I don't think we should hold a draft. Doing the full 7 rounds would be a pain and there's no way we'd get everyone to participate. Instead, I think a GM should just add the player to their roster that was taken with the pick they own, whether it belongs to that team or a different one. For example, I own CBJ's 2017 1st. Whatever player the Jackets take with that pick, I get that player. How does that sound?
I don't think we should hold a draft. Doing the full 7 rounds would be a pain and there's no way we'd get everyone to participate. Instead, I think a GM should just add the player to their roster that was taken with the pick they own, whether it belongs to that team or a different one. For example, I own CBJ's 2017 1st. Whatever player the Jackets take with that pick, I get that player. How does that sound?
I don't think we should hold a draft. Doing the full 7 rounds would be a pain and there's no way we'd get everyone to participate. Instead, I think a GM should just add the player to their roster that was taken with the pick they own, whether it belongs to that team or a different one. For example, I own CBJ's 2017 1st. Whatever player the Jackets take with that pick, I get that player. How does that sound?
I don't think we should do all 7 rounds, i think we should do 2 or 3. But yeah, i like that idea other than the fact that we wouldn't do any of the draft.
How does holding the draft on May 6th sound? It would be exactly 1 week after the April 29th draft lottery. This will give teams time to do research (if they want to) and trade their picks if they want.
Fine by me.
Quoting: rangersandislesfan
Quoting: Zach
Let's set things straight.
1. All UFAs will hit the open market
2. All RFAs can be signed by their respective teams if the respective team wants to resign them.
Some UFAs will re-sign but we have to make sure we can find something that shows that the player really wants to re-sign.
Again. Why would we let outside sources decide which UFA's sign where for our league? We're doing our own UFA signings. You're talking about taking players off the market.
If Sportsnet says Shattenkirk is going to re-sign with Washington, nobody in our league gets a chance to sign him and he just stays with Washington in our game without becoming a UFA?
Quoting: krakowitz
I don't think we should hold a draft. Doing the full 7 rounds would be a pain and there's no way we'd get everyone to participate. Instead, I think a GM should just add the player to their roster that was taken with the pick they own, whether it belongs to that team or a different one. For example, I own CBJ's 2017 1st. Whatever player the Jackets take with that pick, I get that player. How does that sound?
The problem with that is GM's wanting to do their own drafting based on different requirements than the real life counterparts. If I have 8 quality centers on my GM team, I might want to draft a winger or defense. If Colorado drafts a center in real life, it wouldn't help the team that I've built here.
I suggest we use the NHL Central Scouting rankings list and just go in order for people that don't care to select their own players.
Players that are ranked highest and unselected, go to the first team that isn't picking their own players, automatically.
How does holding the draft on May 6th sound? It would be exactly 1 week after the April 29th draft lottery. This will give teams time to do research (if they want to) and trade their picks if they want.
Fine by me.
Quoting: rangersandislesfan
Some UFAs will re-sign but we have to make sure we can find something that shows that the player really wants to re-sign.
Again. Why would we let outside sources decide which UFA's sign where for our league? We're doing our own UFA signings. You're talking about taking players off the market.
If Sportsnet says Shattenkirk is going to re-sign with Washington, nobody in our league gets a chance to sign him and he just stays with Washington in our game without becoming a UFA?
Quoting: krakowitz
I don't think we should hold a draft. Doing the full 7 rounds would be a pain and there's no way we'd get everyone to participate. Instead, I think a GM should just add the player to their roster that was taken with the pick they own, whether it belongs to that team or a different one. For example, I own CBJ's 2017 1st. Whatever player the Jackets take with that pick, I get that player. How does that sound?
The problem with that is GM's wanting to do their own drafting based on different requirements than the real life counterparts. If I have 8 quality centers on my GM team, I might want to draft a winger or defense. If Colorado drafts a center in real life, it wouldn't help the team that I've built here.
I suggest we use the NHL Central Scouting rankings list and just go in order for people that don't care to select their own players.
Players that are ranked highest and unselected, go to the first team that isn't picking their own players, automatically.
I agree with every single thing you have said here.
Just wait 9 days. I have a reason for making the no expansion trades yet rule. Starting April 25th, you can make expansion trades, but until then, you can still talk about expansion trades, and you can still make other trades, but please wait as i want this to be the time for teams to get ready for the expansion draft.
Again. Why would we let outside sources decide which UFA's sign where for our league? We're doing our own UFA signings. You're talking about taking players off the market.
If Sportsnet says Shattenkirk is going to re-sign with Washington, nobody in our league gets a chance to sign him and he just stays with Washington in our game without becoming a UFA?
The problem with that is GM's wanting to do their own drafting based on different requirements than the real life counterparts. If I have 8 quality centers on my GM team, I might want to draft a winger or defense. If Colorado drafts a center in real life, it wouldn't help the team that I've built here.
I suggest we use the NHL Central Scouting rankings list and just go in order for people that don't care to select their own players.
Players that are ranked highest and unselected, go to the first team that isn't picking their own players, automatically.
I agree with every single thing you have said here.
Not sure about the draft on one day. This will be hard to do as different people have different schedules in real life. Anyone have any idea how we should do this?
I am going to continue to make trades, they just don't become official for nine days. my contention is that teams will only make expansion trades with me, and they want to be able to make them now.
I suggest that we find a way to set up a draft, like a fantasy draft, for those who do it. we would do it over the course of "x" days. each team will have a list of 3-5 players of who they would take if they are on the clock, like "auto pick"
How does holding the draft on May 6th sound? It would be exactly 1 week after the April 29th draft lottery. This will give teams time to do research (if they want to) and trade their picks if they want.
Fine by me.
Quoting: rangersandislesfan
Some UFAs will re-sign but we have to make sure we can find something that shows that the player really wants to re-sign.
Again. Why would we let outside sources decide which UFA's sign where for our league? We're doing our own UFA signings. You're talking about taking players off the market.
If Sportsnet says Shattenkirk is going to re-sign with Washington, nobody in our league gets a chance to sign him and he just stays with Washington in our game without becoming a UFA?
Quoting: krakowitz
I don't think we should hold a draft. Doing the full 7 rounds would be a pain and there's no way we'd get everyone to participate. Instead, I think a GM should just add the player to their roster that was taken with the pick they own, whether it belongs to that team or a different one. For example, I own CBJ's 2017 1st. Whatever player the Jackets take with that pick, I get that player. How does that sound?
The problem with that is GM's wanting to do their own drafting based on different requirements than the real life counterparts. If I have 8 quality centers on my GM team, I might want to draft a winger or defense. If Colorado drafts a center in real life, it wouldn't help the team that I've built here.
I suggest we use the NHL Central Scouting rankings list and just go in order for people that don't care to select their own players.
Players that are ranked highest and unselected, go to the first team that isn't picking their own players, automatically.
You make a good point. But NHL Central Scouting doesn't combine American and European skaters and goalies, which means that there could be a huge difference in prospect value that we assign someone. With the Colorado issue that you brought up, you could always trade them after you have their rights. I agree that it's not an ideal situation, but there's no way for us to make this process perfect. The best we can do is get the most fair, and easiest way to go about this
I am going to continue to make trades, they just don't become official for nine days. my contention is that teams will only make expansion trades with me, and they want to be able to make them now.
Okay, you can do them now as long as they are not made official until April 25th. However, to make them official, both GMs must agree to make them official.
Again. Why would we let outside sources decide which UFA's sign where for our league? We're doing our own UFA signings. You're talking about taking players off the market.
If Sportsnet says Shattenkirk is going to re-sign with Washington, nobody in our league gets a chance to sign him and he just stays with Washington in our game without becoming a UFA?
The problem with that is GM's wanting to do their own drafting based on different requirements than the real life counterparts. If I have 8 quality centers on my GM team, I might want to draft a winger or defense. If Colorado drafts a center in real life, it wouldn't help the team that I've built here.
I suggest we use the NHL Central Scouting rankings list and just go in order for people that don't care to select their own players.
Players that are ranked highest and unselected, go to the first team that isn't picking their own players, automatically.
You make a good point. But NHL Central Scouting doesn't combine American and European skaters and goalies, which means that there could be a huge difference in prospect value that we assign someone. With the Colorado issue that you brought up, you could always trade them after you have their rights. I agree that it's not an ideal situation, but there's no way for us to make this process perfect. The best we can do is get the most fair, and easiest way to go about this
We could use draft site, they have all players listed.
You make a good point. But NHL Central Scouting doesn't combine American and European skaters and goalies, which means that there could be a huge difference in prospect value that we assign someone. With the Colorado issue that you brought up, you could always trade them after you have their rights. I agree that it's not an ideal situation, but there's no way for us to make this process perfect. The best we can do is get the most fair, and easiest way to go about this
We could use draft site, they have all players listed.
We could use draft site, they have all players listed.
We could do that, but doing that for the full seven rounds would be a pain. And of course, somebody would mess up and give themselves a player that they don't have.
How about this - we do the draft the day after it actually occured. The players are selected in that order, unless the person on the clock wants somebody else that hasn't been taken. Then that player gets bumped back a slot, and we continue with the order.
For example, if New Jersey takes Timothy Liljegren in real life, but the New Jersey GM in our game wants Casey Mittelstadt, they take Mittelstadt instead. Then Buffalo would get Liljegren, unless they want someone else. Does that make sense?
We could use draft site, they have all players listed.
We could do that, but doing that for the full seven rounds would be a pain. And of course, somebody would mess up and give themselves a player that they don't have.
How about this - we do the draft the day after it actually occured. The players are selected in that order, unless the person on the clock wants somebody else that hasn't been taken. Then that player gets bumped back a slot, and we continue with the order.
For example, if New Jersey takes Timothy Liljegren in real life, but the New Jersey GM in our game wants Casey Mittelstadt, they take Mittelstadt instead. Then Buffalo would get Liljegren, unless they want someone else. Does that make sense?
Yes, we ignore the real draft for the first few rounds.
I say we do rounds 1-3 on May 6th, then we wait for the real draft to auto fill the rest. Does that sound better?
Sure but not all on one day. Everyone would have to come on on that day. Or we could give each person a certain amount of time before we just pick for them.
I say we do rounds 1-3 on May 6th, then we wait for the real draft to auto fill the rest. Does that sound better?
Sure but not all on one day. Everyone would have to come on on that day. Or we could give each person a certain amount of time before we just pick for them.
I think just give everyone 10-20 minutes to make their pick, if they have not chosen a player in the allotted time, their pick will be chosen automatically.
Sure but not all on one day. Everyone would have to come on on that day. Or we could give each person a certain amount of time before we just pick for them.
I think just give everyone 10-20 minutes to make their pick, if they have not chosen a player in the allotted time, their pick will be chosen automatically.
I have a problem with this. What if someone is unavailable and can't be there to pick? Could we have a list on which players we would want if we were not available?
Sure but not all on one day. Everyone would have to come on on that day. Or we could give each person a certain amount of time before we just pick for them.
I think just give everyone 10-20 minutes to make their pick, if they have not chosen a player in the allotted time, their pick will be chosen automatically.
That's not enough time. Lots of people will be doing something in real life for more than 10-20 minutes. So not enough time.
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