[JeffR]

I'm not thrilled about having to do this so close to the release date, but the list of active researchers has thinned out to a point where I'm getting worried about the state of a couple of the playable-at-release leagues. And I'd also like to have as strong a group of researchers as possible when we open editing up to the userbase at large, as I mentioned a few days ago. So, back to recruiting. We need researchers to help with the following leagues/countries:

ECHL
OHL
WHL
Slovakia
Switzerland
Denmark
Austria
Italy
Norway
CHL (Central League, not the Canadian one)
FHL
Any CJAHL leagues except the NOJHL, CCHL, MHL, and LHJAAAQ
USHL
NAHL (the US junior one, not the LNAH)

Those are the leagues, roughly in order of priority, that need research help and are either playable or could potentially become playable in the near future. I'd also accept volunteers for Australia, Belarus, Hungary, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Poland, and Ukraine, but I'd prefer filling the other leagues first.

Please, though: anybody coming aboard now needs to be ready to work on the research immediately and regularly for the next couple of months, with a minimum of hand-holding. You'll be working on roster updating and player ratings only, but trust me, that's no small amount of work. You'll get a research guide and have access to the research forum where you can ask questions if you need help, but I don't have the time to walk everyone through the process individually. And we can't wait for people who won't be ready to work until September.

So, if you've read that and still want to help out, respond in this thread and let me know (very) specifically what you'd like to work on - "I'll help with anything" is nice, but will probably get ignored in favour of offers that are a little more focused. I may not have time to respond to everyone, but I will read all the responses, and appreciate any help that's offered. If you offered to help before and didn't get selected, please try again if you have the time to spare right now.