03-25-2019, 05:20 AMBaelor Swift Wrote:

03-24-2019, 09:25 PMBoomcheck Wrote: Shouldn't be so combative when it was simply a question since I wasn't entirely aware. All I know is that there was some media coverage around Florida for trying it early on in the season. These teams have used it but don't stick with it and like I mentioned before, SHL teams don't really tinker much.

I think the 4f-1d model allows for good enough criteria. Maybe this forces teams that don't have many good d-men to go out and get one or potentially call one up.

It seemed like you completely changed what I said - conflating occasionally with consistently - to argue against me. So of course I was irritated that you were trying to argue against something I didn't actually say by putting words in my mouth.

SHL teams don't tinker much... That's not really true. Some don't. Some do.

I think I've lost you on your reasoning to ban a 5F PP. The fact is, it is an occasionally used tactic at the highest level of ice hockey and with the fact that SHL teams primarily run up to 9 active forwards, it's not something that will happen often unless out of necessity. It's not like the Chiefs found some sort of hack - the powerplay was right in the middle of the league, ranked seventh. It was simply a tactic used because of the personnel available.

As I said maybe 10+ seasons ago, I think it's also a bad idea to put exceedingly strict restrictions on strategies that also have no basis in reality. It basically will force every team to build one way, which only compounds on how dry the league can be with little build variety.

I'm saying teams should be punished for not actually getting players of other positions. In fact I want more involvement for d-men in special teams. 4F-1D provides a lot of creativity and is commonly used. If you don't have the personnel to run at least 1 defenseman on each pair and have too many forwards why not just do what New England did? It costs 12M for a position change, bruh i'd be in debt for 2 seasons if I had to pay that.

Chiefs aren't the only team that runs this strat. I never said it was a hack or over powering. I'm saying it's silly given that durability/endurance does nothing. In a league where it costs people 12M to change positions.

The reason it costs 12M is so teams don't flip flop players to fit their team needs in positions. I just don't believe a 5F - OD PP unit should be allowed given how the league is run.

5F-1D is cool. You got a 4F-1D unit and you bring out the extra forward to bring it to 5F - 1D.