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Drury18 · 03-13-2015, 01:29 AM

So my thoughts as the AHL/ECHL is going to be my wheel house:

Lets play by AHL rules. In the AHL, you can only dress a minimum of one and maximum per game of 6 AHL players who has played 321 professional games in the AHL, NHL or any of the elite leagues in Europe (note that ECHL games do not count against this number). So lets make it that you can only have 6 "vets" on the AHL roster. The AHL also does not have a roster cap, rather only salary based. I think we should only have a limit on the AHL of a salary cap, not spaces. Otherwise, you are REALLY limiting some of these rebuilding teams (myself included) who maybe have prospects over players at this time. And that these players can be trading chips to land some of the bigger guys out there.

Dropping the ECHL to 10 scares the hell out of me if I am going to be honest. At this time, I have 8 guys in my ECHL and 15 picks in the draft. And trust me, I plan on drafting all 15. To be told "Hey thanks for coming to the draft, now get rid of half of your guys while value isn't realized yet" would probably not leave me happy. Especially again, if this is a key piece of rebuilding. Maybe not in the fact of waiting and using the guys but if I get some key draft players, those become trade chips to make my team better. And some better players can go deep and be surprises. It

I also think the trading problem is GM based. I'm not seeing this trading lull the rest of you are. I am getting DAILY trade inquiries and requests and have for the last week, week and a half. And since I started. If there are issues with trading, I would start looking at the GM's who currently have less trades in the entire year then I've managed in a month. If you want to create trading, perhaps institute a quota that has to be reached or you pay in cap to keep players. Want to keep your team as is and hoard players? It's $1M a month unless you make a meaningful (not an AHL swap of nobodies) trade.

03-13-2015, 01:29 AM	#111
Drury18 Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Exp:	So my thoughts as the AHL/ECHL is going to be my wheel house: Lets play by AHL rules. In the AHL, you can only dress a minimum of one and maximum per game of 6 AHL players who has played 321 professional games in the AHL, NHL or any of the elite leagues in Europe (note that ECHL games do not count against this number). So lets make it that you can only have 6 "vets" on the AHL roster. The AHL also does not have a roster cap, rather only salary based. I think we should only have a limit on the AHL of a salary cap, not spaces. Otherwise, you are REALLY limiting some of these rebuilding teams (myself included) who maybe have prospects over players at this time. And that these players can be trading chips to land some of the bigger guys out there. Dropping the ECHL to 10 scares the hell out of me if I am going to be honest. At this time, I have 8 guys in my ECHL and 15 picks in the draft. And trust me, I plan on drafting all 15. To be told "Hey thanks for coming to the draft, now get rid of half of your guys while value isn't realized yet" would probably not leave me happy. Especially again, if this is a key piece of rebuilding. Maybe not in the fact of waiting and using the guys but if I get some key draft players, those become trade chips to make my team better. And some better players can go deep and be surprises. It I also think the trading problem is GM based. I'm not seeing this trading lull the rest of you are. I am getting DAILY trade inquiries and requests and have for the last week, week and a half. And since I started. If there are issues with trading, I would start looking at the GM's who currently have less trades in the entire year then I've managed in a month. If you want to create trading, perhaps institute a quota that has to be reached or you pay in cap to keep players. Want to keep your team as is and hoard players? It's $1M a month unless you make a meaningful (not an AHL swap of nobodies) trade.