How Is The League?

[Tony]

This is my first fantasy league I have ever joined. I'm having a lot of fun. Thank you again for letting me join.

[favo_zomg]

There is a bone I do have to pick: Why are we aloud to resign experienced players that we send down to the minors to extensions? I would assume that if the player can get better playing time with another team why wouldn't he pursue that instead of playing with a bunch of rookies? I can understand if the player has not played 40 games in his/her career yet, but why should I be aloud to resign Tomas Fleishmen when all he is going to do is sit in my minor league system (cause I am definitely not making the re-entry mistake again)?

I know this move has been done already, but I feel like it is inconsistent with what would typically happen in the league. Maybe establish a rule stating that all players with an asterisk next to their name cannot be resigned? This can also help with the one-year contract problem that you mentioned earlier (place an asterisk next to the player who is only signed for a 1 year deal off of FA).

This will create a HUGE influx of FAs by the 14-15 season, as a lot of the higher priced players are sitting on minor league systems.

[favo_zomg]

To add to my previous post: Would you really pay a man 8m a year to play for your minor league team?

[Jesse]

I think we should have to vote on new rules so its like the real NHL (all rule changes have to go to board of governors)

[thunderblade]

This is a great league really enjoy the concept of mimicking the real NHL. My only problem is with the pay scale for extensions. I believe it is way out of wack.  Example is Jimmy Howard's extension. Real contract is 2 years at 2.25 Mil per year. On Backyard he is to be payed 4.6 mil per year on extension. Just one example. Could we address the pay scale please? Thanks

[favo_zomg]

This is a great league really enjoy the concept of mimicking the real NHL. My only problem is with the pay scale for extensions. I believe it is way out of wack.  Example is Jimmy Howard's extension. Real contract is 2 years at 2.25 Mil per year. On Backyard he is to be payed 4.6 mil per year on extension. Just one example. Could we address the pay scale please? Thanks

The major problem with trying to fix this is you have no one to haggle with... In the real life, you have a manager and a player to haggle against. In the game, the only thing we have access to is the numbers. The player might want to resign with his winning team, but there is no one saying "I wanna leave" or "I want more monies" in the game. Thus we have the contract numbers; those numbers IS the agent we have to haggle with. And if we do not accept his price, I guess we are out of a player.

Honestly, I have no problem paying a player a base amount based off of how well the guy is playing... If the player is a good player, than pay the salary and be happy you have a star in your roster. That is what I did with Howard and I am glad I did (because he makes the most points on my team).

[Drew]

I think we should have to vote on new rules so its like the real NHL (all rule changes have to go to board of governors)

Sorta working on this one, going to be a child board but I want league participation on rule discussion and sometimes commish has to over rule for the greater good.

[Drew]

This is a great league really enjoy the concept of mimicking the real NHL. My only problem is with the pay scale for extensions. I believe it is way out of wack.  Example is Jimmy Howard's extension. Real contract is 2 years at 2.25 Mil per year. On Backyard he is to be payed 4.6 mil per year on extension. Just one example. Could we address the pay scale please? Thanks

Ya it is hard to say how much they bargain in the real world, but we only have to go off of the numbers

[Drew]

There is a bone I do have to pick: Why are we aloud to resign experienced players that we send down to the minors to extensions? I would assume that if the player can get better playing time with another team why wouldn't he pursue that instead of playing with a bunch of rookies? I can understand if the player has not played 40 games in his/her career yet, but why should I be aloud to resign Tomas Fleishmen when all he is going to do is sit in my minor league system (cause I am definitely not making the re-entry mistake again)?

I know this move has been done already, but I feel like it is inconsistent with what would typically happen in the league. Maybe establish a rule stating that all players with an asterisk next to their name cannot be resigned? This can also help with the one-year contract problem that you mentioned earlier (place an asterisk next to the player who is only signed for a 1 year deal off of FA).

This will create a HUGE influx of FAs by the 14-15 season, as a lot of the higher priced players are sitting on minor league systems.

The 1 year contract will be solved next season as extensions will be real extensions where they do not take over for the existing contract but if someone was extended in 11-12 the new contract would take place in 12-13.

[Gilly]

At this very moment im so loving this league...thanks for all your patience Drew as I learned the rules and stuff....your awesome buddy and next season is gonna be an amazing experience in the land of fantasy hockey!!