Suggestions to help this league run better

[PigsRule]

imitation is the greatest form of flattery, dross. :thumbsup:

[PigsRule]

disagree there... 4 yrs means age 22yrs and most guys don't make it at that age. in fact, the top 10 draft picks might make it within 3-4yrs of the draft but most take 5+ yrs to round into pro form.

goalies take forever to develop.

[PigsRule]

given the high turnover during FNHL's 1st 2 seasons, we should reward + encourage activity vs performance. anyway, in fantasy play... performance should motivate ppl enough.

hockey on Profsl.com is still in it's infancy and needs to be helped along to attract knowledgeable + active members.

[PigsRule]

i strongly suggest another new item on team pgs, history + management info.

i was looking for logos and noticed Colby's Pitt Moneyball team pg with a Team History and Management post. that's a great idea.

why is it good?
- it's another customizable element for team pgs in Franchise.
- for obvious reasons, tracks a teams existence... why it's good (active) or bad (due to turnover + poor trades)
- tracks who's acct'able for success or mess :lol: ... relevant!
- each owner tells their own story
- another advanced fantasy element for this league

EXAMPLE: here's what i dropped into :FLO:'s team history post...

Florida Panthers :FLO:

2011-12: Stanley Cup Finalist / 2nd Overall; 1st in Eastern Conference / 1st in Southeast Division (18-4)
First year GM, PigsRule led Florida to the Cup Finals losing to :MIN-NHL:. The turnaround of the crippled Panthers franchise which lost Vokoun to free agency, dealt away franchise mainstays Weiss, Booth and Wideman plusbeing saddled with Dipietro's large and lengthy contract was possible due to numerous key deals which brought in new core players to build around such as Franzen, Michalek (eventually dealt to :EDM: for Hartnell), Phaneuf and Fleury. Key 2011 free agent signings such as McGinn, C.Smith, I.White, Roloson and Budaj also boosted the team's performance during the season. In the Post-Season, the :FLO: defeated :NYI: (Rd1), :BOS-NHL: (Rd2), :TBL: (Semi-Finals) eventually bowing to :MIN-NHL: in the Stanely Cup Finals. Florida's 2011-12 results proved a team could be re-built in one season.

2010-11: 8th Overall; 5th Eastern Conference / 2nd Southeast Division (record )
Round 1 Playoff loss to 4th seed :TOR-NHL:.


Management
PigsRule  July 21, 2011 - present
Jesse  June 29 - July 14, 2011
Shooter47  March - May , 2011
R.A. Dickey 43 November 9, 2010 - February , 2011
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[PigsRule]

i propose we limit entry of new mgrs and start rehabilitating some of the existing teams that have gone thru multiple owners in 1 season. :CHI-NHL: and :CBJ: come to mind as 2 teams in need of some rehab'ing or TLC!

how it works:
Executive Committee (a highly active group) manage the team(s) thru FA and the 1st month or 2 of the season. bidding on players, trading for assets, restocking the farm whenever possible... generally competing for assets the team needs to be rebuilt.

once we feel the team is in good shape, it can only be turned over to a incoming owner that is referred to the league from a known + active franchise nhl owner.

this should not be a beginner league for non-hockey people.
as the ONLY 30-team league, this should be the advanced league.

[PigsRule]

All topics/matters to be reviewed and discussed among the Commissioners, Executive Committee + Rules Committee.

Once reviewed and an action agreed to, topic will be locked.

[snugerud]

Not sure if this has been suggested but it looks like this league is facing a similar issue to Dynasty where Defense extensions are way to high compare to their output. 

Consolidate all skaters into one long extension list  and goalies on their own.
D, RW, C, whatever they are will fall into what the perspective value is based on their Fpts production.  Its simple and straight forward, (i know what your thinking "we want to be complicated")

I already brought this idea up to pigs, which is limit the active roster to 1 goalie. , there are 30 teams, and not even 30 true starting goalies in the nhl when you take into account the tandems.  level the playing field between goalies and forwards.

[PigsRule]

Not sure if this has been suggested but it looks like this league is facing a similar issue to Dynasty where Defense extensions are way to high compare to their output. 

it's a great pt & the co-commish of FNHL SizzRat has already tabled a new extension list that addresses the relatively hi-extension cost of Dmen... see here
http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=63260.msg338545#msg338545

implementation of new rates for Dmen will be TBD not immediately.  :toast:

Consolidate all skaters into one long extension list  and goalies on their own.
D, RW, C, whatever they are will fall into what the perspective value is based on their Fpts production.  Its simple and straight forward, (i know what your thinking "we want to be complicated")

i think your last line holds true in most fantasy hky leagues, commish + teams generally like differentiating betw Fwds + D.

I already brought this idea up to pigs, which is limit the active roster to 1 goalie. , there are 30 teams, and not even 30 true starting goalies in the nhl when you take into account the tandems.  level the playing field between goalies and forwards.

i'll be lobbying for this revision to the rules and will target a 2013-14 implementation date if we get FNHL exec consensus... your input will be important as well snugerud! it's also a huge deterrant for new members who want to join a deep 30-team league -

BTW, congratulations for stepping up to the challenge of taking over a goalie-less team in the :NYI: !  :toast:  i was in the same boat last season after the team allowed Vokoun to walk when there was no GM in place for my :FLO: ... a few trades here n there and we're starting Roberto.

[snugerud]

Now that I have had a chance to look through fantrax a bit and see what the scoring is like there is even a bigger discrepancy on Goalies over forwards.  The number one goalie scores almost twice as many points as the #1 forward. If goalies werent already a major commodity with 2 actives, this makes it even more lopsided.  I might build a team of just goalies , ha ha.

1    G    Rinne, Pekka - NAS    FA          479.75    6.57    

1    C    Stamkos, Steven - TB    FA          256.9    3.13    

[snugerud]

also to give more value to dmen, i saw a few posts recommending toi.  Why not use blocked shots , its a little less ambiguous than TOI and is mostly a stat scored to Dmen.  You could count it same as hits. .25 .  Guys like Girardi would make a big up tick in stats collected.