VaporTrail
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Fantasy Draft Every Year for the Cup including Entry Draft.
Imagine a 2015-2016 Year of drafted players looks like
#1 Toronto Selects - Crosby (Finals MVP)
#2 Edmonton Selects - P.Kane (106 Pts)
#3 Vancouver Selects - E.Karlsson (PPG Dman)
#4 Columbus Selects - Ovechkin (50 Goals)
#5 Calgary Selects - McDavid (Risky because of rookie)
#6 Winnipeg Selects - Malkin
#7 Arizona Selects - J.Benn (89 Points)
etc.
- Most successful would be ones with well drafted and well coached teams.
- Teams that wont be in playoffs, for example Leafs, could trade Crosby for draft pick swap in next year draft.
- Crosby + 2nd Round Pick for Player X + 1st Round Pick
- Because 30 Man roster, no team is allowed to have above 30 Draft picks.
- Draft Style would be #1 pick in 1st round + # 60 pick in 2nd round or #15th in 1st round + 45th in 2nd round. Reverse ladder style.
Anyways thats my idea. Maybe they'll introduce it in a video game. Online GM would be fun.
Your Team Restarts fresh every year.what?
and I probably should have been a little more clear. They would be permitted to go +/- 15 ft from the standard of 200 x 85. If a team wanted to expand up to 210 x 100 (only using 10 of the permitted 15 ft on the length of the ice), that would be fine. If they decided that the oversized rink was too much and wanted to go down to a much smaller 185 x 70 rink, it would be a drastic change and probably a foolish one, but it would be permitted since it's still within range of the permitted dimensions.I would not be opposed to this at all. The league could put restrictions on how much variation teams could have in the dimensions of their rink and zones but it would be interesting to see different sized ice surfaces. I know growing up playing on different sized rinks would always be a slight advantage for the home team.
Prospects are not eligible to be drafted unless they have finished high-school, or have turned 19.
(This does not mean you could draft them earlier than now if they somehow have finished high-school to early.)
I don't think many team, if any would be changing their current arenas but going forward they could make them different sizes as they build new arenas.and I probably should have been a little more clear. They would be permitted to go +/- 15 ft from the standard of 200 x 85. If a team wanted to expand up to 210 x 100 (only using 10 of the permitted 15 ft on the length of the ice), that would be fine. If they decided that the oversized rink was too much and wanted to go down to a much smaller 185 x 70 rink, it would be a drastic change and probably a foolish one, but it would be permitted since it's still within range of the permitted dimensions.
Or maybe not even go +/- 15 ft. Maybe have it be minimum of 75 ft and max of 105 wide and minimum of 190 and max of 215 long. The custom rink sizes would bring about a real home ice advantage and even a little bit of character into the arenas.
Would it fly? Not without retrofitting the majority of the arenas and losing high dollar seats, which would be the first hurdle to clear.
I don't think many team, if any would be changing their current arenas but going forward they could make them different sizes as they build new arenas.
Let the 8 and 9 seeds have a one game playoff for the final wildcard slot.
We've seen teams the past couple of years that just missed that could've done damage in the playoffs, like Florida and Tampa.
^relegation
#4. Can those American fans who stand up and pound on the glass for the majority of the games be told not to do that? Maybe install some seat belts for front row seats in Columbus? Maybe electrify the partition in Nashville?
Abolutely, or make it 7 vs 10 and 8 vs 9 even.
This way, it would be more temperature longer in the regular season, as teams who holds a 2 or 3 seed in the division while knowing they would be wild-cards if they relax in the last games, would fight harder to keep those 2nd or 3rd spots.
Also, teams who almost makes the play-off gets a little reward for it.
Yooo that would actually be pretty epic... Imagine what the rosters would look like by the time finals comes around lol. Super stacked on both sides. superstars all the way down the lineup.Every time a team is beaten in the playoffs the winning team gets to add any players from the losing one for the remainder of the playoffs...
Would players accept a 10-12% pay cut?Have the regular season 8-10 games shorter, it's unreasonable because the owners would never let it happen
#1 Relegation would not work in the NHL.^
#1. this.
Break the ownership group that has complete control over "the best league in the world". Open it up properly.
#2. Award the Stanley Cup to the best team in the world. At least open up the possibility and break the long time NHL stranglehold on awarding the cup to their champion. Means NHL champs have to play KHL champs at least.
#3. Stop trying to take fighting out. Stop intentionally trying to appeal to some new demographic/fanbase.
#4. Can those American fans who stand up and pound on the glass for the majority of the games be told not to do that? Maybe install some seat belts for front row seats in Columbus? Maybe electrify the partition in Nashville?