Summer Proposals

[SlackJack]

Want to float the idea of cutting back on the number of draft picks we get. As it is, with six picks per year the value of picks and prospects is low. GM's can reload their entire minor league roster basically in two seasons. It makes later round picks disposable and doesn't encourage long-term holding. (Why develop players when you can fire off 2-3 prospects in return for a major-league roster player.) Obviously my argument doesn't stand for blue-chip prospects, but the league is awash with lesser assets.

I'm thinking that a tweak down to 4 picks per year (1 keeper and 3 supplemental) would increase the value of both prospects and picks while encouraging GM's to better maintain their prospect pipelines. Basically, if you empty your cupboards, it should take longer to restock!

[Rob]

Want to float the idea of cutting back on the number of draft picks we get. As it is, with six picks per year the value of picks and prospects is low. GM's can reload their entire minor league roster basically in two seasons. It makes later round picks disposable and doesn't encourage long-term holding. (Why develop players when you can fire off 2-3 prospects in return for a major-league roster player.) Obviously my argument doesn't stand for blue-chip prospects, but the league is awash with lesser assets.

I'm thinking that a tweak down to 4 picks per year (1 keeper and 3 supplemental) would increase the value of both prospects and picks while encouraging GM's to better maintain their prospect pipelines. Basically, if you empty your cupboards, it should take longer to restock!

Well, keepers beyond round 1 are kinda hit or miss most of the time anyway.  There's been years when I only kept 1 player.  There's also been years where I really didn't want any Bruins prospects (danm you Peter Cherelli). 

I think, once you've been through a draft, you might see this differently.  Even late round picks get a lot of trade attention when we're in the midst of the draft.  And I haven't seen much in the way of a drop in quality picks between round 2 and 3 of the supplemental (since <40gp players are off limits in FA). 

[SlackJack]

Well, keepers beyond round 1 are kinda hit or miss most of the time anyway.  There's been years when I only kept 1 player.  There's also been years where I really didn't want any Bruins prospects (danm you Peter Cherelli). 

I think, once you've been through a draft, you might see this differently.  Even late round picks get a lot of trade attention when we're in the midst of the draft.  And I haven't seen much in the way of a drop in quality picks between round 2 and 3 of the supplemental (since <40gp players are off limits in FA).

I've been through a draft already Rob. Totally stand behind what I wrote. The league is full of guys wanting to make quantity for quality trades. Anyway, what I'm proposing isn't radical....it's just a tweak.

[Rob]

I've been through a draft already Rob. Totally stand behind what I wrote. The league is full of guys wanting to make quantity for quality trades. Anyway, what I'm proposing isn't radical....it's just a tweak.

My bad, I thought you came in the Fall for some reason.

[Rob]

I guess I don't see those picks as disposable when other GM's are willing to pay assets for them.  I'm not vehemently against this tweak by any means, but I don't see it changing much.  Reducing to 1 keeper doesn't change much, to me.  If there's a higher than normal % of mid-grade prospects in the mix I don't see how that makes any difference.  Now, if we didn't have a keeper rule at all and just had a 6 round draft, I think you'd be 100% right.  But that would mean there'd be less quality players in the pool, which is a problem.  The fringy keepers aren't an issue for me. 

[Rob]

This is part of the reason I've always pushed to keep the Minor league rosters small.  With larger rosters, what you're pointing out would be more of an issue. 

[Rob]

We have a few other proposals to discuss too!  I gotta go back and parse through our discussions. 

[WestCoastExpress]

Not sure it’s a big deal, or worth changing.

Don’t see any problem with the current system.

[SlackJack]

Not sure it’s a big deal, or worth changing.

Don’t see any problem with the current system.

Just adding it to the discussion, so maybe circle round back to this next year. Anyhoo there are other things to talk about. It's why the thread is named in plural.

[Rob]

Just adding it to the discussion, so maybe circle round back to this next year. Anyhoo there are other things to talk about. It's why the thread is named in plural.

I still want to circle back to the money league idea