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Post by Phil-Cornwall on Apr 12, 2011 20:37:31 GMT -5
T.S meeting concuded @ 8:45pm
Attending:
Glenn - Philly
Phil -Cornwall
Scott - NYA
Brenden - Johnstown
Dan - Toronto
Glenn, Phil and Scott had mics. Other guys may want to field test their comps for working mic systems.
2 new owners !! Chris (Suffolk) got his friend Justin to take over the Edmonton franchise and the interweb produced another GM for N.E - The Whale ! Good stuff boys.
We are expanding the active player pool from @ 800 players to 1600-1800 players - all AHL, EHL players ect with full stat cards reflecting AHL stats that realisticaly translate into FHL stats. This huge list of all players available for the draft WILL be listed so that we can all plan for it and won't have to hunt down and target players on our own. All players must beat least age 25 and over.
We will be going to automated play nex season. The computer will run the games at a set time. Much easier on all. Afternoon games still applicable.
In addition to the 5-7 draft picks that most teams have, there will be an additional 5-10 selections that GM's can use to stock thier minor league team. Eventually, we will all have a complete minor league team with accurate stats that will again, translate well to the FHL - no more basic 10 offense 10 defense. There will be a wide variety of players will skill sets available. So, most of the minor league team will be available to call up at any time. There will still be some players that belong to the minor league team and not your personal FHL team property but these will still be available as well as call ups just like now.
There will be "value" for heavy weights and enforcers and agitators next season. Intimidation will be higlighted and will have a TWO way swing - hurting the other team if it is filled with timid players as well as HELPING your team become bolder at the same time. Can this occur from a bench postion ? I hope so.
Revamped player cards for all current players are going to be listed soon for everyone's perusal - they jsutwon't be migrated onto the existing engine just yet. Exciting stuff. Player cards will again, include translated stats from NHL as well as AHL and EHL.
Fortitude wil be more accurate next year. No more goalies getting hurt just because they didn't play much . Injuries will occurr to those who actually did not play for a reason last year.
There will be a "perculator" that will allow for "major events" that will have a big effect on the game - a hit or fight may just rachet up the entire rest of the game. There is also talk of a "hate meter" for rivalries.
Not covered was tired players and back to back games and over playing goalies.
Waiver wires and waivers were discussed and are the same as detailed in previous threads on this forum. Nothing new here.
Draft order is weighted with random numbers by ping pong - again, nothing new. This was covered in a previous thread.
There will be a draft - ball selection video to be posted when the actual draft order is done. This will occur soon ,I would think as the NHL had theirs today.
If I forgot anything, I'll update this thread and I'm sure Glenn will post here as well.
Good Hockey !
GM - Payes
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Apr 13, 2011 7:15:30 GMT -5
T.S meeting concuded @ 8:45pm Attending: Glenn - Philly Phil -Cornwall Scott - NYA Brenden - Johnstown Dan - Toronto Glenn, Phil and Scott had mics. Other guys may want to field test their comps for working mic systems. 2 new owners !! Chris (Suffolk) got his friend Justin to take over the Edmonton franchise and the interweb produced another GM for N.E - The Whale ! Good stuff boys. We are expanding the active player pool from @ 800 players to 1600-1800 players - all AHL, EHL players ect with full stat cards reflecting AHL stats that realisticaly translate into FHL stats. This huge list of all players available for the draft WILL be listed so that we can all plan for it and won't have to hunt down and target players on our own. All players must beat least age 25 and over. We will be going to automated play nex season. The computer will run the games at a set time. Much easier on all. Afternoon games still applicable. In addition to the 5-7 draft picks that most teams have, there will be an additional 5-10 selections that GM's can use to stock thier minor league team. Eventually, we will all have a complete minor league team with accurate stats that will again, translate well to the FHL - no more basic 10 offense 10 defense. There will be a wide variety of players will skill sets available. So, most of the minor league team will be available to call up at any time. There will still be some players that belong to the minor league team and not your personal FHL team property but these will still be available as well as call ups just like now. There will be "value" for heavy weights and enforcers and agitators next season. Intimidation will be higlighted and will have a TWO way swing - hurting the other team if it is filled with timid players as well as HELPING your team become bolder at the same time. Can this occur from a bench postion ? I hope so. Revamped player cards for all current players are going to be listed soon for everyone's perusal - they jsutwon't be migrated onto the existing engine just yet. Exciting stuff. Player cards will again, include translated stats from NHL as well as AHL and EHL. Fortitude wil be more accurate next year. No more goalies getting hurt just because they didn't play much . Injuries will occurr to those who actually did not play for a reason last year. There will be a "perculator" that will allow for "major events" that will have a big effect on the game - a hit or fight may just rachet up the entire rest of the game. There is also talk of a "hate meter" for rivalries. Not covered was tired players and back to back games and over playing goalies. Waiver wires and waivers were discussed and are the same as detailed in previous threads on this forum. Nothing new here. Draft order is weighted with random numbers by ping pong - again, nothing new. This was covered in a previous thread. There will be a draft - ball selection video to be posted when the actual draft order is done. This will occur soon ,I would think as the NHL had theirs today. If I forgot anything, I'll update this thread and I'm sure Glenn will post here as well. Good Hockey ! GM - Payes Phil - Outstanding job distilling a 90 minute call down to a few concise bullet points. Much appreciated! Also, thanks to those who were able to attend. Next meeting we can look to have some more. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2011 8:24:25 GMT -5
Brooks Laich is supposed to return from injury today but the
system will not allow him to be put into the lineup yet.
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Apr 13, 2011 9:29:37 GMT -5
Brooks Laich is supposed to return from injury today but the system will not allow him to be put into the lineup yet. This will be fixed at around 5:00 PM EST. This issue is that after each days games are run a calendar is updated and player availability is determined based on this in-game calendar. Because there have been no games played the last 2 nights, this counter was not incremented. That is also why you don't see today's games showing up. Once I update this table, you will see today's games showing up on the main page and you will have access once again to players whose injury time has expired. |
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Post by Justin-Cincinnati on Apr 14, 2011 9:58:13 GMT -5
Gentlemen,
Sorry I could not attend the meeting. A fellow GM and I had our first men's league playoff game that night at the same time. Thank you for taking notes. I was able to look through them and I am very impressed. I am extremely excited for the upcoming playoffs and then whats looks to be an intense off season for all. Also, congrats to the new GM's and welcome aboard!
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Apr 14, 2011 11:07:55 GMT -5
T.S meeting concuded @ 8:45pm
Attending:
Glenn - Philly
Phil -Cornwall
Scott - NYA
Brenden - Johnstown
Dan - Toronto
Glenn, Phil and Scott had mics. Other guys may want to field test their comps for working mic systems.
2 new owners !! Chris (Suffolk) got his friend Justin to take over the Edmonton franchise and the interweb produced another GM for N.E - The Whale ! Good stuff boys.
We are expanding the active player pool from @ 800 players to 1600-1800 players - all AHL, EHL players ect with full stat cards reflecting AHL stats that realisticaly translate into FHL stats. This huge list of all players available for the draft WILL be listed so that we can all plan for it and won't have to hunt down and target players on our own. All players must beat least age 25 and over.
** The 25 year break point deals with the draft eligible players. If a player is 25 or under and currently not on a team's roster (emergency recalls do not count) he will be available in the upcoming draft. Unassigned players over the age of 25 will be available in the free agent signing portion of the off season. **
We will be going to automated play nex season. The computer will run the games at a set time. Much easier on all. Afternoon games still applicable.
In addition to the 5-7 draft picks that most teams have, there will be an additional 5-10 selections that GM's can use to stock thier minor league team. Eventually, we will all have a complete minor league team with accurate stats that will again, translate well to the FHL - no more basic 10 offense 10 defense. There will be a wide variety of players will skill sets available. So, most of the minor league team will be available to call up at any time. There will still be some players that belong to the minor league team and not your personal FHL team property but these will still be available as well as call ups just like now.
**Clarification on player acquisition during the off season
The draft will happen first. As Phil notes, most teams will have around 5 picks (some more, some less based on trades)
Free Agency comes next. At the completion of each players initial contract (1-5 years for our original player acquisitions and 1-3 years for our upcoming rookie entry contracts), a player will become a restricted free agent. Other teams can bid on these players however at bids end, the team will have the right to either retain the player by matching a certain percent of the highest teams bid (lets say 66% is the figure decided on) or allowing the player to go to the other team in which case the losing team would receive compensation in the form of draft picks. The more money spent on luring the player away, the higher the picks compensation package will be. If for some reason no teams bid on the player, the league will determine his salary demands based on a formula using his most recent player card (the card that will be used for the upcoming season). The owner can either accept the salary demands or release the player without penalty at which point he would become an UFA.
At the end of a players second contract, the player is an unrestricted free agent and can sign with the highest bidding team without penalty to his new team.
Third stage will be randomly assigning 1 AHL team to each GM (similar to the emergency call up team assignments we did this year. Each GM will get to pick 5 unsigned players from this AHL team to add to their farm system. These will most likely be middle of the road/journeymen AHL players as the better players will go in the draft and free agency.
The final stage will be a random assignment of an additional 15 players from the remaining AHL and ECHL talent pool. These players will be in your system and on your minor league team but will not be property of you (just like the emergency call up players were in year 1). At the end of the season, these 15 players will be released back into the pool for consideration in the following year's draft/free agency process.
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There will be "value" for heavy weights and enforcers and agitators next season. Intimidation will be higlighted and will have a TWO way swing - hurting the other team if it is filled with timid players as well as HELPING your team become bolder at the same time. Can this occur from a bench postion ? I hope so.
** yes, having a tough guy dressed will satisfy the sheriff requirements**
Revamped player cards for all current players are going to be listed soon for everyone's perusal - they jsutwon't be migrated onto the existing engine just yet. Exciting stuff. Player cards will again, include translated stats from NHL as well as AHL and EHL.
**If a player played 25 games int he NHL and 50 games in the AHL, the new player rating engine will create both a NHL and AHL player card. The FHL card will be based upon a compilation of both cards where in this case 33% (25/75) of the NHL figures would be used and 66% (50/75) of the AHL stats would be used to create a composite card.**
Fortitude wil be more accurate next year. No more goalies getting hurt just because they didn't play much . Injuries will occurr to those who actually did not play for a reason last year.
** Piggybacking off of my last clarification, Fortitude will be based on an aggregate number of games played last year. Therefore, unless a player missed time to injury, they shouldn't be dropping like flies as they have at some points this year
Goalies will he handled slightly differently. We saw many backups go down this year with injury just because they didn't get into a decent number of NHL games last year. Aside from the total games, regardless of league, being used to calculate fortitude, backup goalies will suffer penalties in performance from being over played. This will be a little more realistic with less injuries to the backups.
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There will be a "perculator" that will allow for "major events" that will have a big effect on the game - a hit or fight may just rachet up the entire rest of the game. There is also talk of a "hate meter" for rivalries.
**The percolator will carry from game to game and season to season as well. Games with high intensity will have more hits and most likely more fights. Also, unless you dress player's appropriately, your skilled guys will be more open to being run at (injury) and will play smaller.
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Not covered was tired players and back to back games and over playing goalies.
Waiver wires and waivers were discussed and are the same as detailed in previous threads on this forum. Nothing new here.
Draft order is weighted with random numbers by ping pong - again, nothing new. This was covered in a previous thread.
** As posted earlier this is done, results to be coming shortly via video upload**
There will be a draft - ball selection video to be posted when the actual draft order is done. This will occur soon ,I would think as the NHL had theirs today.
If I forgot anything, I'll update this thread and I'm sure Glenn will post here as well.
Good Hockey !
GM - Payes
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Apr 14, 2011 11:20:15 GMT -5
Gentlemen, Sorry I could not attend the meeting. A fellow GM and I had our first men's league playoff game that night at the same time. Thank you for taking notes. I was able to look through them and I am very impressed. I am extremely excited for the upcoming playoffs and then whats looks to be an intense off season for all. Also, congrats to the new GM's and welcome aboard! No worries Justin, how did your team make out? |
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Post by Justin-Cincinnati on Apr 14, 2011 13:20:14 GMT -5
Haha...not very well. We lost 7-2, and yes the game was closer then it sounds. We were up against the 2 seed who dominated us all season. Although the game wasnt that good, the beer afterwards sure was.
Glenn quick question regarding the off season...Will we have the ability to make trades prior to or during the draft?
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Apr 14, 2011 13:23:38 GMT -5
Haha...not very well. We lost 7-2, and yes the game was closer then it sounds. We were up against the 2 seed who dominated us all season. Although the game wasnt that good, the beer afterwards sure was. Glenn quick question regarding the off season...Will we have the ability to make trades prior to or during the draft? Yes, Once the season concludes, the no-trade period will be lifted. |
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Post by Chris-Suffolk on Apr 14, 2011 22:41:18 GMT -5
Glenn, so sorry couldnt make the TS mtg either...I do have a question/observation regarding the game engine....
Observation: I notice that in nearly every game, there are multiple "unassisted goals". Now, not being privy to seeing how these goals occur, I will give my best summation:
1- Defenseman who have low passing/puckhandling skills are turning the puck over in the high shooting percentage zones.
2- Forwards with higher takeaway numbers, are doing just that.
It just seems to me, that the number of these type goals is very high. Have you noticed this? Is there a different reason? Do you think it is realistic or something that needs tinkering with?
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Apr 15, 2011 7:10:49 GMT -5
Glenn, so sorry couldnt make the TS mtg either...I do have a question/observation regarding the game engine.... Observation: I notice that in nearly every game, there are multiple "unassisted goals". Now, not being privy to seeing how these goals occur, I will give my best summation: 1- Defenseman who have low passing/puckhandling skills are turning the puck over in the high shooting percentage zones. 2- Forwards with higher takeaway numbers, are doing just that. It just seems to me, that the number of these type goals is very high. Have you noticed this? Is there a different reason? Do you think it is realistic or something that needs tinkering with? It is my thought that the assists are a little light as well. I figured I would wait until the regular season was over and see what the FHL average of total assists to total goals ratio would be and compare that to what the NHL had last year. If every goal had two assists (which we know isn't the case) this would yield a 2:1 ration. My hunch is that when we analyze the NHL the ratio will be something close to 1.67:1. I will get the actual number and compare it to the engine to see what that is producing. Bottom line, I think some tinkering is in order but the analysis will prove this theory out and also indicate how many turns of the wrench to give it. |
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Post by Chris-Suffolk on Apr 18, 2011 16:38:11 GMT -5
I forgot to ask this question(s) regarding the TS Mtg...
1- Was there any discussion regarding Salary Caps? Meaning, are we going with the original process of: Teams that make the Playoffs are able to use 50% of there Cap, teams not making Playoffs are only able to use 25% of Cap. Or are we going with 100% of Cap is usable?
That is a very key component that we all should know going into the draft.
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Apr 18, 2011 17:44:38 GMT -5
I forgot to ask this question(s) regarding the TS Mtg... 1- Was there any discussion regarding Salary Caps? Meaning, are we going with the original process of: Teams that make the Playoffs are able to use 50% of there Cap, teams not making Playoffs are only able to use 25% of Cap. Or are we going with 100% of Cap is usable? That is a very key component that we all should know going into the draft. 50% for playoff teams and 25% for non of unused cap space from this past year that can be used next. Plus the cap will increase as a percentage (same as NHLs) and a little extra to handle to minor league contracts |
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Post by Matt-Colorado on Apr 18, 2011 18:12:27 GMT -5
At what point is the 25% / 50% of a teams cap set?
Prior to the draft? Or is there a window between the draft and the start of free agency where teams can try and free up some room?
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Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Apr 18, 2011 21:40:41 GMT -5
At what point is the 25% / 50% of a teams cap set? Prior to the draft? Or is there a window between the draft and the start of free agency where teams can try and free up some room? At the time that the trade deadline went into affect back in February, |
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