Re: Bcpl 14/15
The way it sits right now it mimics the actual NHL lottery. Non-playoff teams are assigned corresponding non playoff NHL teams. Whoever wins the NHL lottery moves up according to the NHL draft.
Another option would be to have all of the non playoff teams play a "consolation tournament" for the 1st overall pick while our playoffs are going on. Winner gets 1st overall.
I would be against rewarding "average" as proposed by Dooley. Those bottom 3 teams would be buried for years to come. Being able to dig out of the basement is tough enough. Giving the worst team the 6th overall pick as opposed to 1st or second could keep them there for a LONG time. Generally speaking picks 4-10 are a crapshoot as far as finding a superstar. Finding a serviceable NHL'er sure... but fantasy hockey is not about serviceable NHLers.
I am all for finding a way to prevent "Tanking", but I think we need to give some thought into the best way to go about it without ruining the chance for the weaker teams to eventually compete. Especially given the fact this is a 16 team league. THe separation between 1 and 16 could be very wide by the time trades are made and the season is over.
If a GM is generally inactive that seems to me to be a completely different issue.
12 Team H2H Keep 15- 25 man Roster- G,A,+/-, PIM, HITS, BLK,GWG,SOG HT, DEF,PPP, SHP, TOI, GAA,GA, WINS,SV, SO,SV%
Forwards- Giroux, Pacioretty, McDavid, Johansen, Landeskog, Yakupov, Barkov, Foligno, Kuznetsov, MacKinnon Kreider, Draisidl, Tervainen, Nelson, Zajac
Defense-Phaneuf, OEL, Rielly, Barrie, Stone, Murray, Beauchemin
Goal- Dubnyk, Talbot
Farm- D. Strome, M. Marner, J Ortio