CURRENT OWNERS

1. campbell1972
2. peter_puck
3. chef93
4. spinner007
5. kiteport
6. tonysmith
7. svengali
8. synoid
9. metalmaster
10. knightthorn
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2nd team short list (if necessary)
1. chef93
2. tonysmith
3. kiteport

"BACK IN" Thank you.

1. NO.
Though I hadn't really thought about it as an option before. With the ML draft there isn't much incentive to finish higher than 8th unless you have a shot at the PT.   

2.YES  
Would work well with the WW. Keep things changing.
The issue I see is if I have a (deliberately) so-so season to 8th place and then a playoff push to the cup, will my players salary adjustment not be based only on regular season?

3. YES
I think this could work. We could say any player can only be in our league once ever (we can have a complete alphabetical list in our forum). There could be a 2 point penalty just for claiming a player on the list (and forfeit for playing him of course). We could set a maximum number of claims per season to make it easier on the commish.
The WW could allow us the slash the budget more drastically each season, keeping things fresh.

What do think of a fairly high cap to begin with so we can draft 23 stars and quite a drastic budget drop each season employing the WW and pushing owners to want to trade players they may lose next season anyway (due to budget constraints)? 

Thanks campbell. I'm easy on the rules. Hard to know how changes will play out until we've tried it. 

All part of the fun of it. I hope to get more ideas in and talked about this season.

I'm back. Paying attention this time.

1. No ML

2. Budget could be consistent with team ranking. Budget lowers for teams that finish higher; conversely budget goes up or does not change for the bottom feeders. OR start with a 125m to 150m budget and lower it by 5m each season.

3. Yes to WW. If someone drops Gretzky, though, he could be available if he comes up on the wire to other owners. Reason: owners may just drop him near the end of the season if they are in last just to get him out of the league for good. Strict penalties to owners who abuse WW rules.

4. Add GOONS. Each team must draft a player with 250 to 350 PIMs and play every game unless suspended (not injured, then guys draft low GP% to avoid the PIMs.

5. Add FREE AGENCY PERIOD. Any player not in the league can be signed. Teams from the bottom up get priority to sign FA.

That's all.

So you are in then kiteport?

I'm back. Yes.

I would like to come back with 2 teams again.

My answer is NO to all the questions - I think the ML's are ridiculous as you have an entire Defense rated 100 by season 5 on. We should play with the players drafted only. I don't think a waiver wire would work, unless it was an exclusive one where only players available would be ones who were not drafted. I also believe that the budget should remain static - we should be able to draft the best versions of the players we draft (i.e. no budget restrictions) and then tweak our team through trades if you don't want the players. Just my 2 cents.

I would like to come in with TWO teams as well.

I understand what Tony is saying; however, we just played 7 seasons where nothing really happened or changed. Nothing really challenging. Would be much more fun and entertaining with a few gimmicks thrown in to keep us interested and active on a more regular basis.

WW: My understanding is that the WW is only for players that are not on other teams. Not for just any player.

Thoughts...

Posted by kiteport on 4/23/2012 12:23:00 PM (view original):
I'm back. Yes.

Welcome back!

One more note. Those wishing to have a second team are now shortlisted in order of first come first listed. If we decide to go that route owners will be added based on that order