Well, as expected the regular season was something of a formality. We did, however, end our streak of 117 games in three straight years. This year, we won 120.



1870 Final Standings

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Bottom line, this is the last shot ownership will give me to right the ship here. I considered resigning during the offseason, not sure if I could really get this team where it needed to be, knowing we couldn't really spend a lot of money to get ourselves where should be.

Playoffs? That doesn't worry me that much. It's more about whether we have the horses in the post-season to really get it done.

Because this is a fast-sim dynasty, I make NO moves after the off-season....

MOVE, REALIGNMENT
Sioux Falls will move to Buffalo, New York for the 1870 season after 39 years in South Dakota. They'll retain the Blue Wings name.

Buffalo will transfer to the Eastern Division, Washington to the Central from the East and Shreveport to the West from the Central.

PLAYOFF/TITLE DROUGHTS (as of 1869)
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BANTAM (1865) (1833)
BOULDER (1868) (1828)
BROOKLYN (1847) (1846)
BUFFALO (1867) (1845)
CAROLINA (1866)...

Another year. Same old Seraphs. The team was retooled and aided by a $10 million salary cap increase, the team was able to make some moves. Players were dealt, new guys were brought in and well...for the third straight year, the team won 117 games.

But this time, it wasn't a record, because the New York Gothams, a team that has never won a championship since being founded in 1840, decided to put it all together, winning a league record 123 games during the regular season.
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Same old, same old in LA. Year two, we tried not to tinker too much with the lineup. We used some younger guys like Michael Clayton and 21-year old rookie phenom Michael Bowles to propel us to the promised land. We replaced Johansen who went back to Washington with 40-year old David Sullivan who won 20 games.

The results? Another 117-win season for the Seraphs. You just can't make this sorta stuff up. But in the end? The result was the same in the post-season. Facing the #8 seeded...