And Just Like That; S80 Is Nearly Over

[Devise 4,475]

Here ye here ye, it is the VHL's biggest season in ages. A new league, 6 "sorta new" teams and a roster cull. I feel like I was just talking about how the season was just starting and it was fun to be entering new territory as a league here. Then a plethora of life things happened, and the usual hustle and bustle of the season took hold and before you knew it, here we are. Sitting not that far away in the final week if I got my math right of the end of the regular season for S80. I haven't honestly paid that much attention to the E, not as much as I'd hope I would. It's not the fault of the league or me not even having a player there, life created a situation where I'm only really tracking my own player this season minus a few check ins to the E a few times this season. I know for me personally given I always thought they were a stellar logo it's nice to see Stockholm light it up this year. But in general the parity (as expected given the league size) would be a bit higher in the E and realistically 5 of the 6 teams have all been competitive, which is good to see.

 

For now though we'll just have to keep rolling with it. There doesn't seem to be any "breaking at the seams" with a third league as a certain someone might of had you believe, and I think we'll be able to start looking at and using some data for how it's affecting career paths and overall league flow after 3 seasons of it being in operation. Obviously we know stuff now, but the first season of a shift like this is always a settling in process, and as things get into full swing we can then really start to gauge the effect this has had on roster sizes, player stats, and the player experience. Onward, forward, progress, you know that sort of thing.