Seattle Expansion

[GypsieDeathBringer]

I've been trying to figure out how to represent the expansion in our league and I think I have something. 

I will swap my team for anyone else's team in the league if I can turn that team into Seattle and we have an expansion draft.  I think it would help balance out what is some top team heaviness and bring some more parity.  Leaving a strong team in Pittsburgh and hopefully adding another strong team out of what might not have been one if I am any good at this.

It would not need to happen until the end of the 20/21 season just like the NHL.  That would give all of us a year to make whatever moves necessary. 

The rules could be:

• Each team can protect up to 8 forwards, 4 defensemen, and 1 goaltender OR 10 players regardless of position.
• Any player with two or fewer years of NHL/AHL experience is exempt.
• Seattle cannot take more than 2 starting goalies and 1 backup.  Seattle cannot leave a team that had a starting goalie with no starting goalies
• Seattle would take 1 player from each of the other 19 teams and then 1 additional player from the top 5 teams based on 20/21 standings.
• Trades can be made to Seattle to exempt a team from the draft
• Seattle can retain any player with two or fewer years of NHL/AHL experience from the team it used to be.
• Seattle can retain 1 major league eligible player from the team it used to be.
• Any player not retained by Seattle will be released

Thoughts?

[SlackJack]

I see no reason to hold an expansion draft in our league. Maybe if new GM's were beating down the door? Would love us to run a playoff pool though. It's going to be hard enough watching hockey without fans so would be better with bets or brags on the side!

[WestCoastExpress]

Fun idea for sure, but I'm kind of with Slack on this one.

Unless we get an influx of a few new/active owners on this site, seems like we're just picking/asking from the same pool of people on ProFSL that have been here for 3+ years (generally more).


For playoff pool could do something real simple like just points based, pick X amount of players, or X amount of players per position, and just ride it out. Officepools or some other free site to keep track of points. Point give-outs could be discussed whether it's just 1 per G and A and 2 for a Goalie W 1 for SO, or something more complex.

[snugerud]

I will weigh in.  It's a wrinkle that could be added and could help bring about some parity temporarily, but I don't think an expansion is a good way to create parity in a league long term.

 

I've been trying to figure out how to represent the expansion in our league and I think I have something. 

I will swap my team for anyone else's team in the league if I can turn that team into Seattle and we have an expansion draft.  I think it would help balance out what is some top team heaviness and bring some more parity.  Leaving a strong team in Pittsburgh and hopefully adding another strong team out of what might not have been one if I am any good at this.

It would not need to happen until the end of the 20/21 season just like the NHL.  That would give all of us a year to make whatever moves necessary. 

The rules could be:

• Each team can protect up to 8 forwards, 4 defensemen, and 1 goaltender OR 10 players regardless of position.
• Any player with two or fewer years of NHL/AHL experience is exempt.
• Seattle cannot take more than 2 starting goalies and 1 backup.  Seattle cannot leave a team that had a starting goalie with no starting goalies
• Seattle would take 1 player from each of the other 19 teams and then 1 additional player from the top 5 teams based on 20/21 standings.
• Trades can be made to Seattle to exempt a team from the draft
• Seattle can retain any player with two or fewer years of NHL/AHL experience from the team it used to be.
• Seattle can retain 1 major league eligible player from the team it used to be.
• Any player not retained by Seattle will be released

Thoughts?

[jmtrops]

I will weigh in.  It's a wrinkle that could be added and could help bring about some parity temporarily, but I don't think an expansion is a good way to create parity in a league long term.

I agree, if we want to try to improve parity in the league there are better ways