Post by Philadelphia Flyers on Jul 5, 2016 18:36:54 GMT -5
For as long as we can remember, the limit for prospects to be signed is when they played 50 or more NHL games. Of course in most cases, teams would exercise to create their prospects before they hit their 50 NHL game mark, or even create their prospects before even playing an NHL game. ie. mostly Tony did this
Anyway, we've collectively decided to drop this 50 NHL game rule down to 10 games. This will mirror the NHL standards a lot more realistically, and in turn it'll create prospects earlier rather than later. We've run into a few instances where GMs have let their prospects remain on their lists a lot longer than they realistically would, resulting in major bargains such as the Mrazeks, the McDavids, the Draisaitls, etc, to be created on ELC deals when their ratings are already solid enough to be an effective roster player.
These rule changes will be effective immediately. Any prospect with 10 or more NHL games on their record will be automatically signed to an entry level contract. This is establish more realism, and make ELC's deemed more fair. This also will help franchises fill out their farm rosters with rated players.
This will not impact expansion as every ELC with 2 or more years remaining will automatically be protected in next summers expansion draft.
Anyway, we've collectively decided to drop this 50 NHL game rule down to 10 games. This will mirror the NHL standards a lot more realistically, and in turn it'll create prospects earlier rather than later. We've run into a few instances where GMs have let their prospects remain on their lists a lot longer than they realistically would, resulting in major bargains such as the Mrazeks, the McDavids, the Draisaitls, etc, to be created on ELC deals when their ratings are already solid enough to be an effective roster player.
These rule changes will be effective immediately. Any prospect with 10 or more NHL games on their record will be automatically signed to an entry level contract. This is establish more realism, and make ELC's deemed more fair. This also will help franchises fill out their farm rosters with rated players.
This will not impact expansion as every ELC with 2 or more years remaining will automatically be protected in next summers expansion draft.
