I am wondering what level we have conditioning on in the sim. I've noticed during the playoffs that it is far less of an issue than during the regular season. I ask because there should be some sort of advantage condition wise for teams who ended their series early compared to teams that went to longer series. I don't expect all players to be less than 100 but you would think 1-2 would be and most likely the starting goalie.
This sim always does this in the playoffs for some reason. You will often see a starting goalie play every game and maybe not have his condition drop below 100% at all. I assume it is to be like the NHL where starting goalies will play every game start to finish...
Also remember that Eric simmed 3 rest days prior to the playoffs, and will sim 2 rest days in between each round.
All players also get rested every other day, as teams never play back to back games in the playoffs. It's pretty unrealistic, but there's not much you can do about it.
Yeah considering teams who go to game 7 in 1st rounds are like 5-15 in the 2nd round in the NHL since I think 1994 it should be a disadvantage but the EN ratings are a little high and also the sim is a bit weird in the playoffs. Nothing can really be done about it but oh well.
