The NSHL is made up of 3 classes of teams. The great teams (about 4 or 5 of them), the good teams (8 to 10 of them), and then the rest of the league.
When we had streaks and slumps any team in the league had a chance in any given season to get lucky and be able to win some games. It made things a littlew more even. Now, the divisions in teams are clear and barring a VERY lucky upward rerate on the farm during the season (rare indeed), there is little chance that a team can close the gap to improve amybe upgrade which class of teams they are in.
Last season I had Fischer made an across the board improvement for me in the rertaes ONLY b\c I double-shifted him on occasion and during some injury times I even played him at forward. Without using that he would have not improved and my team would be worse for it.
If we take out triple shifting (double-shifting is not a problem as everyone does it from time to time and occurs in real life as well), then we wait until the next thing comes along in order for the weaker teams to try and catch the stronger ones. It is inevitable.
Maybe the time has come to admit that taking streaks\slumps out of the NSHL was the most moronic thing that has occured in the NSHL. It has lead to the triple shifting and will lead to more "abuses."
Posted on Nov 3, 2000, 10:33 AM from IP address 24.66.255.211
