Season preview of 2009-10


HOW REGULAR SEASON 2008-09 ENDED:
JYP - Kalpa - Jokerit - Blues - HPK - Kärpät - HIFK - Ilves - Lukko - Pelicans - TPS - Ässät - Tappara - SaiPa

SEASON 2009-10 WINNER:

Ranking - Team - My odds - Odds by PAF - Titles (latest title) - Player Budget - Arena Capacity

01 - JOKERIT - 4.55 (22%) - 4.00 - 6 (2002) - 2 650 000€ (-250 000€) - 13 464
02 - KÄRPÄT - 4.76 (21%) - 7.50 - 5 (2008) - 3 000 000€ (+/- 0€) - 6 614
03 - JYP - 6.66 (15%) - 7.50 - 1 (2009) - 2 000 000€ (-100 000€) - 4 500
04 - BLUES - 10.00 (10%) - 10.00 - 0 - 2 200 000€ (-100 000€) - 6 875
05 - KALPA - 12.50 (8%) - 8.00 - 0 - 1 735 000€ (+185 000€) - 5 225
06 - HIFK - 16.66 (6%) - 8.00 - 6 (1998) - 2 500 000€ (-500 000€) - 8 120
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07 - LUKKO - 25.00 (4%) - 20.00 - 1 (1963) - 2 500 000€ (+/- 0€)- 5 400
08 - ILVES - 25.00 (4%) - 40.00 - 16 (1985) - 1 650 000€ (-320 000€) - 7 800
09 - TAPPARA - 33.33 (3%) - 15.00 - 12 (2003) - 1 750 000€ (-100 000€) - 7 800
10 - HPK - 50.00 (2%) - 17.00 - 1 (2006) - 1 900 000€ (-100 000€) - 5 000
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11 - PELICANS - 66.66 (1.5%) - 17.00 - 0 - 1 650 000€ (+/- 0€) - 5 098
12 - ÄSSÄT - 66.66 (1.5%) - 100.00 - 2 (1978) - 1 550 000€ (+/- 0€) - 6 500
13 - TPS - 66.66 (1.5%) - 50.00 - 10 (2001) - 1 550 000€ (-120 000€) - 11 820
14 - SAIPA - 200.00 (0.5%) - 150.00 - 0 - 1 200 000€ (-100 000€) - 4 847

It looks like SM-Liiga is getting more and more even because there are not that much money involved and the best players tend to avoid Finland. Kalpa are the only ones to increase their player budget. The winner can be anybody from the top half. Best odds are perhaps for Kärpät, 7.50 is and excellent choice.