-Ah, yes, everyone's favorite debate - whether we should pay GMs or not. Where do you stand on this, and if it's in the affirmative, how should this be carried out?

Yes I believe GMs should be paid as they are doing a job for the betterment of the league. The payment should be conditional on them completing all required duties in a timely and appropriate fashion.

-There's been a lot of chatter about IIHF lately, though not entirely for the best reasons. Do you think players should be allowed to bench themselves without having to transfer out? Additionally, do you think the transfer rules are good as they stand? If not, what would you like to see in place of the system currently present?

Yes players are able to bench themselves if they do not wish to participate. It is a one week fun tournament you can choose to pay attention to or not so I don't understand why people would want to bench themselves (I guess to spite another member is the common reason) but participation shouldn't be obligatory.

I don't think transfers will ever be considered to be in a good state by everyone (especially with the current set teams we have). On one end you will have people who want IIHF to stay realistic and only have players play for their birth nation (this can never happen with set nations like Ireland). On the other hand you will have people who want to have fun and transfer around whenever they want or after a set number of seasons which doesn't make sense in terms of IIHF competition (you don't really see players play for team Canada then team Norway then team Latvia in real life).

My personal preference would be to go back to the old system where teams were divided into broad regions with a new GM/team chosen each offseason (Canada, USA, Western Europe, Scandanavia, World, Mercenaries).