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line 2 barley playing!!! :(

By miloumm - 05-06-2011 23:46

here are the minutes played by each line in my last game: line 1: 20 minutes line 2: 7 min. line 3: 17 min. line 4: 14 min. If you havn't noticed, line 2 barely played, wich sucks since its way better than lines 3 and 4. Is this normal? Why did line 2 barely play? thx 4 all help ;)here are the minutes played by each line in my last game:

line 1: 20 minutes
line 2: 7 min.
line 3: 17 min.
line 4: 14 min.

If you havn't noticed, line 2 barely played, wich sucks since its way better than lines 3 and 4.

Is this normal?
Why did line 2 barely play?

thx 4 all help
;)

 

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Re: line 2 barley playing!!! :(

By ms82 - 06-06-2011 12:34

Maybe you have a player with low stamina in line 2? I had a look on your last league game. Is your player nr. 20 K. Österlund playing in lines 1 AND 2? If so, line 2 will not be sent on ice so often, because it has at least 1 exhausted player. He was on ice for 26 minutes in total. Furthermore, time on ice is always a bit random, since it's not predictable when a break (hence, a possibility to change lines) will occur. Maybe line 2 had simply the bad luck in this game. You should check whether line 2 has low time on ice in multiple matches (then I would say it's a stamina problem) or whether it was only this single game (then I would say it's just a random result).Maybe you have a player with low stamina in line 2?

I had a look on your last league game. Is your player nr. 20 K. Österlund playing in lines 1 AND 2? If so, line 2 will not be sent on ice so often, because it has at least 1 exhausted player. He was on ice for 26 minutes in total.

Furthermore, time on ice is always a bit random, since it's not predictable when a break (hence, a possibility to change lines) will occur. Maybe line 2 had simply the bad luck in this game.
You should check whether line 2 has low time on ice in multiple matches (then I would say it's a stamina problem) or whether it was only this single game (then I would say it's just a random result).

Re: line 2 barley playing!!! :(

By miloumm - 06-06-2011 17:41

thanx! but K.Osterlund has 9 stamina so i asume he can play on lines 1 and 2 (?) and no, its not the first game line 2 barely played. anyway thx for the help!!thanx!
but K.Osterlund has 9 stamina so i asume he can play on lines 1 and 2 (?)
and no, its not the first game line 2 barely played.

anyway thx for the help!!

Re: line 2 barley playing!!! :(

By ms82 - 06-06-2011 21:07

You're right, 9 stamina should be fine for 2 lines. Is threre somebody with low stamina in line 2?You're right, 9 stamina should be fine for 2 lines.
Is threre somebody with low stamina in line 2?

Re: line 2 barley playing!!! :(

By fathertaylor - 07-06-2011 19:31

Looking at your shift counts, it looks like line 2 was given the chance to play, but never got the chance. Your in a low div playing inactive teams. If line 2 is one of your better lines, then it's actually pretty normal for them to get less ice time. As ms82 says, the lines switch on breaks unless the line has been on a VERY short time. If your line 2 gets a goal, a shot that the keeper hangs onto, generates a penalty or the opposition ends up icing the puck because your line is pressing then a break happens and they switch. If the other lines don't cause this to happen as much, then they will spend more time on the ice. For you this is complicated by the faxt that the teams you played only have 3 lines, so their players stamina affects how often they come out and thus how often your line comes out. And since two lines are the same, it works out that they will get fairly even numbers of shifts, which means your line 3 or 4 that matches the duplicated line will also get more than normal shifts. All that is further complicated by you having at least one player play on more than one line. I wouldn't worry about it to much against the teams I saw in your match results (including my team). If you want to be sure about how the shifts are working, then challenge higher div teams with 4 full lines. That will give you a better idea of how each line works.Looking at your shift counts, it looks like line 2 was given the chance to play, but never got the chance. Your in a low div playing inactive teams. If line 2 is one of your better lines, then it's actually pretty normal for them to get less ice time. As ms82 says, the lines switch on breaks unless the line has been on a VERY short time. If your line 2 gets a goal, a shot that the keeper hangs onto, generates a penalty or the opposition ends up icing the puck because your line is pressing then a break happens and they switch. If the other lines don't cause this to happen as much, then they will spend more time on the ice. For you this is complicated by the faxt that the teams you played only have 3 lines, so their players stamina affects how often they come out and thus how often your line comes out. And since two lines are the same, it works out that they will get fairly even numbers of shifts, which means your line 3 or 4 that matches the duplicated line will also get more than normal shifts. All that is further complicated by you having at least one player play on more than one line.

I wouldn't worry about it to much against the teams I saw in your match results (including my team). If you want to be sure about how the shifts are working, then challenge higher div teams with 4 full lines. That will give you a better idea of how each line works.

Re: line 2 barley playing!!! :(

By miloumm - 08-06-2011 02:38

thx that clears things up!thx that clears things up!

Re: line 2 barley playing!!! :(

By miloumm - 17-06-2011 20:17

@gemkaizle geez whats wrong with you????@gemkaizle
geez whats wrong with you????

Re: line 2 barley playing!!! :(

By mozleron - 06-07-2011 19:59

@miloumm I think the Tourette syndrome kicked in for @gemkaizle@miloumm
I think the Tourette syndrome kicked in for @gemkaizle

Re: line 2 barley playing!!! :(

By miloumm - 15-07-2011 20:11

@mozleron ur probably right@mozleron
ur probably right

Re: line 2 barley playing!!! :(

By schlad72 - 24-07-2011 23:17

Maybe they were drinking too much of the barley juice before the game.Maybe they were drinking too much of the barley juice before the game.

 

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