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Post by Toronto Ice Frogs on Nov 18, 2014 13:07:33 GMT -5
IF there are no fresh GM's, we could definitely expand the number of players retained from the old rosters. I'd go as high as 30 players retained. And the last 10-20 could be drafted from the exiting teams and any newly available players (if we use the SIMHL ratings) It would screw the potential GM's who inherited expansion level rosters though.
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Post by KC Scouts on Nov 18, 2014 13:07:59 GMT -5
Drafting does seem like it is making more work. Getting list in and such. And then I would guess there would be more trading which would create more administrative work.
If we were to just use those ratings on the players we have we could start a season sooner... Throw out contracts and salary cap if that's what we're gonna do. Farm teams not playing, etc.
Just seems like that would be an easier way to go.
But if we're set on this keep a few players and re-draft, that's ok. It is going to be probably more work initially at least.
Just offering my thoughts.
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Post by Ryan on Nov 18, 2014 13:08:14 GMT -5
by the way... that's 13 GM's who are in. Two more on the fence and 5 unaccounted for.
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Post by KC Scouts on Nov 18, 2014 13:10:17 GMT -5
IF there are no fresh GM's, we could definitely expand the number of players retained from the old rosters. I'd go as high as 30 players retained. And the last 10-20 could be drafted from the exiting teams and any newly available players (if we use the SIMHL ratings) I commented before I saw this...This would be ok, and I think less work for you, Ryan.
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Post by Toronto Ice Frogs on Nov 18, 2014 13:14:08 GMT -5
Drafting does seem like it is making more work. Getting list in and such. And then I would guess there would be more trading which would create more administrative work. Or just do a slow-forum draft rather then the list system, like the grand majority of drafts. It's more at the end, but if you keep the administration steady during the draft (ie : input the players as rounds go) then it would be less work then to compile 16 lists and look at them. Unless you have an Excel wizard I don't know about, but even then...
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Post by northstar74 on Nov 18, 2014 13:17:34 GMT -5
IF there are no fresh GM's, we could definitely expand the number of players retained from the old rosters. I'd go as high as 30 players retained. And the last 10-20 could be drafted from the exiting teams and any newly available players (if we use the SIMHL ratings) That could be workable.. hope we can do this somehow...I just dont wanna be at the end of a sh*tting hose lol...
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Post by Ryan on Nov 18, 2014 13:22:14 GMT -5
IF there are no fresh GM's, we could definitely expand the number of players retained from the old rosters. I'd go as high as 30 players retained. And the last 10-20 could be drafted from the exiting teams and any newly available players (if we use the SIMHL ratings) It would screw the potential GM's who inherited expansion level rosters though. So maybe 15-20? All of these topics are open for discussion at this point. Just at quick glance, I counted 13 players on the Ice Frogs that I would feel comfortable keeping and building from. as for players who would be available. I think the Tigers and Kingston are for sure out, haven't heard from the Badgers, Silvertips or Trail Blazers. The 67's and your Frogs are in discussions but haven't committed yet. There will be plenty of talent to grab from those teams and lots of nice prospects too. Everyone will be getting a fresh set of draft picks going forward, we will go back to a guaranteed 5 rounds of the draft since players will retire faster and become eligible sooner too. And i'd say most seasons the draft will stretch into 6 or 7 rounds. Another option would be to shorten the schedule a little more to 50 games and run two seasons each year. It would be something like offseasons from late-june to mid-july and another one from late-december to early-january. And only draft every other season (in July after the NHL draft). So we would actually sim 100 games during the calendar year (plus playoffs) and have very little downtime with only 4-5 weeks of combined offseason each year.
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Post by International Hockey Club on Nov 18, 2014 13:23:33 GMT -5
Tigers out? That's surprising
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Post by Edmonton Mountain Men on Nov 18, 2014 13:24:01 GMT -5
To be more fair to the new gms (this year) let them choose how many guys they want to keep. Tgey fill up or catch up tgeir team first before the resy start drafting ... tgat gelps them huge
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2014 13:29:01 GMT -5
I'm in. I'd really like the number of retained roster players to be increased. I'd suggest no more than 10 players or 8 players + 1 goalie. I think this still gives everyone a chance to keep a decent core but still have the chance to shake the roster up via a draft. Ultimately if the max roster size is 50 players, by keeping a max of 10, that's a 20% retention.
Also, I'm sure there are some GMs that would like to keep some of their draft picks. Having a 10 player keeper list would provide GMs some flexibility to retain some of these picks. These are simply thoughts for consideration. What do ya'll think?
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Post by Ryan on Nov 18, 2014 13:29:15 GMT -5
To be more fair to the new gms (this year) let them choose how many guys they want to keep. Tgey fill up or catch up tgeir team first before the resy start drafting ... tgat gelps them huge It could be based on what year your team originally started. With the most recent teams having the most picks in the league draft, and the highest draft positions. Expansion teams from this summer who have never played in NLHS would get to pick in every round. Teams who started in NLHS4 get to start drafting in round two Teams who started in NLHS3 get to start drafting in round three Teams who started in NLHS2 get to start drafting in round four and Teams who started in NLHS1 get to start drafting round five It would be very easy to look up, and would give the NLHS5 expansion teams five picks before the original teams even had their first selection.
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Post by Ryan on Nov 18, 2014 13:31:41 GMT -5
Tigers out? That's surprising That was one of the things that sent me over the edge on this one, I never made a league announcement on it but it was definitely a huge factor in taking a step back to consider everything about running the league.
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Post by International Hockey Club on Nov 18, 2014 13:32:04 GMT -5
I'm not sure I like that, but I am admittedly biased. Perhaps 5 and 4 in every round, 3 and 2 start in round 2, and 1 in round 3.
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Post by International Hockey Club on Nov 18, 2014 13:34:47 GMT -5
I'm in. I'd really like the number of retained roster players to be increased. I'd suggest no more than 10 players or 8 players + 1 goalie. I think this still gives everyone a chance to keep a decent core but still have the chance to shake the roster up via a draft. Ultimately if the max roster size is 50 players, by keeping a max of 10, that's a 20% retention. Also, I'm sure there are some GMs that would like to keep some of their draft picks. Having a 10 player keeper list would provide GMs some flexibility to retain some of these picks. These are simply thoughts for consideration. What do ya'll think? I agree
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Post by Ryan on Nov 18, 2014 13:35:36 GMT -5
another aspect of keeping things bare bones, is that it would make handing off commissioner duty very easy. If I needed to take a week off for vacation, Locria or Kevin or whoever else had STHS could run the league for a while without having to keep up with all of the little checklists and stuff that I had to go through on a daily basis in seasons past. They would simply need the league file which could be uploaded to the site just as easily as the other files.
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