Quote:Originally posted by Schultzy@Jul 8 2015, 03:23 PM

Not out to screw over anyone. I'm certainly not celebrating losing teammates in Hamilton. But why wouldn't we want 14 competitive teams and make GMing all the more important? Why do you insist on condemning these new teams to an unnecessary hardship? Why shouldn't they get a bit of a leg up compared to previous expasions, so they don't face the same problems struggling teams in the past had to face? Why should they have to struggle for 4 years when it's not at all necessary? Most every team has franchise players playing on the 2nd or 3rd line.

I'm not advocating gifting them a cup contender. But I'm not sure why people seem to think new teams need to be full of 200 TPE inactives and earn their way to the top no matter how many years it takes. We have plenty of talent in this league. We can spread it around a bit more and make a better SHL. The games will still matter and I think parity will be the same as it is now. We can create thriving franchises not perpetual cellar dwellers.

I don't think it should be all 200 tpe inactives either. I think it should be 15 protected or each team loses two 450+ players or something like that.