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Post by NJDevils on Jul 23, 2011 11:29:28 GMT -5
Is there a reason we don't have one?
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Post by ECFHL Commissioner on Jul 23, 2011 16:12:57 GMT -5
Was just something left out when we were drawing up the rules. As with most anything else, we are open to suggestions when it comes to rule changes and such.
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Post by LosAngelesGM on Jul 23, 2011 16:21:54 GMT -5
Well I think we should set one but be modest with it. I once was in leagues with cap floors and Bc you had to be at say, 45 mill, it prohibited trades. Team A and Team B were both around 46 mill and both are trying to benefit their team with trading and Bc of the rule in place, the teams couldn't do anything unless they stayed over the 46 mill. My suggestion would be min floor 30 million and if you don't get above, infraction 1 is 5 game suspension to your best player. Infraction 2 is 15 game suspension, and so on.
Just my two cents
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Post by NJDevils on Jul 23, 2011 17:26:34 GMT -5
I wouldn't want it to be ridiculous but I figured if we have a cap ceiling, a floor makes sense too, otherwise, what's the point?
It's supposed to be a parody thing but if teams aren't going to have to pay for talent, why have a ceiling that stops teams willing to spend from adding those players?
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Post by BluesGM on Jul 23, 2011 17:36:49 GMT -5
disagree with a cap floor in a sim league. the only reason it exists in the NHL is to not have owners (like the marlins in MLB) go into every season with a ridiculously low payroll, which drastically effects crowds (negatively) and they just pocket all the revenue sharing income.
this isnt an issue in a sim league. if a rebuilding team wants to trade a bunch of salary to invest into free agents in the offseason - they should be allowed to. the only reason teams keep their cap room down in sim leagues is to be able to invest it later, we get no benefit from keeping our cap number low aside from that.
and this is coming from me, who has a payroll of around $50 mil. i think it's unfair to handcuff rebuilding teams by instituting a cap floor.
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Post by BluesGM on Jul 23, 2011 17:45:22 GMT -5
if there's something i would change - it would be somehow monitoring teams who are sending contracts to the minors to circumvent the cap.
for example - winnipeg has $29 mil worth of contracts in the minors right now. that's beyond ridiculous and is exploiting a flaw in the sim where every single player is signed to a two-way contract.
it creates a big problem come free agency - he can just send jagr, scuderi, demitra, kariya, etc. to the minors in the offseason and magically create an extra $20 mil of cap room. then he'll drastically overpay someone else (like he did jagr) and send them to the minors the next year, and so on. it's a neverending cycle that can will lead to absolutely ridiculous contracts being handed out because people will know, if they ever need cap room, they can just send a guy to the minors and hide them there.
my proposal: anyone over a certain age and/or OV (29 - ufa age - 72 ov?- ) should count as a 1-way deal.
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Post by BluesGM on Jul 23, 2011 17:49:04 GMT -5
and i dont mean to pick on winnipeg - there are several other teams doing it too. his team is just the most obvious example at this time.
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Post by bluejacketsgm on Jul 23, 2011 17:49:14 GMT -5
oh noes! who will be so chivalrous as you were defending the sens gm when it comes to the honor of the winnipeg gm?
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Post by BluesGM on Jul 23, 2011 17:50:50 GMT -5
oh noes! who will be so chivalrous as you were defending the sens gm when it comes to the honor of the winnipeg gm? oops - too late. sorry. if you have anything productive to contribute, go ahead. if not, you can continue being the league clown somewhere else and let the big boys talk amongst themselves.
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Post by ECFHL Commissioner on Jul 23, 2011 19:09:25 GMT -5
if there's something i would change - it would be somehow monitoring teams who are sending contracts to the minors to circumvent the cap. my proposal: anyone over a certain age and/or OV (29 - ufa age - 72 ov?- ) should count as a 1-way deal. I agree 100%. We are going to be implenting a system once the season ends to punish teams who give out ridiculous contracts and such
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