League Announcements Discussion

[kimmer]

I know Mike never likes talkin about this lol
But ya !support

[kimmer]

Bbkl is like nothing different than a video game
U find an imbalance continually, patch it, note it, and release

[bills09]

25 imo should be the cut off

[Handsome&FairMike]

Ya I agree with following NHL for cutoffs... not sure how to make that big of a change though - what about dropping the waiver exempt age by 1 year each season going forward... that way teams can plan for it, as I'm sure most aren't hanging on to too many 28 year olds in the minors...

Also not a fan of tanking by benching starting players... teams in the NHL don't do it, so we shouldn't either.

[anton]

wow lots of announcements today

[hong57]

wow lots of announcements today

lol and yours is the most important.

[kyuss]

Also not a fan of tanking by benching starting players... teams in the NHL don't do it, so we shouldn't either.

moving forward, that's going to be taken care of as per the announcement

[kyuss]

I feel like if hording is allowed then tanking should be allowed to give the poor teams the best chances at players who can make an impact in the nhl the soonest.

it's not like tanking doesn't happen or is not going to happen anymore... taking care of 'benching starting players' doesn't mean there won't be tanking anymore.. just in a more realistic and fairer manner. And more resembling of who the weakest teams really are.

The poor teams are indeed awarded the best chances at "players who can make an impact in the nhl the soonest", just like you advocate for.

Speaking of which, one thing we certainly need to amend IMO is the waiver draft: in the past we had 3 rounds, which might have been too much indeed, but then we went straight down to 1 round. I got no support in the CC to have 2 rounds, but I think we should at the very least have 35 picks: 1 round + 1 more pick for the bottom 5 teams.

What happened with the Free Agency opening this year was ridiculous imo, with GMs trying to beat each other in a first comes first competition for the leftovers.
What happened showed that, contrary to CC/Admins belief, there are available players that may have an impact (or at least are expected to, hence hold some value on the market) beyond one waiver draft round:

Free Agent Activity
September 26th, 2014 @ 12:00 p.m. -- Philadelphia claims Michael Keranen (MIN)
September 26th, 2014 @ 12:00 p.m. -- Vancouver claims Ryan Haggerty (NYR)
September 26th, 2014 @ 12:00 p.m. -- Buffalo claims Joakim Lindstrom (STL)
September 26th, 2014 @ 12:00 p.m. -- Boston claims Matt Lindblad (BOS)
September 26th, 2014 @ 12:01 p.m. -- Nashville claims Dennis Rasmussen (CHI)
September 26th, 2014 @ 12:02 p.m. -- Pittsburgh claims Cody Kunyk (TB)
September 26th, 2014 @ 12:02 p.m. -- Toronto claims Greg Carey (ARI)
September 26th, 2014 @ 12:02 p.m. -- Ottawa claims Cody Donaghey (TOR)
September 26th, 2014 @ 12:03 p.m. -- Edmonton claims Joel Vermin (TB)
September 26th, 2014 @ 12:34 p.m. -- Detroit claims Mathew Bodie (NYR)
September 26th, 2014 @ 12:38 p.m. -- Calgary claims David Wolf (CGY)
September 26th, 2014 @ 1:50 p.m. -- N.Y. Islanders claims Ryan Carpenter (SJ)
September 26th, 2014 @ 5:56 p.m. -- Columbus claims Max McCormick (OTT)
September 26th, 2014 @ 8:53 p.m. -- Los Angeles claims Mark Alt (PHI)

September 27th, 2014 @ 12:17 a.m. -- Montreal claims Nathan Walker (WAS)
September 27th, 2014 @ 10:34 a.m. -- San Jose claims Connor Crisp (MON)
September 27th, 2014 @ 12:00 p.m. -- Vancouver claims Justin Hodgman (ARI)
September 27th, 2014 @ 12:00 p.m. -- Philadelphia claim Luke Witkowski (TB)
September 27th, 2014 @ 12:02 p.m. -- Edmonton claims Josh Archibald (PIT)
September 27th, 2014 @ 12:23 p.m. -- Pittsburgh claims Matt Carey (CHI)
September 27th, 2014 @ 1:56 p.m. -- N.Y. Islanders claims Jordan Oesterle (EDM)
September 27th, 2014 @ 4:43 p.m. -- Arizona claims Josh Manson (ANA)
September 27th, 2014 @ 6:08 p.m. -- Columbus claims Petr Zamorsky (NYR)
September 27th, 2014 @ 6:22 p.m. -- Winnipeg claims Zack Mitchell (MIN)

September 28th, 2014 @ 12:00 p.m. -- Philadelphia claims Barclay Goodrow (SJ)
September 28th, 2014 @ 12:02 p.m. -- Edmonton claims Scott Wilson (PIT)
September 28th, 2014 @ 12:38 p.m. -- San Jose claims Kellan Lain (VAN)
September 28th, 2014 @ 1:43 p.m. -- Montreal claims Kurtis Gabriel (MIN)
September 28th, 2014 @ 3:40 p.m. -- Pittsburgh claims Ryan Culkin (CGY)
September 28th, 2014 @ 6:16 p.m. -- Columbus claims Andrew Hammond (OTT)

September 29th, 2014 @ 3:16 a.m. -- Nashville claims Scott Darling (CHI)
September 29th, 2014 @ 8:20 a.m. -- Toronto claims Guillaume Gelinas (MIN)
September 29th, 2014 @ 9:51 a.m. -- Boston claims Bobby Robins (BOS)
September 29th, 2014 @ 12:38 p.m. -- San Jose claims Iiro Pakarinen (EDM)
September 29th, 2014 @ 12:45 p.m. -- Pittsburgh claims Daniel Carr (MON)
September 29th, 2014 @ 1:17 p.m. -- Edmonton claims Jesper Pettersson (PHI)
September 29th, 2014 @ 3:41 p.m. -- Vancouver claims Ronalds Kenins (VAN)
September 29th, 2014 @ 6:48 p.m. -- Columbus claims Tim Schaller (BUF)

September 30th, 2014 @ 1:00 p.m. -- Pittsburgh claims Patrick Brown (CAR)
September 30th, 2014 @ 8:27 p.m. -- Columbus claims Garrett Thompson (OTT)
September 30th, 2014 @ 10:02 p.m. -- N.Y. Islanders claims Colin Campbell (DET)

October 1st, 2014 @ 6:54 a.m. -- Detroit claims Nic Dowd (LA)
October 1st, 2014 @ 11:32 p.m. -- Winnipeg claims Nick Jensen (DET)

October 2nd, 2014 @ 1:57 a.m. -- Pittsburgh claims Melker Karlsson (SJ)
October 2nd, 2014 @ 9:46 a.m. -- Columbus claims Brady Brassart (MIN)
October 2nd, 2014 @ 10:12 a.m. -- Minnesota claims Pheonix Copley (WAS)

October 3rd, 2014 @ 9:53 a.m. -- Boston claims Viktor Svedberg (CHI)
October 3rd, 2014 @ 10:08 a.m. -- Pittsburgh claims Kael Mouillierat (NYI)

Since we want to help bottom teams getting players that might otherwise be hoarded in some top teams' minors, we should clearly give them higher priority instead of using a first comes first system right after the 30th pick is made.

I would award a 2nd pick to the bottom 10 teams. If they miss on the best available players, which is entirely possible as the above claims show, then it will be their fault and not our system fault.
As a bonus we wouldn't have as much of a stupid rush to be the first one posting and making claims once FA opens.

[kyuss]

wow lots of announcements today

yep, a mod should copy this discussion in a new separate thread and trim this one leaving only the announcements here.

I always ask for this thread to be left alone without comments, but never happens and I don't have mod powers to take care of that.

[Mike]

I know Mike never likes talkin about this lol
But ya !support

Obviously you don't have access to the CC forum. I initiated the conversation on the subject this past off season.

[kimmer]

Sry!

[Shoalzie]

wow lots of announcements today

yep, a mod should copy this discussion in a new separate thread and trim this one leaving only the announcements here.

I always ask for this thread to be left alone without comments, but never happens and I don't have mod powers to take care of that.

I can do some pruning later today. I agree that this thread shouldn't be larded up with chatter.

[The BBKL Insider]

so what's been changed?

someone bump the latest posts

[Shoalzie]

Did some pruning in the announcement thread...try to keep that thread clear of your comments. Comment here on the new announcements if you could...thanks!

[LeanMachine]

Did some pruning in the announcement thread...try to keep that thread clear of your comments. Comment here on the new announcements if you could...thanks!

Did you try locking the thread Shoalzie?

[kyuss]

problem is, CC members using that thread are not mods and would not be able to post there either

[LeanMachine]

problem is, CC members using that thread are not mods and would not be able to post there either

Oh I see. Shoalzie would need an adjustment to his user profile. I don't see why not? Seems like a very helpful guy around here.

[kyuss]

problem is, CC members using that thread are not mods and would not be able to post there either

Oh I see. Shoalzie would need an adjustment to his user profile. I don't see why not? Seems like a very helpful guy around here.

rather, it's the CC members who would need an adjustment to their profile, becoming mods

[LeanMachine]

Oh...I see. Is that possible? give some sort of universal thread access to the mods.

[kyuss]

Oh...I see. Is that possible? give some sort of universal thread access to the mods.

well the point is the mods could unlock the thread whenever necessary, i.e. whenever they need to post an announcement