"The manager that was originally in first and the other two (one is commish) admit that those bump up deals were done to keep me out of 2nd and the good money."
That is 1000% collusion
While I agree with this for this specific league, I'd also suggest points only leagues (where points are traded over) can work if you have owners with integrity. I've been involved in a league like this for 6 years (league is entering it's 10th year) and I've never seen anything remotely resembling collusion. Managers meet in person to draft. And while rebuilding happens, teams still have to give up significant future pieces in order go for the win. (As an example, I trade McDavid in his rookie year - when he was injured - for Tavares and a crap load of veterans for a points boost to win). These types of leagues can work if you have GMs who play with integrity.
"The manager that was originally in first and the other two (one is commish) admit that those bump up deals were done to keep me out of 2nd and the good money."
That is 1000% collusion
10 Teams
Keeper max 18 of 23 + 5 minors
NHL Cap Hit
G, A, SOG, HITS, BLKS, STP, FOW, Takeaways
W, GAA, SV%, SO
C
Eichel, Beniers, Trocheck, Fantilli, Staal, Glendening, Mittlestadt, Bjugstad
W
B. Tkachuk, Pastrnak, Perfetti, Giroux, Byfield, Reinhart, Svechnikov, Quinn
D
Lauzon, Schenn, Englund, Hakanpaa, Korchinski
G
Sorokin, Ersson
Minors
Wallstedt, Wolf, Jiricek
This sounds like a terrible league. I'd have saved myself the 3000 word post and just found a better one to join.
16 GM Dynasty
H2H Points
Weekly Matchups w/ Starts: 12F/6D/2G
G(3), A(2), +/-(0.1), Hit(0.1), SOG(0.1), BS(0.1), PPP(1), SHP(1)
W(4), L(-2), SO(4), Sv(0.2), GA(-1)
F: A. Svechnikov, R. Thomas, N. Suzuki, Pastrnak, Boldy, J. Robertson, J. Hughes, Frost, Tolvanen, Drouin, Heinen, Gallagher, N. Ritchie, Wood, Poehling, Podkolzin
D: Makar, Fox, Dobson, Byram, Dahlin, Ferraro, Michael Stone
G Sorokin, Hart, Georgiev, DeSmith
Farm: Firkus, Kayumov, Heimosalmi, Brennan, Werner, Kvaca, Parik
This is definitely collusion, but I wouldn't worry about the penalties. I would leave the league. Even if your league decides to bring in a rule that does give a penalty in the future, that would just make it more likely the people in this league wouldn't admit to the collusion in the future. Better just to leave the league and be done with it.
Also, I am in two pools where points carry over in trades (including the one with als_revenge that has been going on for 10 years). They can work excellently if done correctly.
Writer of the weekly Top 10 column.
12-team Keeper pool, straight points for forwards & dmen. Goalies get: 2 points per win, 3 per shutout, 1 point per assist & 1 point per shootout loss.
League champ in 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2022.
Top 8 forwards, 5 dmen and 2 goalies count.
We keep 15 players (any position) plus two rookies.
Forwards: Panarin, Ovechkin, Kopitar, Stamkos, Tuch, Rust, Marchessault, Pavelski, Miller, Bertuzzi, Stone, Kakko, Brown, Stankoven, Kovalenko
Defence: Hedman, Fox, Matheson, Thrun, Jiricek
Goalies: Kochetkov, Talbot, Vasilevskiy, Campbell, Schmid
Its collusion for sure.
Leave the league.
How could you even continue?
No matter what comes of it, you're mindset is tainted now - so best to just move on, find yourself a better league and get back to enjoying fantasy hockey!