Okay so this game is kinda like the NHL where there are teams that compete for a cup, lets call this cup the Challenge Cup and its a one team thing that is one after a regular season. The regular season will be some strange number of games, something like 50ish, where you play teams some random number of times which does not really make much sense. Now the playoffs will have a cool format where there are actually 5 teams that make it and the first round is a play in much like baseball has, but rather than a single game we can use a best of 7. Playoffs from that point on will ne the same format as the NHL. Now for the important distinction, we will use a real simulation engine to help us get through hte games, something like Franchise Hockey Manager, where we wont have stupid things like a forum where you can pend 5 minutes and find that stats like checking and passing actually do not help you, but rather hurt you in the sim.

Most important aspect is there will be one team who the entire league hates for some reasons, likely some drama that is over played in the off season. For this aspect of the game i would prefer this not be my team again but that seems unlikely.