Problem is that the best players have 1800+ TPE while new players only start with 155 TPE. That's not enough to be competitive in the Juniors and it isn't nearly enough to be good enough for the bigs. Solution right now: you play in juniors for a few seasons until you can play on the 2nd or 3rd line in the SHL but are capped in the process. It takes way too long right now until you are good enough for the SHL and so you are trapped in the juniors without real development.

Possible Solution: Start with A LOT more TPE but also start with regression right away. Maybe start the career with the amount of a serviceable 4th liner so you are able to play in the SHL right after the draft as a 3rd liner if you were active enough. Players who weren't would go back to the SMJHL but would only be marginally better than the Rookies there. Maybe even worse if they were inactive because the already regressed.

Regression needs to start right away though so a player can't get more TPE than the current superstars (so about 2000 TPE) and inactive players actually regress. Important would be that you would regress by a stable number each season and not by 10% or something. Better players shouldn't regress more than worse players.

I don't know if I am missing something but this would solve a lot of problems actually open up different career paths. But obviously this will never happen lol

EDIT: this actually could be solved if you play in juniors 2 season before being drafted I think. I think it rougly has the same effect.

EDIT: could also be solved if you cap SHL players. But then there needs to be another incentive to earn TPE. Fighting regression which starts earlier would be an idea here.