Rule change vote #2 (Prospect extension discount reduction)

[Rob]

Just a thought.

Another way to force decisions would be to not let players sit in the minors with more than 40 games played. (If this were the case, the number could go up, maybe to 50 or 60 games played).

That way, if a good, contending team has a solid roster full of veterans, they couldn't also just keep young up and coming players sit in their minors with a season and a half worth of games played, waiting for them to earn a top role on their real NHL team and become fantasy relevant.

It would force decisions of whether to drop them or trade them, or if you think they'll really become something you'd have to bring them to your NHL roster and drop someone else.

That would hurt the rebuilding teams quite a bit.

[SlackJack]

The best way to increase the number and quality of free agents is to reduce the salary cap. At the same time this helps re-building teams who generally have more cap to spend.

[jlapo11]

One option to increase the number of FA could be to reduce our roster  to 27. We don't really need 30 players I think

[WestCoastExpress]

One option to increase the number of FA could be to reduce our roster  to 27. We don't really need 30 players I think

Hey I had a hard enough time in playoffs with a 30-man roster with like 6 injuries, haha.

[jmtrops]

at this point it seems the majority are not in-favor of changing the prospect discount. It seems like although there are some rules each of us think can be improved it does not seem like anyone thinks they are dragging the league down. I plan my team years in advance and make adjustments based on the current rules and the problems they cause me in improving my team. When I joined this league I had little experience with this type of league and it takes a while to see all the nuances of this league. I guess my point is sometimes small changes in the rules can have a negative effect on the teams in the middle of the pack that its not intending to have that impact on even if we have a 1 year grace period. So if there is not a big problem then maybe there is nothing to fix. we are all used to the rules as they are and can make the needed changes in our strategy to build a winner.

It would be nice to be in a league that tries to duplicate real life NHL as close as it can but it does not exist nor would there be enough people to fill such a league with all the other leagues having trouble but DNHL is not that league and I dont think we should try to make it that way

[SlackJack]

at this point it seems the majority are not in-favor of changing the prospect discount. It seems like although there are some rules each of us think can be improved it does not seem like anyone thinks they are dragging the league down. I plan my team years in advance and make adjustments based on the current rules and the problems they cause me in improving my team. When I joined this league I had little experience with this type of league and it takes a while to see all the nuances of this league. I guess my point is sometimes small changes in the rules can have a negative effect on the teams in the middle of the pack that its not intending to have that impact on even if we have a 1 year grace period. So if there is not a big problem then maybe there is nothing to fix. we are all used to the rules as they are and can make the needed changes in our strategy to build a winner.

It would be nice to be in a league that tries to duplicate real life NHL as close as it can but it does not exist nor would there be enough people to fill such a league with all the other leagues having trouble but DNHL is not that league and I dont think we should try to make it that way

Sure we can put a pin in it for now but there's always room for improvement. Agree that changes should be small and incremental as rosters are built over years based on the rules of the day.

[Rob]

Got a whopper of an idea coming for you all to chew on. Hopefully will get it all fleshed out by tonight.

[SlackJack]

Got a whopper of an idea coming for you all to chew on. Hopefully will get it all fleshed out by tonight.

Peg contract extensions to real-world contract values? 

[WestCoastExpress]

Peg contract extensions to real-world contract values? 

 

Sure, why not