04-08-2019, 01:34 PMml002 Wrote:

04-08-2019, 01:02 PMcaltroit_red_flames Wrote: That makes more sense, if there's an issue with send downs not getting enough salary then we should increase the send down cap, not allow teams to circumvent the SHL's actual cap.

Essentially the problem is that the send down cap and the player salary tiers fight each other at a certain point. Most GMs would love to be able to pay their prospects more than $1-2mil per in their first contract, but when you have multiple 1k-1.3k TPE players that have to be paid a minimum of $4-5mil, that adds up and the $8mil send down cap just gets strained so much in bigger draft classes.

I get the league doesn't want amazing teams to horde prospects, but the current system hurts the prospects too.

I'm not saying this is a good idea, but an idea would be to just entirely separate the caps entirely. The better teams shouldn't get good prospects by virtue of having later picks and if they do the prospects will become SHL ready and decide to jump ship for more ice time and a better contract than their team can give them, that or the SHL team will be forced to let them walk in free agency for draft pick compensation.