Off-Season Rule Discussion

[Tony]

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..

[Rob]

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.

[Rob]

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:

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

[abbyroad]

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.......    

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.

[SlackJack]

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.

 

[favo_zomg]

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.

[Tony]

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?

[SlackJack]

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.

[Drew]

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?

[Tony]

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.