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Forum: Armchair-GM14 mars à 15 h 3
Forum: NHL11 mars à 12 h 40
Sujet: The NHL needs to change these things
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>EHMatt</b></div><div>1) I don't like the idea of favouring teams that just miss the playoffs. The whole premise of the draft priority is so that teams who need help the most get the better players. I think the adjustments that have been made so that a team doesn't keep winning the lottery is much better than it has been. As I mentioned in my other reply, it'll be interesting to see how the PWHL format goes.

2) I'm all for anything that encourages player movement, but I don't think that's the holdup. As you saw between Montreal and Carolina, teams take offer sheets personally. A lot of GM's have respect for each other and will likely not do it unless the compensation is lowered drastically.

3) This definitely seems to be becoming a problem. I personally don't see how you can be ok for game 1 of the playoffs, but not ok for game 82 of the regular season. I'm not sure if a series is the way to go, but maybe 4 games. I also do like the idea that the 20 skaters on the ice in the playoffs have to be within 10% over the cap at most. Or maybe even cap compliant.

4) I think the tax thing helps in a player's decision. More so at the end of their career. But if the team is winning or has a good potential to win, then players will sign there.

5) Other changes I would make are:
a) Go to a 3 point system all the time. 3 points for a regulation win. This keeps playoff chases alive for longer in the regular season.

b) Go back to the 1-8 playoff format. This current system has way too many really juggernaut match-ups in the first 2 rounds. The only difference from the old system I would want is that division winners
are guaranteed a playoff spot and not 3rd place.

c) Get rid of coaches challenges. Have an off-ice official. If there is goaltender interference or a blatant offside that was missed, the off-ice official calls it and then they can have a review or discussion. This
would also give opportunity to refs who want to continue to be involved in the game, but have to retire because of physical demands. It would also remove the close ones that we have to wait 10 minutes
for the review to be done. If it's that close, then just let it go.

d) Expand OT to 8 or 10 minutes, but maybe also throw in a floating blue-line. I would prefer to not see players skate back to their own zone and go behind their net to maintain possession. A floating blue-
line would be once you cross the offensive blue-line, you can then only go back as far as you own blue-line, but the offensive blue-line is no longer offside. They have this rule in some ball hockey leagues
I've played in. It works really well. This expands the offensive zone and keeps the offensive flow going in OT. If they extended it to the red line, that could work too.

e) This isn't really anything to do with the rules, it's more for broadcasting and help grow the audience. They need to get rid of this model where there is a contract for nationally televised games and
regionally televised games. Stop with these blackouts. Especially if you buy the NHL Gamecentre package. Blackouts are giving cable companies way too much control. You should be able to buy a
subscription to get all of your team's broadcasts. I would like to see teams have their own team of broadcasters and create their own production for the game. I don't know about all other fan-bases, but I
know there are quite a few that don't like the Sportsnet broadcasts. There are some in the US that don't like what ESPN does for their broadcasts either.</div></div>

Great point on the blackouts. I don't buy NHL packages for precisely this reason. I watch most games on the network of my choosing and I will let you imagine how I might make that happen. It's bad for the league. I want to watch the version of the game that I like and I won't compromise on it.
Forum: NHL11 mars à 11 h 56
Sujet: The NHL needs to change these things
Congratulations to you for creating a real subject of intelligent discussion!! And let's take time out to thank the mods who usually move a thread like this to the Forums, where far fewer people see it. (I bet that I wouldn't have.)

My input on previous points is that the 3-2-1 system is a must.

I have a brand new topic: the season-ending weekend.

I think that the season-ending weekend should be a home-and-home series with each team's closest (geographically and historically) rival.

Too many times, end-of-season games have little significance except for teams fighting for a playoff spot. As a result, fan interest is lowered, even though that last weekend always includes Fan Appreciation Day for every franchise. (Picture Arizona entertaining -- and I use the term ironically -- San Jose and Chicago or Buffalo traveling to Columbus and Pittsburgh.) Here's my lineup:
Vancouver vs. Seattle
Los Angeles vs. Anaheim (The Freeway Series)
Calgary vs. Edmonton (The Battle of Alberta)
San Jose vs. Las Vegas
Minnesota vs. Winnipeg
Arizona vs. Colorado
Chicago vs. Nashville
Dallas vs. St. Louis
Florida vs. Tampa Bay
Montreal vs. Toronto
Boston vs. Buffalo
Detroit vs. Ottawa
Islanders vs. Rangers
Carolina vs. Washington
Columbus vs. Pittsburgh
Philadelphia vs. New Jersey
Forum: NHL11 mars à 10 h 38
Sujet: The NHL needs to change these things
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jonh514</b></div><div>Relating to comments about lottery odds enforcing parity, we are seeing teams purposely lose for half a season in order to improve lottery odds. There's not a lot of parity there.

If you factor in a Play-in round and give each of the bottom 12 teams equal lottery odds, it might strike a better balance.

We need to eliminate the draw for teams like Chicago and San Jose to intentionally lose.</div></div>

I think you have this pretty backwards. The draw for teams not to intentionally lose is that the league is still gate driven in terms of revenue and most owners are cheapskates. Not being willing to bottom out because "anything can happen if you make the playoffs" is in my opinion the problem. I think there should 100% be a lottery for the top pick(s) in the draft but there is nothing you can say that will convince me the team that finished 12th last should have an equal shot at getting 1st OA. I think right now where they have a 0% chance of drafting 1st OA is far better. I remember a few years ago when Detroit was just simply a bad team and ended up with the 4th OA pick because they had over a 50% chance of picking 4th with the best odds at getting 1st. To me that is just ridiculous and I am glad they changed it

San Jose, however is not intentionally losing games. They exhausted every resource they had for like 2 decades to try and win the cup. They have simply become a genuine bad team due to inflated aging contracts. Chicago tanked a little bit but they were contending for years, throwing assets out the door to stay in contention.

The problem with tanking is that you can end up like Buffalo and be perpetually at the bottom for a decade.
Forum: NHL11 mars à 10 h 43
Sujet: The NHL needs to change these things
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MitchJr</b></div><div>Get rid of hard cap; punitive and actively hurting the league’s chances of growth. I suggest allowing teams to spend over cap (say 10% max) but it has to be tied to revenue. So the more popular teams have an advantage because Leafs, Habs, Rangers, Avs, Oilers &amp; Bruins (etc) generate 👀 which improve overall ratings which grows the game. Smaller markets also have a chance to be competitive because there is still a cap (albeit more flexible than current hard cap) &amp; revenue sharing</div></div>

Me personally, I wouldn’t want that. All it does is benefit big market teams and would have smaller markets in perpetual rebuilds. Small markets draft players, they leave to big market, big market wins cup. Basically makes 2 classes of teams. It’s a good revenue boost because obviously the draw of teams like T.O and Mtl will be higher than teams like Ottawa but I don’t know it just feels to me like whichever teams have the biggest pockets will always win, and teams can essentially “buy” cups. Maybe I don’t have the greatest understanding of it but surface level that’s what it seems like to me.
Forum: NHL11 mars à 10 h 41
Sujet: The NHL needs to change these things
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MitchJr</b></div><div>Parity has its merits (I’m not arguing MLB type system where Pirates are already out of it) but obsession with it is hurting the NHL. Have to find a way to ensure some level of parity and fairness but when Canes (as an example) can spend same amount of money as Leafs (or any of the top revenue generating teams) while generating significantly less revenue to the league, that system is not fair. But more importantly, it’s limiting growth of the league. NHL is not the NFL so copying their system was major mistake imo but Bettman cared more about punishing players than growing the league. NBA has grown exponentially more than NHL is past years /decades 🤷🏻</div></div>

Coincidentally, Bettman used to work for the NBA and the NHL was growing until he took over
Forum: Armchair-GM19 sept. 2023 à 13 h 47
Sujet: Linked
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Mike7856</b></div><div>Take it with a grain of salt, but from what I’ve heard, there was an offer from Philly for Joseph + Pinto, Sens didn’t like it and is now dead. But they have also talked about a minor player swap (Sokolov? Thomson?). Don’t think a trade involving Batherson Carry’s any weight, or Konecny/Tippett for that matter, I’ve heard Tippets relatively untouchable to them and DB is holding out for better offers for TK. (Wants an A prospect + 1st or 2 1sts)</div></div>

No one is (outside of michkov and gauthier) is untouchable on the flyers. It'll just cost a higher stanza to snag tippett and TK, let alone both at the same time. But it is fun to think about, I think both teams could benefit from a trade like this.
Forum: Armchair-GM22 sept. 2022 à 17 h 9