A born Kingston Crook indeed. He'll be racking up his minutes with diving and unsportsmanlike penalties. I may have to draft someone just to find Jonny and punch his lights out. Naturally, there is absolutely no one like that on my current roster.

Nice to see that I wasn't the only one who didn't like that deal between the NY P-Cats and Brewster.....two youngsters for an injured one just seemed a little lopsided to me.

I have never vetoed an MLD trade - yet - because I know there's a lot more to trading in this league than in others. Conditions, side deals, etc. That's the first time I've come close. In a normal simleague I would certainly never have let that deal pass. If the owners involved were not respected members, yeah, I have to say that one looked freaky.

I'll veto any deal I don't like ... I don't care who's involved. Doesn't happen very often (a veto that is), but don't be surprised to see the occasional one come out of Indy.

Vetoing deals is wrong, IMO. GMs can't veto deals in the NHL, GMs in the MLD shouldn't either. Personally, I don't think I've ever vetoed a deal in this league. I used to do it in other leagues, especially if the teams involved were in my division. But other GMs complained out all the vetoing so I stopped. I figured if GMs want to make deals then let them, so long as they fit within league rules.

The system's in place in order to control one-sided deals such as this one BigDrive. If I could have got Lipponen for a bag of pucks, of course I would've done the deal, but that's hardly fair. In my mind, it's all about keeping things competitive, and by association, keeping things interesting. For the record, I don't veto very often (under 5 times during MLD's existence) but when I feel I need to do it, I do it and to hell with what other manager's think. And to use your NHL example, the NHL's Board of Governors needs I believe a 2/3rd's majority to approve things like rule changes, franchise sales, etc. So to have an opportunity to object to a one-sided deal is something I appreciate.

Is it not also true that the NHL Commissioner has the ability to oversee and negate any dealings that are bad for the league? I know that's true in baseball. And who would advise him in that regard? The GMs.