Now that some off season activities have started, current GMs have already begun throwing trades around. This can be hard to work with when you don't know how players are being rated.
We are using this set of ratings found here. You may notice that there is a greater seperation between good players and bad players.
What is hoped with this approach is a bigger distinction between players and teams.
We've compiled the salaries and ratings and ran our own regressions to determine what the fair market value for a player with a certain rating should be. Below is the visual results for all positions. Note that we are still working on the salary offer spreadsheet.
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HEY BFHL GMs!
Hope your summer is going well, I think it's finally starting in Vancouver!
More importantly, it's that time to get the off season stuff going. I've been so busy with work, moving/house hunting and more work that I haven't had time to get things going as smoothly as I wanted. Gonna be a rolling start here.
That's right - free agency is just around the corner. We've received all the data/rankings from NAIHL and will be creating our free agency spreadsheet over the next few weeks. As per last year, we exclude all entry level contracts and contracts that are minimum salaries.
Few preliminary observations:
The BFHL awards were handed out tonight, and the following players hoisted their new hardware proudly.
Conn Smythe (Playoff MVP): Roberta Luongo (AVI) just edged out Ryan Kesler, despite not winning the Stanley Cup. With an amazing 0.919 SV% and a 2.44GAA, Luongo backstopped Aviators all the way to game 7 of the finals.
Rules updated to reflect NHL figures in 2011-2012.
Salary cap figures updated to reflect NHL figures:
Congratulations to the team Supastas for being 2010/11 champs! Pictured at left, we caught up with Patrick Elias relaxing with the cup. What a great season number two with various twists and turns, ups and downs throughout the season! ;)
The season for the Storm was one of disappointment. Expectation were high as the team was expected to contend for the BFHL championship again having won it all the previous year. However, the team's play was inconsistent and they barely made the playoffs. As we move into the offseason, what do the Storm intend to do? They have a few key FAs: Jeff Carter, Tomas Fleischmann, David Jones, Jamie Langenbrunner and Brett Clark. Priority will likely be given to Carter, a key player for the team in the first 2 years.
Every memorable team has their signature song; multiple teams using Enter Sandman, Thunderstruck and other classics like Chelsea Dagger. Following the 2011 playoffs, Bombers GM have officially signed a contract with Kaiser Chiefs to use their song "I Predict a Riot" as their official theme song.