I didn’t change anything. I was confident in my build last year and was able to add to areas that felt a little low as the season wore on. I’m nearly at the top of my game TPE wise, so I didn’t feel the need to redistribute. This past season, it was clear some stats were more important than we anticipated, but that was an easy enough fix as I kept earning. The first season definitely gave me some ideas on how to best manage regression looming after this season, but overall… I didn’t use the free rebuild from Head Office. Some people seem adamant about getting 20s in stats, but I just don’t see the point. There’s pretty big diminishing returns on 40 TPE to go up one point in a stat past 17. I’m good where I’m at (and the results last year speak for themselves).

My role remains the same—an elite two-way defender on the top pairing, playing in all situations. That’s been my goal from the day in October 2018 that I joined the site (Ryan Murray without the injuries), and I was unwilling to stray from that. Luckily my GMs have been fine to let me continue on that path.