A few things have become apparent
- the game changes/increases Team Budgets from their database values at startup
- Team Budgets increase on their own ingame
- With the current modern database/Salary Cap, Team Budgets max out at $85.67 million, and eventually all NHL teams have the same Team Budget
First, before looking at my most recent testing using TBL 8.2, I'll repost my look at the 1998 database.
When tweaking the 1998 database recently (for use in the current TBL Challenge) I raised the Team Budgets, but then wrote
When CJ asked "What's happening in the DB now when you think they're too high?" I responded with the followingnino33 wrote:I think Team Budgets are likely to high; I went with 10% above team salaries (the entire team) and probably should have just gone with team salaries, or maybe 1% higher (Riz did say Team Budget is meant to cover all player salaries, not just those on the NHL roster, but maybe it's not optimally working)
nino33 wrote:The current Challenge was the first indication (where the Challenge Rules set the Blackhawks Team Budget much lower than the ingame Blackhawks Team Budget).
I got curious, so looked at all NHL Team Budgets at startup and five years later and a few increase at startup and many increase quite a bit on their own ingame (below is a list showing the increases from 1998-2003).....looking at the list it makes me think maybe things aren't working optimally (I wouldn't think Team Budget should be more than double the salaries of the NHL roster!)
When available, Archi's new editor should allow for adjustments to salary ranges that I'd think should help address this (see third screenshot from his September 24th post http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... &start=225)
TEAM NAME AVG CLUB SALARY (CURRENT PLAYER BUDGET, STARTUP PLAYER BUDGET)
Blackhawks $22.8 (current $57.59, startup $47.48)
Bruins $29.3 (current $54.32, startup $35.73)
Sabres $27.6 (current $56.83, startup $39.90)
Flames $33.2 (current $57.59, startup $30.57)
Hurricanes $37.5 (current $57.59, startup $40.97)
Avalanche $46.1 (current $57.59, startup $45.41)
Blue Jackets $25.2 (current $51.83, startup $42.36 and not $19.2 as in the database)
Stars $37.9 (current $57.59, startup $52.74)
Red Wings $39.6 (current $57.59, startup $53.28)
Oilers $35.9 (current $57.59, startup $33.95)
Panthers $37.7 (current $57.59, startup $41.53)
Kings $36.8 (current $57.59, startup $42.89)
Mighty Ducks $44.5 (current $57.59, startup $40.25)
Wild $31.4 (current $54.65, startup $40.47 and not $15.30 as in the database)
Canadiens $45.8 (current $57.59, startup $47.36)
Predators $34.8 (current $56.83, startup $21.21 – same as in the database)
Devils $40.8 (current $57.59, startup $40.60)
Islanders $34.3 (current $57.59, startup $34.36)
Rangers $40.8 (current $57.59, startup $51.80)
Senators $42.2 (current $57.59, startup $31.49)
Flyers $44.8 (current $57.59, startup $52.88)
Coyotes $35.3 (current $57.59, startup $42.47)
Penguins $42.2 (current $57.59, startup $43.6 and not $40.91 as in the database)
Sharks $34.5 (current $57.59, startup $42.68)
Blues $43.0 (current $57.59, startup $45.65)
Lightning $35.0 (current $57.59, startup $33.73)
Maple Leafs $46.0 (current $57.59, startup $49.82)
Canucks $36.4 (current $57.59, startup $52.47)
Capitals $37.8 (current $57.59, startup $42.21)
Jets $28.7 (current $54.37, startup $41.99 and not $16.7 as in the database)
NOTE – The Blue Jackets, Wild and Jets all start with just 9 players. Pittsburgh is the only team that starts with a negative Balance (negative $3,901,268 at startup, negative $4,000,000 in the database). Salary Cap is $48.00 million, there is no Salary Floor
In recent days I used TBL 8.2 to do a couple tests and looking at modern/current NHL Team Budgets.
In the following chart, black font = database values, red font = test with database values, and blue font = test with "0" set for Team Budgets and Cash. With the red/blue fonts, the first number is the value at startup, and the second number is the value 5 years later.
I simmed both tests two years further and looked at the results, and all NHL teams had $85.67 for Team Budget.
NOTE - The startup values in the test with the database values (black font) are not a combination of Team Budgets and Cash
FYI - I've emailed Riz, noted the results, and linked this thread
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