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RE: S81 PT #5: Let’s Mix It Up - Conraddvd - 03-24-2025
Radley hates goals. He prefers defensive games. From his early days as a young lad, rising the ranks of hockey, the sound of the buzzer and roar of the crowd was a major distraction. The sound of puck on stick, puck on post, puck on pads, that’s the music that makes the world go ‘round. Woof woof. That cannot be beat. Radley’s rule change is that goals are no longer the ultimate decision maker for who wins or loses games. Now, blocked shots have the possibility to make all the difference. Radley’s proposed rule change would change the game in multiple areas. First, if you score a goal, it’s worth 15 points. But if you block a shot, it’s worth -1 point for the opposing team. If you miss, no change. Each team has 20 seconds of possession at a time and it has to end in a shot. Additionally, the puck can no longer be skated down the ice once you pass through the neutral zone. There are penalties if you cross into the attacking zone at any time. So you must choose wisely on when to shoot and how to position your team. The windows to score are tight, and games have the potential to go deep into the negatives before a winner is crowned. Radley relishes in the dream scenario where Defensemen are at the top of the league. The lights, cameras, eyeballs are locked on the D! Games have the potential to be won and lost on blocking shots, a dream, finally can come true.
Written option 1 - 259 words.
RE: S81 PT #5: Let’s Mix It Up - JNH - 03-24-2025
I think that Rasmus would sit down and weigh his options first, drawing up a couple of alternatives and then decide on the course of action. So he'd probably consider some truly zany changes to try to add an element of randomness to the game, not that hockey doesn't already have that element. He'd also consider some strategies that penalize teams like Hamilton and Winnipeg for simply existing - it's not the most sophisticated solution but it's something that gets to the point. What he will end up doing though, is to choose a rule that both harms the top teams and the teams that he hates, but also that ensures LA has a very clear advantage. He'd institute a rule that goals do not count unless they are scored by a player currently rostered for and playing on the LA Panthers. Every team is going to be forced to play infinite scoreless draws against each other, while LA takes home shutout wins in every game. Fairness is out the window, we want cups.
RE: S81 PT #5: Let’s Mix It Up - LampLighter - 03-24-2025
Option 2:
When looking at the MVP for the SHL it’s easy to pick out the top scores in the league including Logan Web, but the MVP is not just for the person that scored the most goals or had the most amount of points during the season. It is supposed to be for the player that helped out their team the most to produce during the year. The one player that you could turn to that is deserving of the MVP for this season is Justin Time the goalie for the San Francisco Pride. Justin is a worthy candidate for MVP for this season. During the season, Justin led the entire SHL goalies in all of the major categories of importance for goaltending. Justin was first in the league with 40 wins. First in the league with a goals against average of 2.54. First in the league of goals saved above average at 48.97 which was well above second placed at 29.72. Justin was first in save percentage at 0.923 and first in shutouts with 5. Having these many number ones in categories of importance at your position shows how deserving of an MVP you are for your team and is well in consideration for MVP in my opinion.
RE: S81 PT #5: Let’s Mix It Up - boom - 03-24-2025
Prompt 2
Logan Webb put up the flashy points, but I think a strong case has to be made this year for a different player on the Pride to get the Khan. That player is their goalie, Justin Time. This is pretty much just down to two stats, but they're the only two stats needed. First up is save percentage. Justin Time had a .923, which is the best save percentage by a SHL starting goalie in the FHM8 era. While this stat can be attributed to a strong defense, the other stat removes all doubt entirely. Justin Time had a GSAA of 48.97, which was more than 20 points ahead of everyone else. The previous high-water mark that I could find since the stat started being tracked at the start of the FHM8 era was in the ballpark of 37, so there's already a big jump. Essentially, this stat means that if there was a hypothetical goalie who had exactly the league average save percentage every game and SFP's entire season played out the same with that hypothetical average goalie, they would have allowed about 50 more goals than they actually did. It's this stat that argues that no single player accounted for more of their team's wins than Time.
RE: S81 PT #5: Let’s Mix It Up - aleks - 03-24-2025
Enlightened Centrist of the Simulation Major Junior Hockey League, of the Colorado Raptors would implement a rule where the entire game is played in 3v3 overtime sudden death style. Every time your team wins a game, the players that played in the game are banned from playing again in the series. This means that the best players will not be able to play after winning a game. This means that to win 4 games in the series you must call up 3 forward and 2 defensemen prospects. Goalies would not apply to this rule. I would call this the fearless playoffs. Basically it's like the fearless draft in league of legends, where teams are not allowed to pick the same champions when they win a game. This will cause for more unique lineups and more adaptability needed by the management staff for the teams that play in the playoffs. Thank you
RE: S81 PT #5: Let’s Mix It Up - Kami1931 - 03-24-2025
Written Option 1:
For max chaos the league always trust to the one they trust most, Twinkle Toes. This time around Toes really wanted to ensure a level playing field. If a team won the year previous their new opponent in the final will get to select a rule change. There will be six randomly selected options to start and the previous champions will get to veto one rule. The remaining five will be presented to the challengers captain where they will decide which change will be the most advantageous.
Some examples of these rules include:
- No penalties in the last 5 minutes of a period
- No icings
- No offsides
- Only goalies in the trapezoid
- No illegal equipment
- No too many men penalties
To add to the chaos, at the beginning of each season each team may submit a proposal for another rule change. If accepted it would be added to the pool of possible rule changes. Ones that are not chosen or are too overpowered would be rotated out based on the committee's recommendation. Let the chaos begin.
RE: S81 PT #5: Let’s Mix It Up - Katth - 03-24-2025
I think what we need to do is that we make the seeding for the playoffs this way that all the top seeded teams play each other in the first round and all the lower seeded teams play each other in the first round. This way we can make sure that the lower seeded teams also have a shot at making the cup final and do not get knocked out instantly in the first round. Also the top seeded teams need to play their highest tpe earners on the third or fourth line to make sure they get less play time compared to lower tpe players. I think this would make for a fun setup and make the outcome of the playoffs more unpredictable and more fun. Would it not be fun if a lower seeded team is able to make the cup final against a higher seeded team and take back home the cup?
Option 1