I'd be down for playoffs.
As far the the athleticism goes, I still feel like they may not do what we expect, but they do something.
As my proof, this is what happened last night:
I played the majority of the boost games with:
85 Accel/Agiltiy
95 Strength
75 Speed
Remaining on Endurance
In the Defensive category, I had 99 Aggressiveness/Checking.
In the last boost game, then the regular games, I changed my player very slightly, upping my speed by 5 points to 80, then the remaining on endurance.
How did it affect my player?
Rather than barely being able to hit Magic/Kaster (there was even that one occasion where I went down to the ice after trying to lay a hit), to injuring Kaster twice in the same game, giving him a face shield each time, and getting 9 and 10 hits in the actual games we played.
So, it may not be an outright effect on Speed/Accel/Agility, but those points do something for our players.