Suggestions to help this league run better

[Burkes Boys]

More of a question than a suggestion.

How are the divisions aligned in this league? Are they like the NHL with 2 conferences and 6 Divisions? That would be cool!

[PigsRule]

How about a trading night - say Wed evenings beta 19h - 22h, anyone who wants to talk trade can find others online. Might help grease deals and move things along or spark a new deal.

Options:
1) mandatory for everyone but only hold x1 monthly
2) optional, weekly on Wed's
etc.

[Gilly]

I like opitions "a" and "b"...."c" and "d" I don't like for this league like you said!!

[joeshmoe]

Watching the goalie bidding wars and Q popped up... especially with Bryzgalov currently at $12M over 5 years...

Have any commissioners considered limiting goalies per team (hoarding) ... some teams have 3 starters in a 30 team league so youre forcing teams to

1) play 8 mths in the cellar ... like having a coma
2) putting the Have Nots into a state of being virtual farm clubs for the Haves
3) overall league parity is skewed to 50% of teams how have a starting goalie, or 3...
4) huge Glen Sather-like contracts that will cripple teams if the player gets hurt or doesnt live up to their 1st yr success (Crawford could be the next Mason)
5) could lead to teams abandoning their team if the playing field is forever tilted... (who plays fantasy in rebuild mode for more than 1 yr)

thoughts a rule to limit goalies per team...

This is the most difficult issue in the league.  There are a few ways to handle it:

A)  Leave as is, let the market play itself out.
B)  Adjust goalie scoring downward, probably most realistic. 
C)  Assign goalies based upon actual teams.  This is my least favorite option as it dictates certain points, and real league clubs don't always have the best personnel.
D)  Contraction, which is also unattractive as the purpose of the league is to imitate the real NHL. 

There could be more I'm missing.

[Gilly]

I will discuss with Peter (Hockeyfreak6000) about the goalie stuff and post an answer by the end of today!!

Thanks

Mike

[PigsRule]

Watching the goalie bidding wars and Q popped up... especially with Bryzgalov currently at $12M over 5 years...

Have any commissioners considered limiting goalies per team (hoarding) ... some teams have 3 starters in a 30 team league so youre forcing teams to

1) play 8 mths in the cellar ... like having a coma
2) putting the Have Nots into a state of being virtual farm clubs for the Haves
3) overall league parity is skewed to 50% of teams how have a starting goalie, or 3...
4) huge Glen Sather-like contracts that will cripple teams if the player gets hurt or doesnt live up to their 1st yr success (Crawford could be the next Mason)
5) could lead to teams abandoning their team if the playing field is forever tilted... (who plays fantasy in rebuild mode for more than 1 yr)

thoughts a rule to limit goalies per team...

[Jesse]

that is good to have too, convenient...
Jesse, what i meant was for individual mgrs to post their own Trade Block list just below their team roster post.  definitely not necessary for the commish to create/manage the TB post. agree itd be a make work thing for the commish.

I understand what you meant because someone in my league asked the same thing but it would be a pain for the commissioner because eventually your roster pages will be 10+ pages long as some people don't understand to edit posts instead of starting new ones so we figure this way would be easier for the Commissioner and easier for the GM's

[PigsRule]

Another Con is that it makes it more difficult for the Commissioner here is what I am doing in my league and its sort of the same idea

http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=20450.0

that is good to have too, convenient...
Jesse, what i meant was for individual mgrs to post their own Trade Block list just below their team roster post.  definitely not necessary for the commish to create/manage the TB post. agree itd be a make work thing for the commish.

[Jesse]

suggestion:

* allow teams to post their Trading Block on their respective team pages.

Pros
convenience - potential trade partners need to access the team page anyway + the mgr can update with modifications + there is a link to the mgr's PM from their TB post.
clean up the trade discussion page, reserve it for

Cons
possible duplication of info from other pages...

Another Con is that it makes it more difficult for the Commissioner here is what I am doing in my league and its sort of the same idea

http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=20450.0

[PigsRule]

suggestion:

* allow teams to post their Trading Block on their respective team pages.

Pros
convenience - potential trade partners need to access the team page anyway + the mgr can update with modifications + there is a link to the mgr's PM from their TB post.
clean up the trade discussion page, reserve it for

Cons
possible duplication of info from other pages...