Ive been one of the biggest arguers for a lot fo these points so i guess ill give my opinion.

I thinka nyone whos been around for a while agrees that the smjhl is for the new members, its a way to get them hooked on the site before they get to experience the fun that is the actual SHL.

I dont think rookie ice time should be prioritiezed over send downs or anything, but i think that actives should 100% be played over inactives during the regular season, reward people for their work, and if your team is stacked to the brim with capped players, find a way to give your rookies some extra ice time imo.

I really dont care about the cap, but a higher cap means that people stay down longer which is bad imo.

The focus of the league is and should be development, and keeping new members around. Does that mean you cant want to win? no, thats part of keeping members around, but you should never, as a gm, be sacrificing your players excitement for the league or enjoyment of the league for a couple wins. If someone comes to you and asks if they can get traded cuz they arent having fun, you trade them, even if its a suboptimal trade, because its a development league.

Spending a long time in the smjhl is bad because it creates logjams. The new members see the send downs and want to be them in their second season, what happens when your top 2 lines are already capped players? Now these newer members have to play bad ice time because of logjams and shit, idk its stupid, play 2 seasons, 3 if you have to and no more.