ELO and the VHLM: End of one but the Start of a New

[Rayzor_7 741]

Season 70 was a weird one (though less so than SSK stomping everything) for the VHLM and a tale of two halves.

 

1. There's a clear split around Game 20. OTT-SDM-MIN-HOU-PHI in the top half and the other 6 in the bottom.

2. Around game 31, LVA decided to join the lotto race and followed SSK way way down.

3. A six team playoff would make more sense based on this. 1+2 would get a bye while the 3v6 and 4v5 played.

4. A 7-0 OTT win over HOU caused over a 75 point dip for HOU and a nearly 80 point jump for OTT, making the top 2 into a top 3.

5. Game 26-32 had the tightest race as four teams were within a games ELO of each other.

6. No, I didn't fix the colours to match the teams. No, I don't want to, its a pain in the ass.

 

For next season rather than starting at 1000 for everyone I'm going to have an adjusted ELO. Lower teams will get a boost towards 1000 while the upper teams will take a hit towards 1000. Stay tuned!

 

[McWolf 3,115]

1 hour ago, Rayzor_7 said:

3. A six team playoff would make more sense based on this. 1+2 would get a bye while the 3v6 and 4v5 played.

it's basically it, anyway. I get the point that 7 and 8 don't deserve to be in, but at this point, 1 and 2 won't ever lose to 7 and 8 in a 7-game series. The case could be made for the VHL, but in the M? No way.

 

Saskatoon made it back in the graph, thanks to an insane last sim, hooray!

Edited March 12, 2020 by McWolf