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Post by SensGM on Sept 14, 2022 17:32:52 GMT -5
Hey everyone. The majority of teams have been filled and I can no longer wait around for Managers. With that in mind this is the league for this coming season, with the exception of one team. Eastern Conference:Atlantic Division:Boston - Jim Buffalo - Liam Montreal - Shawn Toronto - Eug Ottawa - Hunter Quebec City - Chris Metropolitan Division:Washington - Greg New York Rangers - Ron Hartford - Alain New York Islanders - Aaron Tampa Bay - Lance Western Conference:Central Division:Chicago - Gavin Colorado - Jon Minnesota - Jeff Dallas - Graham Detroit - Mike Carolina - Kevin Pacific Division:San Jose - Jake Vancouver - Joe Seattle - Bobby Edmonton - Gary Calgary - Scott Currently I haven't gotten a full response from Kevin (Florida) other than he didn't want to be Florida. So until I hear from him ill be unable to place him. Draft:For the upcoming draft I have drafted (haha) a proposal for all managers to read. Please review it at the link below and tell me your thoughts. docs.google.com/document/d/1c2VnmOKncf_Mj73a4FjOv13wMCS0-dDhYF8jXZ2pMLU/edit?usp=sharingEssentially I have managed to make a plan with Jake to keep our ratings as they were before, there for we will not need to revamp our FA system like I originally thought. For the Draft I suggest splitting it into 2 separate drafts, one for Pro (rated) players to get the league started and another for Prospects (unrated) as they will not effect the flow of the sim. Salary Cap:For the salary cap I have had managers suggest changes, but for now just for an ease of startup I will be leaving it as it was. 58M per team with the increase at the deadline. I have a plan to make a thread for managers to suggest rule changes to be voted on by the league so there will be opportunity for change in the future, but for now this is just easier. Jake is currently working on the ratings file and I am starting the setup in sim. Once those are done, I will be looking to hopefully begin the Pro Draft early next week. As always if anyone has feedback / suggestions feel free to comment on the thread and we can all discuss. Thanks
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Post by Nordiques - Chris on Sept 14, 2022 17:53:07 GMT -5
Document looks good to me.
I was a bit worried about the timeline and I'm gonna me a little hooped I think. I'm traveling to Quebec last week in September for hiking (not for hockey operations in Quebec City lol), so won't be online. Also got some prep to do over next week for the trip, so compiling lists in advance might prove difficult. I may be at the mercy of those willing to assist.
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Post by WHALERS_GM_AL on Sept 14, 2022 19:43:31 GMT -5
The Doc looks good to me as well
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Post by AvsGM on Sept 14, 2022 20:23:05 GMT -5
I would have liked to be able to draft prospects in the initial draft. Something like after you draft 35 rated players you then have the option to draft unrated prospects. That makes GMs have to make decisions on who to pick, plus you don't have everyone going after prospects all at once in a separate draft. But I'm good with whatever is easiest for you, just stating my preference
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Post by MontyBurns on Sept 15, 2022 0:26:46 GMT -5
I would have liked to be able to draft prospects in the initial draft. Something like after you draft 35 rated players you then have the option to draft unrated prospects. That makes GMs have to make decisions on who to pick, plus you don't have everyone going after prospects all at once in a separate draft. But I'm good with whatever is easiest for you, just stating my preference I would vote for the draft being all rated players as well as all drafted players. Someone could draft a prospect in the first round if they want it. I just think it makes more sense to give more freedom to the build. Although I guess the draft might have to be more than 35 rounds then?
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Post by Nordiques - Chris on Sept 15, 2022 11:03:03 GMT -5
I would have liked to be able to draft prospects in the initial draft. Something like after you draft 35 rated players you then have the option to draft unrated prospects. That makes GMs have to make decisions on who to pick, plus you don't have everyone going after prospects all at once in a separate draft. But I'm good with whatever is easiest for you, just stating my preference I would vote for the draft being all rated players as well as all drafted players. Someone could draft a prospect in the first round if they want it. I just think it makes more sense to give more freedom to the build. Although I guess the draft might have to be more than 35 rounds then? Actually agree with Monty on this. Would make it more strategic.
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Post by Nordiques - Chris on Sept 15, 2022 11:10:20 GMT -5
When do we anticipate draft starting? As mentioned, I;ll be away and offline from Sep 24 for a wk, which I'm thinking is gonna be right in the heart of the draft...
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Post by SensGM on Sept 15, 2022 15:36:51 GMT -5
If adding drafted prospects is wanted, I am game to add. But I would like to still keep the first draft at a manageable time frame.
Would a fair comprise be each team is required to fill their teams to 40 players including drafted prospects up to:
Minimum: 5 Maximum: 10
This way teams that would want to focus on trying to draft younger can draft 10 prospects and everyone has to add at least 5 to just keep it fair.
Then we can do the unrated draft with every drafted prospects left available.
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Post by SensGM on Sept 15, 2022 15:39:14 GMT -5
When do we anticipate draft starting? As mentioned, I;ll be away and offline from Sep 24 for a wk, which I'm thinking is gonna be right in the heart of the draft... NHL season opener is OCT 7th. I would.like to up and running around then. The draft is probably around 2 weeks of time. We need to get started by 25th at the latest. I had planned to begin the draft sometime this weekend.
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Post by Hawks on Sept 15, 2022 16:30:17 GMT -5
I'd personally prefer them separate so that someone isn't put in the position of "Should I compete now or 5 years from now". Taking a ton of prospects and building a tank roster isn't something we should encourage IMO. Also gives everyone a fair shot at prospects if they also wanna draft strong.
Keeping them separate encourages everyone to compete and build a solid roster and gives fair access to all GMs to pick some up, instead of being sorta forced to choose now or later.
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Post by MontyBurns on Sept 15, 2022 17:15:21 GMT -5
When do we anticipate draft starting? As mentioned, I;ll be away and offline from Sep 24 for a wk, which I'm thinking is gonna be right in the heart of the draft... NHL season opener is OCT 7th. I would.like to up and running around then. The draft is probably around 2 weeks of time. We need to get started by 25th at the latest. I had planned to begin the draft sometime this weekend. So are we going to go with a smaller pool of teams? Also, if anyone is down, we should do a draft lottery. It can be filmed!
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Post by SensGM on Sept 15, 2022 17:30:01 GMT -5
NHL season opener is OCT 7th. I would.like to up and running around then. The draft is probably around 2 weeks of time. We need to get started by 25th at the latest. I had planned to begin the draft sometime this weekend. So are we going to go with a smaller pool of teams? Also, if anyone is down, we should do a draft lottery. It can be filmed! We are three teams less from before, possibly 3. as i said the main goal of the first draft currently is just to do pro players and get teams made up so that the season can start asap. the the unrated prospect draft can happen afterwards as it wont effect the start of the league. obviously we can start after the 25th but to hit the goal of getting in l9ine with the really NHL schedule again thats the latest we can go.
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Post by Nordiques - Chris on Sept 15, 2022 18:23:25 GMT -5
So are we going to go with a smaller pool of teams? Also, if anyone is down, we should do a draft lottery. It can be filmed! We are three teams less from before, possibly 3. as i said the main goal of the first draft currently is just to do pro players and get teams made up so that the season can start asap. the the unrated prospect draft can happen afterwards as it wont effect the start of the league. obviously we can start after the 25th but to hit the goal of getting in l9ine with the really NHL schedule again thats the latest we can go. If we did get a little behind the NHL start date, could we pull the old double sim to get caught up? Guess I'm selfishly hoping the draft doesn't start the one week I'm away and offline : )
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Post by Kraken Bobby on Sept 15, 2022 18:25:24 GMT -5
Hunter you're doing the work so tell us how you want it done and we will fall in line. Probably 15 different ideas every time we reach a point so lets rein it in a bit and get the league back going again. Then we can vote on changes/ideas for improvement
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Post by Nordiques - Chris on Sept 15, 2022 18:29:34 GMT -5
I'd personally prefer them separate so that someone isn't put in the position of "Should I compete now or 5 years from now". Taking a ton of prospects and building a tank roster isn't something we should encourage IMO. Also gives everyone a fair shot at prospects if they also wanna draft strong. Keeping them separate encourages everyone to compete and build a solid roster and gives fair access to all GMs to pick some up, instead of being sorta forced to choose now or later. I think Hunter's "compromise" is more than reasonable. Given all the effort he's putting in to keep this league going, I'd say let's run with it.
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