Suggestions to help this league run better

[izaman3]

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.

 

[snugerud]

I also saw a suggestion of stating face off wins.  You could do Face off wins and losses giving a double edge to centers, although a good faceoff man is 65% so you may need to weight wins a little heavier than losses or you risk devaluing the centers.

[dickiedunn]

We should have a FNHL league night when all teams try to get online at the same time to get more trades going.

I was in a league that did that every Friday but of course everyone except me was 20 years old. LOL Needless to say I have slightly more elaborate plans for Friday nights.

How about Trading Tuesdays and whoever is interested can find other likeminded dealing teams online that evening.

[PigsRule]

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How about Trading Tuesdays and whoever is interested can find other likeminded dealing teams online that evening.

i like the idea however will not make it an official activity. however, any GM is welcome to organize that get together and schedule it and send invites, etc.

go for it. 

[snugerud]

Have we decided to let the goalie issue role the way it is?  It would be nice to know approaching trades and FA , i am hesitant to make a big trade for a goalie with the idea that big changes could come that would devalue them. 

[PigsRule]

Have we decided to let the goalie issue role the way it is?  It would be nice to know approaching trades and FA , i am hesitant to make a big trade for a goalie with the idea that big changes could come that would devalue them. 

short ans: yes, but it's not immediate. target 2013-14 introduction of the rule change on goalies.

longer ans: sudden or in-season rule changes that are not absolutely necessary or are extremely invasive to how ppl execute their strategy will not be something i do (i won't say never, but it hasn't happened to date in the leagues i've run since 2008).

we'll go thru a process of awareness, discussion, debate & negotiation and then arrive at a final decision on a rule change for goalies by the end of October 2012 (ETA).

even when we decide on what the change is, there will be a gradual phasing in of the change over a period of time as it does impact scoring, rosters, team caps league-wide.

we'll start the discussion later this wk (possibly early nxt wk) now that FNHL is nearly at 100% capacity.

[mattpily]

Can we have our rookie rosters posted into fantrax, so we dont confuse them for free agents?

I know it can be done as other nhl fantrax leagues im in have it

[PigsRule]

Can we have our rookie rosters posted into fantrax, so we dont confuse them for free agents?

I know it can be done as other nhl fantrax leagues im in have it

... in FNHL we don't keep MiLR players on Fnatrax rosters to avoid debates/incidents over accidentally starting a MiLR player during a scoring period before he's officially promoted to the parent club.

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