junior cap is never going anywhere, makes no sense. The real problem is that people shouldn't even be in the SMJHL for more than 2 seasons really... That is an SHL problem that never got fixed. The only way to get more people called up quicker is either to have more slots in the SHL (teams or lines) to fill, so that the bodies are just mandatory OR kill more players with regression to make turnover faster. We already upped the turnover aspect, but it is pretty clear that the SHL could have gone bigger, but then we have engine issues making it so no one really wants to GM that much, which we are also trying to solve.

I think we're already fixing the issues causing the J backlog mostly, only things we could do (again) is expand to have more slots available to call players through to more quickly AND/OR make the TPE scale even more friendly to callups through either low end bump ups OR literally making it so players hit their attribute ceiling at 1600 TPE again or something to build a "cap" for the SHL as well to make the 600 TPE players closer to the 2000 TPE players through sheer in-sim numbers being closer regardless of the actual TPE divide.

The more I think about it, the more I actually think having an in-sim TPE ceiling at 1600-1800 TPE where everything is maxed the more it makes sense to me. It actually pushes the league toward a healthier state where lower earners are relatively more competitive and that will also help rebuilding/regressing teams stay competitive longer, help make teams closer. The only thing missing to avoid literal all 20s from that is some pre-canned stat spreads that would need to be looked at regularly, but its the most direct way to just say "hey, you can only be so much better than the callups, and if you don't earn 100% of the TPE, don't worry you are still going to be competitive for you team"