02-04-2021, 03:17 AMcaltroit_red_flames Wrote: This is the entire point of the changes. Teams need to choose between roster players and prospects. If teams choose the roster player then they need to find a new team through FA.

If those players aren't find teams it sounds to me like we need more teams (I already thought this).

This, your team being in cap hell is a result of you having success, and the cap changes were made you you have to leverage current dominance vs the future of the franchise. If you dont have the space for prospects in the cap you should be forced to either trade the picks or the prospects (I think this should have been the case for awhile and didnt like when buffalo had like 5 unsigned prospects a few seasons ago, although that worked out really well for the site rep of a few of those guys). This is what the cap change was suppose to do as you stated and you should have seen more major changes this season but will for sure see them by s61 (this is where ham and buff project to hit the wall hard afaik).

Now for new teams there is a good case for that i think, just looking at the leveling of teams in a smaller tournament like IIHF suggests that there are more active players in the league now than there were even 2 seasons ago. Anyone who wants 4th lines is a moron it would be better to add more teams (I think we get new playoff options too at 20 which would be great) the question becomes when does this happen, probably around this summer imo we need to seriously talk about that or around the time we discuss moving up in game engine to fhm7 if we do decide to go down that route. Increasing the cap is another horrible idea since that just means super teams exist for a longer term than they do now since from someone on a team also up against the cap, the moves we have to make to try and stay cap compliant forces player movement which is overall a good thing IMO.