Could this work as a free agency system? Free agency would have good players (not maxed out players), closer to the end of their careers, and with winning teams having a better shot at landing the big name free agents. Every season would see 12 (or 18, 24) free agents, 2 G, 4 D, 6 F. We can pick their name (something easily recognizable as a free agent), age (maybe all 19 or 20 etc), ratings (such as 70-80 across the board or at least that quality), and salary (362,505 – 612,632 for skaters, 150-200 min for goalies). Free agency occurs during the playoffs and is complete before the next season draft. At the end of the season each franchise gets $1 for each point they have in the regular season, to a max of $100. Money not used this free agency is carried over to next free agency. Free agents will be bid on in a silent auction format, and the player goes to the highest bidder. The player will be added to your team when OKP gets the player file (so you need to leave a spot open for your free agent signings, or have the free agent replace one of your throw away draft picks). One catch is that free agents must play – if they are warehoused then the Free agent refuses to play for your team any longer and leaves. They can be traded or bought out (released next off season).
This is something I would be willing to help run in the off season. Exact details could be worked on if this is an idea other owners are in support of. Depending on complexity we could modify this or any of our other extras to keep the administration manageable.