Hello friends of the SHL,

Most of our 250+ active members are passionate about the league or at least want to see it do well which is one of the great selling points this site has to new members. and with this large and diverse member list, the importance of rules which promote fairness and equal oppertunity are paramount. i think we all can agree on that..

But from time to time this way of thinking conflicts with what would make the league better. Case in point the new IIHF play by play implamentation for the gold medal games.

There are 2 purposes for the typical play by plays used in post season. 1 is to 'try' and entertain the league in some of the important moments in a season..... and the other is to distribute part of the XXX amount of TPE available to our members each season. and with that the league takes the good with the bad and hopes that the people only signing up to gain TPE will do a good job trying to entertain an audience.


But the IIHF medal game PBP is differant. its just '1' game and its sole purpose is to entertain the league by bringing excitement to its most important moment. theres no confliction here and the strategy is straight forward.. to do this we have to bring in a solid play by guy ready to entertain us.

It's a simple solution that the IIHF wont engage because of the possible flack it would receieve for not making this 1 game an open lottery to everyone. which is understandable..

But I personally believe that most would rather see this 1 game kick ass each season.. and not make a big deal about the IIHF picking a PBP guy. especially if the compensation is just SHL money.