Post by Bryce - Minny on Jun 3, 2003 15:33:14 GMT -5
To get this part of the messageboard going I want to ask everyone their opinion on their team strategy, do you favour maybe 1 star player surrounded by a lot of quality players? Or do you prefer 3 star players surrounded by role players?
Personally, with the injury level in the BRHL as high as it is I tend to lean towards depth, which can easily be seen by looking at my roster. I have a few legitimate stars, like Doug Weight, and Al MacInnis, but they are surrounded by a large quantity of quality players, RYan Smyth, Mike Johnson, Patrick Marleau (going to be a star), Adrian Aucoin, Danny Markov etc...
Why do I favour this approach? If someone gets injured on my top two lines I have no problem promoting someone from my back few lines because everyone can play, one of the reason that my farm team (Rochfort Renegades) should do so well is the quality of the guys I have on my 5th and 6th lines so to speak, Alex Hemsky, Turner Stevenson and Alexander Frolov would play on most BRHL teams but they provide me with the depth I feel I need to be able to field a successful team should injuries occur. On defense my top 6 is all over 70ov and in the farm I have a guy like Dale Purinton who would be on most teams pro lists.
Maybe it's wrong to try and build alot of depth, after all I don't have alot of the 80ov players that people pay to see, but I do have a competitive team that can win on any night, and should injuries break out (especially in the playoffs) I feel depth will win out.
For a look at how depth killed a team last year I present the BRHL Detroit Red Wings, they started on fire, but the injury bug hit them, they flamed out at the end because they didnt have the replacements needed to stay on the same level as the other elite teams. So what was GM Ken Hogans priority in the offseason? As he has said, he stocked the team sky high on depth.
Having a top heavy team has it's advantages as well, I mean they tend to be the teams that lead in attendance, and they seem to have regular season success, but a team without capable 3rd and 4th liners, hello BRHL Blues of the past 2 seasons, ultimately do not win in the playoffs.
Depth vs Top Heavy, in my opinion having depth in the BRHL has way more advantages.
Bryce
BRHL Leafs
Personally, with the injury level in the BRHL as high as it is I tend to lean towards depth, which can easily be seen by looking at my roster. I have a few legitimate stars, like Doug Weight, and Al MacInnis, but they are surrounded by a large quantity of quality players, RYan Smyth, Mike Johnson, Patrick Marleau (going to be a star), Adrian Aucoin, Danny Markov etc...
Why do I favour this approach? If someone gets injured on my top two lines I have no problem promoting someone from my back few lines because everyone can play, one of the reason that my farm team (Rochfort Renegades) should do so well is the quality of the guys I have on my 5th and 6th lines so to speak, Alex Hemsky, Turner Stevenson and Alexander Frolov would play on most BRHL teams but they provide me with the depth I feel I need to be able to field a successful team should injuries occur. On defense my top 6 is all over 70ov and in the farm I have a guy like Dale Purinton who would be on most teams pro lists.
Maybe it's wrong to try and build alot of depth, after all I don't have alot of the 80ov players that people pay to see, but I do have a competitive team that can win on any night, and should injuries break out (especially in the playoffs) I feel depth will win out.
For a look at how depth killed a team last year I present the BRHL Detroit Red Wings, they started on fire, but the injury bug hit them, they flamed out at the end because they didnt have the replacements needed to stay on the same level as the other elite teams. So what was GM Ken Hogans priority in the offseason? As he has said, he stocked the team sky high on depth.
Having a top heavy team has it's advantages as well, I mean they tend to be the teams that lead in attendance, and they seem to have regular season success, but a team without capable 3rd and 4th liners, hello BRHL Blues of the past 2 seasons, ultimately do not win in the playoffs.
Depth vs Top Heavy, in my opinion having depth in the BRHL has way more advantages.
Bryce
BRHL Leafs