06-24-2021, 11:28 AMBadWolf Wrote:

06-24-2021, 05:39 AMgolden_apricot Wrote: 1. People are specifically saying they are less active because of work and school taking off.

2. Sure, retention from the early pandemic drafts is still high, but it's not a factor that can just be ignored. I don't have a problem with planning a J expansion but there are a huge number if factors that likely have nkt been accurately accounted for.

3. We just had a scale change specifically to help player get called up before aging out. Also any IA player not in the shl this season will now be completely useless due to this scale change so any retirement or any player crossing the tpe level of an IA in a teams system will be called up. Expanding isn't a no brainer but GMs should be in place in case.

We have talked in great detail about call ups, but at the end of the day, we have so many actives. We can expand with no growth and still be sitting comfortably. There is a case that Reddit could not go as planned and we see increased call ups (which didn’t happen this season). But we are confident that even in that situation, we are fine. Worst case we have IAs on the bottom line and the rookies get more playing time. I personally could not find a downside to expansion at the moment. It has been something we have discussed for quite some time and we are ready. I do value your input however, cause I could have easily overlooked something.

Ya i dont disagree entirely, without the numbers i dont really have a leg to stand on but we might be hoping for a larger class or two to sustain a 13th and 14th team (unless you opt for 17 person rosters which also would work). Other option would be 22 person rosters but not sure that actually would be more helpful than adding two teams and contracting rosters a bit if needed.