Just cause I love you guys, here is a quick look at how injuries, durability and icetime all come into play in the STHS. There will be more injuries than ever before in the BRHL, to simulate the real NHL, so beward, you are going to need depth, and either cap space, or cash to IR players.
Without further ado, here's my first helpful tidbit article to ease the transition to STHS.
- Injuries are random (like FHL, though it never acknowledged that fact).
- The DU rating is based on ice time per game (for AHL rated players it is on GP last 2 years). The way it works is that after a certain level of icetime, a player fatigues by a condition point. Then with each day off, he recovers by one point. IF a players condition drops to (I believe) 95 or lower. They will not be able to play due to exhaustion, until they have recovered enough.
- It is very important to rest your goalies as backups (or even healthy scratches) to recover their DU. Also, it is even more important to divvy your minutes up amongst your players better than before. If youre wasting 7 minutes a game having Ovechkin kill penalties or play 4th line, youre going to fatigue him very quickly and may have him miss games because of that.
- What are the magic levels? Glad you asked.
Forwards
22 minutes = 1
26 minutes = 2
30 minutes = 3
Defensemen
26 minutes = 1
30 minutes = 2
34 minutes = 3
Now understand that these levels would be for players with 100 DU. The icetime your player can handle depends on their DU level. So check out the following for how many minutes a guy can handle with his DU
Forwards
Ice Time to drop 1 CD
Ice Time to drop 2 CD
Ice Time to drop 3 CD
100 DU
22:00
26:00
30:00
95 DU
20:54
24:42
28:30
90 DU
19.48
23:24
27:00
85 DU
18.42
22:06
25:30
80 DU
17:36
20:48
24:00
75 DU
16:30
19:30
22:30
70 DU
15:24
18:12
21:00
65 DU
14:18
16:54
19:30
60 DU
13:12
15:36
18:00
55 DU
12:06
14:18
16:30
50 DU
11:00
13:00
15:00
Defensemen
Ice Time to drop 1 CD
Ice Time to drop 2 CD
Ice Time to drop 3 CD
100 DU
26:00
30:00
34:00
95 DU
24:45
28:30
32:30
90 DU
23:30
27:00
31:00
85 DU
22:15
25:30
29:30
80 DU
21:00
24:00
28:00
75 DU
19:45
22:30
26:30
70 DU
18:30
21:30
25:00
65 DU
17:15
20:00
23:30
60 DU
16:00
18:30
22:00
55 DU
14:45
17:00
20:30
50 DU
13:30
15:30
19:00
So let's take for example Derek Roy on my Bruins. He has a 78 DU. Do he can play up to 17:09 per night without dropping 1 CD. So lets say that he is averaging 24 minutes a game on even strength as the #1 RWer. I have 3:09 to utilize him before he tires. So, do I play him on the PP and PK? He has a decent DF rating of 71. But His skill set may be more valuable on the PP and resting on the PK. Do I double shift him on my 4th line? If he gets 5 minutes a game there he's going to be tiring quite a bit. Another consideration would be, what is my upcoming schedule, does he get some extra icetime because I have 3 days off before my next game?
All things you will need to consider with your team on a daily basis. The STHS schedule is a million times better than the FHL one. You will not be playing 3 days in a row, the most you can play in a row is 2 (like the NHL). So that will help.
STHS is going to cause everyone to put their lines together with much more strategy than ever before.
