plays).  You could only make one selection, but it's highly unlikely you'll win .  Improper forms will simply be void.

Just wanted to formally announce that Philly GM, Philip has come on board for gaming commissioner duties.  I was going to wait a bit longer when we had something ready to go but he sprung the group email on me out of the blue!  I like self sufficient! ;)

Since we are already a month into the season, a lot of the ideas couldn't be put into play so we'll have to wait for the full version next year but we've got a lot of options now with juicy pay outs to cover for our cheapo, recession unfortunate fans.