Suggestions to help this league run better

[Tony]

team pages would look much more neat even if it was just tweaked a bit.

E.g.

Forwards
C Eric Belanger, $0.2m (2011-2012)
C Marcel Goc, $2m (2013-2014)
C Andrew Murray, $0.4m (2012-2013)
LW Paul Bissonnette, $0.6m (2011-2012)
LW Taylor Pyatt, $1.1m (2011-2012)
LW Ray Whitney, $3m (2011-2012)
LW Wojtek Wolski, $3.8m (2011-2012)
RW Shane Doan, $4.6m (2011-2012)
RW Viktor Tikhonov, $0.5m (P-2012)
Defenseman
D Adrian Aucoin, $2m (2011-2012)
D Derek Morris, $2.8m (2013-2014)
D Kurt Sauer, $1.8m (2011-2012)
D David Schlemko, $0.5m (P-2012)
D Oliver Ekman-Larsson, $2m (P-2012)

It is simple fix.

- Im fine with the minor rosters the way they are.
- processing transactions needs to be much faster.

That is my 2 cents. 

The Forwards/defenseman idea is very simple and would work great. IMO

[Tony]

Can we add TOI?

This gives fantasy relevence for defensive players like Regehr who every team needs, are on the ice for the important minutes but generate few stats.

This is a great idea as well. I use it in my league to give the more defensive defenseman more value. 

[SizzRat]

This is a great idea as well. I use it in my league to give the more defensive defenseman more value. 

I agree with this wholeheartedly. Defensive D-Men or guys on the 4th line who play a lot of PK have little value in Fantasy, but are huge parts to a team's success. TOI points would be awesome.

It may get a little too complicated, but I wouldn't even mind seeing points for TOI on the PK... I think it would allow each team to have more depth. A guy like Blair Betts who doesn't score have many goals or assists but is a beast on the PK would have a lot more value.

[joeshmoe]

Can we get a retirement clause?

[Jesse]

The problem I see with making a stat for TOI is the players that play 20+ mins a night are not the 4th line guys so they become less valuable then they are now. It helps with the Defensive dmen but hurts when it comes to the 3rd and 4th liners

[joeshmoe]

The problem I see with making a stat for TOI is the players that play 20+ mins a night are not the 4th line guys so they become less valuable then they are now. It helps with the Defensive dmen but hurts when it comes to the 3rd and 4th liners

It is also an inflated stats.  It does not reflect actual ability.  Merely this; somebody has to play those minutes...where as goals, assists, +/-, hits, fights, etc are all attributed to the players actual play.

[PigsRule]

1 major thing that will lead to parity and more competitive play... reduce # of teams OR pause league activities while replacing team managers.

Otherwise, the existing teams will poach all the talent before new managers arrive.
it simply doesn't create a competitive league, instead it penalized new managers.

Reason:
if the league continues to function at 100%, trades, temp managers, FA signings, etc. before the league is 100% filled/vacated teams replaced, the level of play will be completely skewed to the teams that are here longest.

Example:
as much as I love a good challenge, the Panthers team I've inherited was purged, all the point producing/value players traded off + for some reason the temp manager accepted bad contracts like Gervais $4m+, Dipietro lifetime contract at $4.5m

Thinking about pausing activities, especially since there's lots of "down time" during the Summer months.

[joeshmoe]

1 major thing that will lead to parity and more competitive play... reduce # of teams OR pause league activities while replacing team managers.

Otherwise, the existing teams will poach all the talent before new managers arrive.
it simply doesn't create a competitive league, instead it penalized new managers.

Reason:
if the league continues to function at 100%, trades, temp managers, FA signings, etc. before the league is 100% filled/vacated teams replaced, the level of play will be completely skewed to the teams that are here longest.

Example:
as much as I love a good challenge, the Panthers team I've inherited was purged, all the point producing/value players traded off + for some reason the temp manager accepted bad contracts like Gervais $4m+, Dipietro lifetime contract at $4.5m

Thinking about pausing activities, especially since there's lots of "down time" during the Summer months.

A lot of what you're talking about happened because the teams did have managers.  We can't contract either, as the purpose of the league is to emulate the NHL.  Sometimes teams are so bad the only way to rebuild is through the draft!

[PigsRule]

i hear you RE sometimes teams are so bad...

but tracing back to this Panthers team, they apparently did OK last season finishing something like Top10, lost its' manager, added a temp mgr for 3wks and now there's zero trace of assets left on the team and some really questionable + bad contracts added (perhaps I'm unique in that I've never seen someone trade for Dipietro even in deep contract leagues)

in this case, it would've been better to pause league activities instead of allowing temp managers to gut a viable team, turning it into a 1-2 yrs rebuild.

in the end, by pausing league activities during manager searches - it helps create more league parity which is more exciting and competitive vs powerhouses plowin' though weak teams for seasons on end.

a 2nd suggestion, dispersal draft for new incoming managers to allow for assets to be recalibrated.

[Fantasy Nightmares]

i hear you RE sometimes teams are so bad...

but tracing back to this Panthers team, they apparently did OK last season finishing something like Top10, lost its' manager, added a temp mgr for 3wks and now there's zero trace of assets left on the team and some really questionable + bad contracts added (perhaps I'm unique in that I've never seen someone trade for Dipietro even in deep contract leagues)

in this case, it would've been better to pause league activities instead of allowing temp managers to gut a viable team, turning it into a 1-2 yrs rebuild.

in the end, by pausing league activities during manager searches - it helps create more league parity which is more exciting and competitive vs powerhouses plowin' though weak teams for seasons on end.

a 2nd suggestion, dispersal draft for new incoming managers to allow for assets to be recalibrated.

see now i usally keep quiet as i dont like to speak about things cause i get fired up lol but i do have too say ur panthers team wasnt all that before the temp gm was in office for those 3 weeks or so. he was looking at the team too get younger and to build through the next couple of drafts too be that powerhouse u talk about. now i see ur opinion on the goalie cause not many people are high on the guy but he may of been part of a deal that got u younger or got u a draft pick. the temp gm u had is no dummy and if he made the move there was a viable reason behind it and i know he would not gut a team to do bad. my only thing i ask u is look into the reasonings a little deeper before u assume anything and i know this is just a free fantasy game but a lot of people on here have become close friends of mine and i could stand back and let u try to run his strategy into the ground. and no im not trying to start drama just could watch pigs keep it up. i give u my word buddy that he wasnt trying to gut the team in his brain he had a plan to make this team become younger and an eventual powerhouse for so many years. sorry for wasting anyones time posting this.