Post by Dallas Stars on Mar 20, 2018 14:27:17 GMT -5
So I brought this up to Wolf and he told me to explain it on here so that we can discuss the current rules of RFA and how they’re affecting prospects.
With the most recent rules being set in place where teams are no longer allowed to create players freely we also abolished the 4 year ELCs however we didn’t look at the other side of the spectrum which is the RFA age. Currently the RFA age is only 26 yers old, versus the NHL standard of 27. I understand wanting to create more UFAs but all it really is doing is causing teams to just sign shorter bridge deals so that they keep their players RFA eligible at 26.
Now the problem with the new rules are the fact that players are automatically created after playing only 10 NHL games the following season. However knowing you have to create that player next season you either wait to be forced into creating him in the off-season or you do it mid season. The problem with creating prospects mid season is that because there is no longer a 4 year ELC you are then creating a prospect to a 3 year ELC but the first year they do not have a rating at all and can serve no purpose to the sim. So basically you are losing a year of that players rating. Another example would be a guy who plays 10 NHL games but then doesn’t play in the NHL for another 2 seasons well you were forced to create him even though he’s considered a prospsct stil in real life.
Another issue here is college players. You can now no longer sign college players to an ELC only to your prospsct list because they haven’t met the requirements of 10 NHL 10 AHL games. The problem with this is that most college players are 22-24 when they sign with a team. You put them on your prospsct list and wait until they meet the minimum requirements to be created. Now the issue is they aren’t starting their ELC until a whole year later minimum. Once their ELC expires that player may be 27 years old, however this means they are now considered a UFA and not an RFA even though they just completed their ELC.
These reasons alone are why I believe the RFA age should be raised to 27 like the real NHl.
Another thing to consider would be bringing back 4 year ELCs but ONLY to those players who would be forced created the following season so that you do not burn a year of their ELC in a player with no rating.
Another option would be raising the forced games requirement to 40- 50 NHL games in one season. Once a player plays 40-50 games in exactly one season they should no longer be considered a prospect, versus our current 10 games. One other thing would perhaps to just make it 82 NHL hames total (a full NHL season but doesn’t have to be played in the same year)
Obviously you can go back even farther and make it where you can create a prospsct at any point in time giving the GMs to have full control over when they create a player even if they haven’t played in the NHL yet.
However it the current rules remain the same then the RFA age limit should become 27 years old. If you opt to give GMs more of an option to when prospects are created or forced to be created then I’d be content with the age limit remaining at only 26 years old.
With the most recent rules being set in place where teams are no longer allowed to create players freely we also abolished the 4 year ELCs however we didn’t look at the other side of the spectrum which is the RFA age. Currently the RFA age is only 26 yers old, versus the NHL standard of 27. I understand wanting to create more UFAs but all it really is doing is causing teams to just sign shorter bridge deals so that they keep their players RFA eligible at 26.
Now the problem with the new rules are the fact that players are automatically created after playing only 10 NHL games the following season. However knowing you have to create that player next season you either wait to be forced into creating him in the off-season or you do it mid season. The problem with creating prospects mid season is that because there is no longer a 4 year ELC you are then creating a prospect to a 3 year ELC but the first year they do not have a rating at all and can serve no purpose to the sim. So basically you are losing a year of that players rating. Another example would be a guy who plays 10 NHL games but then doesn’t play in the NHL for another 2 seasons well you were forced to create him even though he’s considered a prospsct stil in real life.
Another issue here is college players. You can now no longer sign college players to an ELC only to your prospsct list because they haven’t met the requirements of 10 NHL 10 AHL games. The problem with this is that most college players are 22-24 when they sign with a team. You put them on your prospsct list and wait until they meet the minimum requirements to be created. Now the issue is they aren’t starting their ELC until a whole year later minimum. Once their ELC expires that player may be 27 years old, however this means they are now considered a UFA and not an RFA even though they just completed their ELC.
These reasons alone are why I believe the RFA age should be raised to 27 like the real NHl.
Another thing to consider would be bringing back 4 year ELCs but ONLY to those players who would be forced created the following season so that you do not burn a year of their ELC in a player with no rating.
Another option would be raising the forced games requirement to 40- 50 NHL games in one season. Once a player plays 40-50 games in exactly one season they should no longer be considered a prospect, versus our current 10 games. One other thing would perhaps to just make it 82 NHL hames total (a full NHL season but doesn’t have to be played in the same year)
Obviously you can go back even farther and make it where you can create a prospsct at any point in time giving the GMs to have full control over when they create a player even if they haven’t played in the NHL yet.
However it the current rules remain the same then the RFA age limit should become 27 years old. If you opt to give GMs more of an option to when prospects are created or forced to be created then I’d be content with the age limit remaining at only 26 years old.
