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Title: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: Drew on June 05, 2016, 08:12:50 PM
Post anything you wish to discuss here!
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: Tony on June 10, 2016, 04:07:11 PM
Extending the extension period so we know if our players aren't going to retire, go to the KHL, not get an actual NHL contract etc...
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: Tony on June 10, 2016, 04:17:28 PM
- Having 2 or more goalies from same team only counting as 1 towards goalie cap.
-Extensions after actual nhl fa
-Backyard FA starting September 1
-Less draft picks?
-Buyout deadlines?
-expansion?
- backyard Hall of fame as discussed before.
-GMs take all cap when claiming players off waivers (up or down) players get stuck in the minors during the season because nobody gets called up do to the risk of cap hit if claimed
-Letting all gms have access to minor players on fantrax to make their own moves but with restrictions.
-Maybe inforce harsher penlties for teams sitting players.

Is that enough? Haha

Thoughts?
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: SlackJack on June 10, 2016, 07:36:36 PM
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Letting all gms have access to minor players on fantrax to make their own moves but with restrictions.

This sounds interesting.
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: Drew on June 11, 2016, 12:36:17 PM
Extending the extension period so we know if our players aren't going to retire, go to the KHL, not get an actual NHL contract etc...
I think the easiest solution to this is the one you suggested is that having extensions begin after free agency. So they would technically follow our Entry Draft.

Thanks for all the suggestions Tony! Others feel free to comment and any we have strong interest in continuing I will separate into their own threads!
- Having 2 or more goalies from same team only counting as 1 towards goalie cap.
This is interesting but it all depends on what goalies you have. If you were favo and having both Detroit's goalies you were happy because at times you didn't know who the starter was. If you have the Rangers goalies, well Rannta was just a saving grace for the days Lundqvist wasn't playing. I think this adds too much value to this situation to add personally. I personally don't want to see this.

-Extensions after actual nhl fa
See above.

-Backyard FA starting September 1
This coincides with the above.

-Less draft picks?
Sorry just not a fan.

-Buyout deadlines?
Is this in regards to clearing space at the end of the year?

-expansion?
Yes. We currently have 16 of our 18 GMs having been here for over a year with the only 2 not at 1 year as trusted GMs in cho and Leatherhelmets. Do we want to talk expansion this year? Or next year? Either way it would be best to decide this year.

- backyard Hall of fame as discussed before.
I'm sure I just posted this somewhere!

-GMs take all cap when claiming players off waivers (up or down) players get stuck in the minors during the season because nobody gets called up do to the risk of cap hit if claimed
Maybe 50% is too much. I don't think it is fair if you make the "mistake" of sending down a player you want on your team. Maybe 75% claiming and 25% original? I original developed the rule using this page:
http://www.litterboxcats.com/2013/10/7/4792782/nhl-waiver-waivers-cba-florida-panthers

-Letting all gms have access to minor players on fantrax to make their own moves but with restrictions.
Any ideas to how this would work, since we have 2 sets of mnors (signed and unsigned). Obviously any unsigned minors couldn't be on the roster without being first signed. How would caps (major and minor) be managed?

-Maybe inforce harsher penlties for teams sitting players.
Yes. This could be something developed further. We will would need to deem what exactly is considered sitting a player or what is a mistake?
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: Drew on June 11, 2016, 01:04:26 PM
Here is what I previously stated about expansion.

Just throwing this out there! I know at least 4-6 highly capable GMs that could and should be in the league and also have interest in the league. Our ownership is also fairly stable and I don't see many stops opening up unless there is unforeseen circumstances. Although this would be very tough on rosters and I would have to look into how the NHL does theirs as we know for a fact, Minny and Nashville were horrible for many years and their expansion picks were more rather to fill a team than compete.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_NHL_Expansion_Draft

My thoughts on specifics would be:
2-4 expansion teams, 2 would be best due to division structure and less strain on rosters. 4 would be good because of competition and max that Fantrax will allow for free (I think)Two teams to be added if expansion were to happen.
Your allowed to protect 16 roster players - 2 goalies max. Don't have to. Each team is allowed to protect a max of either one goaltender, five defensemen, and nine forwards or two goaltenders, three defensemen, and seven forwards. You can protect less if you wish. No team can lose more than 1 goalie via expansion.
10 minor league keepers, and full keepers of 2015 draftees
Expansion draft of 14 rounds of available players any not picked would return to their original teams or back to free agency (minors included)
Expansion team takes on compete contract of selected player from an existing team or compete real life contact if a free agent (with max on years as initial rosters were constructed). 
Expansion teams receive the first picks in the 2016 draft based on finish. Expansion teams enter into a randomizer for draft postion from 1-12 (ahead of 2016 playoff teams). I would need to determine exact percentages for each draft position. Example 10% for 1st, 8% for second and so on.

This could be seen as cap dump, opportunity to get rid of injury prone or old players as not all that bad but I want others thoughts.
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: SlackJack on June 11, 2016, 04:56:09 PM
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Buyout deadlines?
Is this in regards to clearing space at the end of the year?

I'd say yes, and yes.
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: SlackJack on June 11, 2016, 05:00:42 PM
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-Maybe inforce harsher penlties for teams sitting players.
Yes. This could be something developed further. We will would need to deem what exactly is considered sitting a player or what is a mistake?

I'd say that if we're going to try and curb tanking then we should just remove the incentive to tank altogether. In other words, change the way that draft picks are ranked.

On the flip-side, I'd rather have a GM that actively tries to improve his team by tanking than one that isn't active at all.
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: Tony on June 11, 2016, 07:00:12 PM
I'd say that if we're going to try and curb tanking then we should just remove the incentive to tank altogether. In other words, change the way that draft picks are ranked.

On the flip-side, I'd rather have a GM that actively tries to improve his team by tanking than one that isn't active at all.
maybe we could give all non playoff teams the same odds of picking first. Could also draw for 2nd to 10th.  So the last place team could end up picking 10th. 
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: Tony on June 11, 2016, 07:02:07 PM
Here is what I previously stated about expansion.

Just throwing this out there! I know at least 4-6 highly capable GMs that could and should be in the league and also have interest in the league. Our ownership is also fairly stable and I don't see many stops opening up unless there is unforeseen circumstances. Although this would be very tough on rosters and I would have to look into how the NHL does theirs as we know for a fact, Minny and Nashville were horrible for many years and their expansion picks were more rather to fill a team than compete.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_NHL_Expansion_Draft

My thoughts on specifics would be:
2-4 expansion teams, 2 would be best due to division structure and less strain on rosters. 4 would be good because of competition and max that Fantrax will allow for free (I think)Two teams to be added if expansion were to happen.
Your allowed to protect 16 roster players - 2 goalies max. Don't have to. Each team is allowed to protect a max of either one goaltender, five defensemen, and nine forwards or two goaltenders, three defensemen, and seven forwards. You can protect less if you wish. No team can lose more than 1 goalie via expansion.
10 minor league keepers, and full keepers of 2015 draftees
Expansion draft of 14 rounds of available players any not picked would return to their original teams or back to free agency (minors included)
Expansion team takes on compete contract of selected player from an existing team or compete real life contact if a free agent (with max on years as initial rosters were constructed). 
Expansion teams receive the first picks in the 2016 draft based on finish. Expansion teams enter into a randomizer for draft postion from 1-12 (ahead of 2016 playoff teams). I would need to determine exact percentages for each draft position. Example 10% for 1st, 8% for second and so on.

This could be seen as cap dump, opportunity to get rid of injury prone or old players as not all that bad but I want others thoughts.
i think GMs should get a least a years notice before doing expansion. Imo.
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: Tony on June 11, 2016, 07:12:07 PM
This sounds interesting.
yes you would have your own access to your entire roster and makes moves whenever you want. There have been a few incidents that somebody called up a player and didn't get processed in time.

There would have to be restrictions like must be posted before calling the player up or sending down, only so many moves per week, once a player is involved in a move then can't be moved again for a certain amount of games or days, etc..
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: Rob on June 12, 2016, 09:47:33 AM
I like the idea of letting teams manage their own prospects on fantrax. It's a little more work on management to check that teams aren't violating the rules, but it's also less work on the maintenance side, having to add and remove players constantly. A penalty system could be implemented for violators if necessary, but I've been running DNHL this way for years and I've had very few issues. There are a few teams i have to watch more closely than others, of course.
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: Rob on June 12, 2016, 09:57:12 AM
Also, currently there's no reason or incentive to extend a player to a long term contract. This seems a bit unrealistic to me when you can extend a top player to a 1 or 2 year deal. The way i address this in my league with a minimum contract length that scales up to the contract value. Here's the DNHL rule, though the BY values would be different as the extension values are different, but it gives you an idea:

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Contract Limits for Extensions
Contract extensions follow the contract maximum lengths as shown above as well as their own minimum standards.

Salary - Min & Max Years
$6.5m+ - 5 years (the overall limit)
$5 to $6.4m - 4 or 5 years
$3.5 to $4.9m - 3 or 4 years
$2 to $3.4m - 2 or 3 years
$0 to $1.9m - 1 or 2 years
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: abbyroad on June 12, 2016, 06:02:15 PM
I like the idea of letting teams manage their own prospects on fantrax. It's a little more work on management to check that teams aren't violating the rules, but it's also less work on the maintenance side, having to add and remove players constantly. A penalty system could be implemented for violators if necessary, but I've been running DNHL this way for years and I've had very few issues. There are a few teams i have to watch more closely than others, of course.


If this were to go to a league vote........ I would approve. This league has a lot of integrity and we watch each other like hawks....... :rofl:   

I would like to address the rule regarding IR replacement at the begging of the season. This rule drives me nut's and in my opinion needs to be addressed. We all know that the first month of the season is an IR gong show and just as the NHL does ..........I would like to be able to call someone up from my minors. I know why this rule was put in place but we need to look at it further because it doesn't conform with the current NHL conduct and ........ restricts us GM's to ice the best team our organization can provide.
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: SlackJack on June 13, 2016, 12:30:53 AM
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I would like to address the rule regarding IR replacement at the begging of the season. This rule drives me nut's and in my opinion needs to be addressed. We all know that the first month of the season is an IR gong show and just as the NHL does ..........I would like to be able to call someone up from my minors. I know why this rule was put in place but we need to look at it further because it doesn't conform with the current NHL conduct and ........ restricts us GM's to ice the best team our organization can provide.

 :iatp:
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: favo_zomg on June 13, 2016, 08:28:35 AM
In regards to owners keeping track of their own minors:

Here is how I see it working. Players on the AHL team stay on our regular roster occupying IR spots, and players in the ECHL stay on the minor rosters as is. I think this helps decrease clutter on the actual roster while keeping separation of AHL/ECHL.

In regards to IR:

I am in the same boat, but I do not have a solution yet. Does anyone else have a thought?

On contract lengths for extension:

I don't understand how there is no incentive to giving a player a longer contract then 2 years. If you have a really good players about to make 3 mil a year, I would give him the three years because that is cheap. The bigger contracts might be a issue.

For flavor reasons, it might be more realist for a player making 4-5 mil a year to ask for 3-4 years on their contract. This might be something we need to visit.
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: Tony on June 14, 2016, 03:10:13 PM
In regards to owners keeping track of their own minors:

Here is how I see it working. Players on the AHL team stay on our regular roster occupying IR spots, and players in the ECHL stay on the minor rosters as is. I think this helps decrease clutter on the actual roster while keeping separation of AHL/ECHL.

In regards to IR:

I am in the same boat, but I do not have a solution yet. Does anyone else have a thought?

On contract lengths for extension:

I don't understand how there is no incentive to giving a player a longer contract then 2 years. If you have a really good players about to make 3 mil a year, I would give him the three years because that is cheap. The bigger contracts might be a issue.

For flavor reasons, it might be more realist for a player making 4-5 mil a year to ask for 3-4 years on their contract. This might be something we need to visit.
i think both AHL/ECHL could occupy minor spits in fantrax. GMs should know which players are which. Also keep IR spots for IR. I think it would work fine and keep it clean and organized.

Maybe unlimited IR?

And yes we should look at contract minimum lengths. Maybe we could exclude players over a certain age?
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: SlackJack on June 14, 2016, 09:15:18 PM
I want my banner to be the same size as Tony's. It's a bit stretched-out and really....Tony sets the bar.

Also, tanking should be legal, but inactivity should be the first grounds for expulsion. Um....and widen the draft lottery to decrease the odds that tanking actually helps.

Okay, I'm good with the banner.
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: Drew on June 23, 2016, 12:55:23 PM
In regards to owners keeping track of their own minors:

Here is how I see it working. Players on the AHL team stay on our regular roster occupying IR spots, and players in the ECHL stay on the minor rosters as is. I think this helps decrease clutter on the actual roster while keeping separation of AHL/ECHL.
What about experienced minor leaguers?
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: Tony on June 23, 2016, 10:01:05 PM
What about experienced minor leaguers?
all minor players are in your minors on fantrax.

GMs should know if their players are on one-way, two-way or N/C.
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: Drew on June 23, 2016, 10:43:09 PM
all minor players are in your minors on fantrax.

GMs should know if their players are on one-way, two-way or N/C.
Oh I know that I mean if we were to have all GMs having access to their minors.
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: favo_zomg on June 25, 2016, 08:16:55 AM
Oh I know that I mean if we were to have all GMs having access to their minors.

I think it can work. It would just require more diligence from our mods. What would the punishment be if someone plays a player that has not been signed and/or called up?
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: SlackJack on June 25, 2016, 01:58:32 PM
I think it can work. It would just require more diligence from our mods. What would the punishment be if someone plays a player that has not been signed and/or called up?
If it doesn't make less work for the Mods then I'd say don't adopt this change. Kind of negates the purpose.
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: favo_zomg on June 25, 2016, 07:26:45 PM
If it doesn't make less work for the Mods then I'd say don't adopt this change. Kind of negates the purpose.

The purpose is to let teams get their players faster; not necessarily cut down on the amount of work on the mods. Either way, it will require some sort of work for the mods.
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: Drew on June 29, 2016, 12:18:29 AM
Step 1 in header update done!
Title: Re: Off-Season Rule Discussion
Post by: SlackJack on June 29, 2016, 09:08:38 AM
Step 1 in header update done!
Sweet!