[dsavillian]

I remember having a discussion either early this season or near the end of last season around granting some ECHLers playable ratings based on draft position. As I argued then, the only correct play (both from a cap and ratings perspective) is to not sign your ECHLers until you have to. I don't know if that contributes to the wealth gap or not.

Some thoughts:

1) First round draft picks can only spend 2 seasons in the ECHL

That is a decent idea, but it those players probably just sit in the AHL until they get a good rating. It does force the NHL club to pay them a salary one season sooner though

2) Once a player reaches 100 NHL games they have to be played on the CPHL roster the following season.

What happens to the AHL in this scenario? There'd be very few rated players on AHL clubs and a lot of capable free agents that would be floating in limbo.

3) Two year ELC's for all first round draft picks (increase the cost to hold them)

I don't mind this one either

There is a common problem with all of the above though: It doesn't solve the problem for 3-4 seasons.

4) Rebalancing draft

I like this idea a lot. Sure it undoes hard work and long term planning, but this is a game right? There aren't many games that don't have an ending or a reset button!