CPHL Preview 2014-2015

[Da_Chief]

It's here!



12 GMs contributed to various things...So read and enjoy it. Feedback always welcome as usual.

Download it here.

http://www.speedyshare.com/ER2B4/PREVIEW.pdf

[devo22]

Thanks for organising this! Will be interesting to read

[Da_Chief]

http://www.speedyshare.com/ER2B4/PREVIEW.pdf

Released for downloading.

Left it a lot more simpler this time. Although I used NHL team fonts for each team.

And again the writers will likely be posting in this thread so please do thank them for their time and contribution. It was a full team effort.

[JiriHrdina]

Just downloaded - skimming through this is outstanding.

[Knut]

I will look at it in 2015 when the Slow Download finally finishes...

[Cheese]

great job guys...a lot of work went into this document which truly shows the love for this game that many people have.

[Da_Chief]

Its speedy share jerk.

[Knut]

It only took 1 hr to download... Amazing how much Speedy Share Throttles it.

Anywyas.. looks pretty bang on to me. The Standings predictions seem about right as well. Especially The Avs being out of it.

[TurdFerguson]

Awesome stuff! Thanks to all that contributed!

[dsavillian]

if anyone hasn't downloaded it yet and doesn't want to wait the half hour from that site, I can throw it up on dropbox.

just send me a message on Gtalk for the link

[Hanna Sniper]

STATE OF THE LEAGUE - COMMIOSNER GRANT FARHALL
Time really does fly, and what a strong time it is for the league as well. I always figured this league would die off when cheese stepped out and T99 and Cam were forgotten memories. It’s really is funny how the new blood of the league are now the finding their hairline isn’t what it once was.

ANOTHER SEASON TO CELEBRATE - JOE SCHUM
With a fresh start of a new years always puts GM’s in the same boat, everyone is looking for the same assets. This is where the fun begins, which contender is first to bail and throw his team overboard. Who’s going to make the sudden unexpected rise that in turn will force surrounds GM’s to counter or be left behind.

ATLANTIC DIVISION TEAM PREVIEWS - RYAN PARKIN
CENTRAL DIVISION TEAM PREVIEWS - JEFF YOUNG
PACIFIC DIVISION TEAM PREVIEWS – GEORG MESSNER
METROPOLIATN DIVISION TEAM PREVIEWS - VICTOR LOUGH
These are also hard task to write, well done and great detail. You always wonder as a GM in this league about how much attention to detail there is on what teams are doing and what direction their GM is looking towards. Not to make less of any other contributions this is really the heart and soul of it all and a really great read.

A COMMUNITY WITHIN A COMMUNITY - CHRIS GUSHUE
Fun stuff and such an interesting look at the locations of all our GM’s something honestly I’ve never even considered before. Funny that you mention teams not trading for lack of disruption chemistry. Funny because it’s amazing how things have changed so much because there was once a time that trading help chemistry and created a boost if you will. Success creates imitators.

BUILDING OF A DYNASTY - CURTIS SIM
Habs suck,,, but it was fun to watch. I should have traded for Toews when I had the chance…. You were right

HIGH FIVES - DUSTIN TILLEY
Well done, made me laugh very hard so I enjoyed it.

FINALLY A CHAMPION - RAVI PATEL
With the amount of Flames you’ve had scattered throughout you franchise I honestly never though you would ever win. Congratulations you were able to do what almost everyone dreams of… you were able to have your cake and eat it too.

RISE FROM THE BOTTOM - CLINT WUTZKE
Mad props to you, rarely does the cesspool of the CPHL see the light of day. This may be the only time this season where the spotlight hits these city’s. Great stuff, the forgotten members of a forgettable season no mare.

CPHL FUTURE WATCH 2014 - 2015 - MATTHEW DUBORG
Crazy, That’s a lot of teams. Insane amount of work. I couldn’t imagine doing 5 teams forget about 30. How you were able to rate them is difficult to imagine. Hopefully you have a great insight on everyone prospect pool and are able to exploit it in the coming months and be rewarded for all that work. Cheers man.

AWARDS PREDICTION
I guess it's good to have a signature in the way you do things for times like these.

JOE SCHUM
Great job organizing and putting this thing together. When you hear a player in interview and the respond with the statement of giving a 110%.... That’s exactly what something like this is… if you were to score it out of a 100 it would get a 120

[Slava]

It did take a long time to download, but its pretty wicked. I would say that is about as good a preview as most of the major outlets would put together for the NHL.

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by Hanna Sniper

STATE OF THE LEAGUE - COMMIOSNER GRANT FARHALL
Time really does fly, and what a strong time it is for the league as well. I always figured this league would die off when cheese stepped out and T99 and Cam were forgotten memories. It’s really is funny how the new blood of the league are now the finding their hairline isn’t what it once was.

Hairline is fine.
Waistline though...

[devo22]

such a great read. Cool to see that so many other GMs have the same amount of passion and enthusiasm for something like a fantasy hockey league. Just goes to show that the CPHL really is something special.

Thanks to everybody who contributed and thanks again Joe for putting this together, stunning effort!

[silentsim]

Incredible work!

[Da_Chief]

The team by team previews are always the heart of this project. A LOT of effort goes into looking at each team. So great job Slava, Devo, Goffie, Dropit!

Caged Great with my favorite part of the preview the future watch. Always fun to look back in few years to see how right or wrong he was.

Hanna with a duper duper awards prediction, love seeing his graphics work.

The articles are a fun read. Most of the articles were done by GMs who recently joined in last year or so, really good perspective provided by those guys. And of course two top GMs in Curtis and Ravi winning the cups.

Again I wana thank Muta for doing the logo, I hope he wins the CP logo contest.

[GreenLantern]

Got a chance to flip through it at lunch today, seems like a decent effort went into it, good job guys.

[MJK]

Bravo. I haven't had a chance to read the entire thing yet but I can't wait to take an hour to really read it. Very well done!

Great job guys!

[The Swedish Flame]

This was spectacular. Great job by everyone involved!

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by Hanna Sniper

CPHL FUTURE WATCH 2014 - 2015 - MATTHEW DUBORG
Crazy, That’s a lot of teams. Insane amount of work. I couldn’t imagine doing 5 teams forget about 30. How you were able to rate them is difficult to imagine. Hopefully you have a great insight on everyone prospect pool and are able to exploit it in the coming months and be rewarded for all that work. Cheers man.

It took about 4 hours in all. I already have a data bank with info on most of the guys (the only teams that took some time were Phoenix and Calgary, but that's mainly due to not knowing much about most of their prospects). I ranked them not necessarily by where they were drafted, but as a combination of where they are now and how I think they'll fair down the road.

It was fun to see how good some teams are in the prospect ranks (Pittsburgh).



The preview was an awesome read, I just got through it all now, and it was very well done. Thanks to Joe and the rest for putting everything together.