Yeah, it looks like you and @FuzzSHL are correct. Both teams are exactly at the salary cap. Buffalo has 2 HTD's while NOLA has none. So maybe removal of HTD's combined with a salary cap reduction is the answer. I do firmly believe that S45 EDM, S46 BUF and S46 NOLA's teams were all too stacked. Is that unrealistic? Not really, I mean look at Tampa Bay, but it definitely makes for a rough experience for users on bad teams and I think the wildcard round was a bad way of keeping players on bad teams more engaged during the playoffs.

Yea, maybe an increase in minimum contracts could make it more difficult for teams to stack high TPE players and also make salaries looks little more realistic.

Maybe. There's not too much you can do in terms of minimum contracts without making it harder on rookies to make money. Sure, there's a lot of opportunities, but I know for the casual member here, it's hard as it is to make money. I feel like I've done a lot of media work and I'm still not in too fantastic of a spot for my bank. So raising the minimum contracts could kill two birds with one stone. But I feel like the "solution" here would be to take a second look at player tiers. Maybe find a way to add more tiers, make some "production" tiers and "role player" tiers (those who don't put up a lot of shots, but block a lot of shots, play more defensively-centered roles, etc) to alleviate the tier drop that HTD allows.

Aleksi Kettu



Fox McCloud || General Manager || Los Angeles Panthers
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Los Angeles Panthers GM S56-Present
Regular Season Record: 682-535-87
Playoff Record: 94-85
S57 Lance Uppercut Award Winner
S62 Lance Uppercut Award Winner
S65 Lance Uppercut Award Winner
S65 Challenge Cup Champion
S75 Challenge Cup Champion
S75 Lance Uppercut Award Winner
S75 Littleton Award Winner
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Carolina Kraken GM S49-S55
Regular Season Record: 203-122-25
Playoff Record: 49-37
S49 Four Star Cup Champions (as MTL)
S50 Four Star Cup Champions
S54 Four Star Cup Champions
S51 Mathias Chouinard Award Winner
S54 Mathias Chouinard Award Winner



Aleksi Kettu || D || Los Angeles Panthers
Name: Aleksi Kettu
Height: 6ft 5in
Weight: 217lbs
Number: 20
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SMJHL Regular Season Stats
    TOTAL    | GP: 263 | G: 83 | A: 97 | TP: 180 | +/-: -50
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SMJHL Playoff Stats
    TOTAL    | GP: 33 | G: 12 | A: 15  | TP: 27 | +/-: -18
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SHL Regular Season Stats
    TOTAL    | GP: 528 | G: 75 | A: 196 | TP: 271 | +/-: -5
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SHL Playoff Stats
    TOTAL    | GP: 59 | G: 2 | A: 18  | TP: 20 | +/-: 0



Michael Fox || F/D || NOLA/LAP || RETIRED
Name: Michael Fox
Height: 5ft 11in
Weight: 185lbs
Number: 88
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Drafted 20th Overall by the New Orleans Specters
S46 Draftee
Traded to Los Angeles prior to S56
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SHL Regular Season Stats
    TOTAL     | GP: 648 | G: 179 | A: 293 | TP: 472 | +/-: 95
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SHL Playoff Stats
     TOTAL    | GP: 87 | G: 26 | A: 29  | TP: 55 | +/-: -3

Yea, maybe an increase in minimum contracts could make it more difficult for teams to stack high TPE players and also make salaries looks little more realistic.

Maybe. There's not too much you can do in terms of minimum contracts without making it harder on rookies to make money. Sure, there's a lot of opportunities, but I know for the casual member here, it's hard as it is to make money. I feel like I've done a lot of media work and I'm still not in too fantastic of a spot for my bank. So raising the minimum contracts could kill two birds with one stone. But I feel like the "solution" here would be to take a second look at player tiers. Maybe find a way to add more tiers, make some "production" tiers and "role player" tiers (those who don't put up a lot of shots, but block a lot of shots, play more defensively-centered roles, etc) to alleviate the tier drop that HTD allows.

I'm not sure what you mean, how would increasing the minimum contracts for each tier not make it easier for rookies?

Yeah it's tough to have a steady bank through media, jobs seem to be the way to go.

Cal Juice
Tomas Zadina
Brady McIntyre

Remove our HTD’s AND lower the cap and we can still ice that roster. We had a 10th forward, a 7th defenseman, and like 8 or 9 send-downs.

Buffalo too good tho gotta change cap to stop us I guess

Right, and that's fine. But being able to ice that roster should come at the cost of your prospects.

Congratulations on your cup, you guys deserve it. But this isn't about Buffalo specifically, and the fact that you're trying to make it about you is silly and unproductive.

You’re literally the one who called our team out because we don’t represent parity in your mind

KARI KEKKONEN | D | RETIRED
NAME: Kari Kekkonen
BIRTHPLACE: Oulu, Finland
HEIGHT: 6'1"
WEIGHT: 185 lbs
NUMBER: 33
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SMJHL CAREER STATS
S19 KEL: GP: 40, G: 10, A: 26, P: 36, +/-: 16, H: 42

SMJHL PLAYOFF STATS
S19 KEL: GP: 6, G: 0, A: 6, P: 6, +/-: 0, H: 6
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KAAPO KEKKONEN | C | RETIRED
NAME: Kaapo Kekkonen
BIRTHPLACE: Helsinki, Finland
HEIGHT: 6'3"
WEIGHT: 210 lbs
NUMBER: 19
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SHL CAREER STATS
S25 LAP: GP: 50, G: 2, A: 3, P: 5, +/-: -4, H: 75
S26 LAP: GP: 50, G: 4, A: 5, P: 9, +/-: -13, H: 94
S27 LAP: GP: 50, G: 6, A: 9, P: 15, +/-: -2, H: 35
S28 LAP: GP: 50, G: 7, A: 10, P: 17, +/-: -2, H: 96
S29 LAP: GP: 50, G: 13, A: 21, P: 34, +/-: -15, H: 85
S30 LAP: GP: 50, G: 23, A: 22, P: 45, +/-: 4, H: 130
S31 LAP: GP: 50, G: 20, A: 18, P: 38, +/-: 5, H: 162
S32 LAP: GP: 50, G: 18, A: 28, P: 46, +/-: 27, H: 183
S33 LAP: GP: 50, G: 17, A: 22, P: 39, +/-: 20, H: 210
S34 LAP: GP: 50, G: 12, A: 25, P: 37, +/-: -2, H: 131
S35 LAP: GP: 50, G: 10, A: 22, P: 32, +/-: -3, H: 115
S36 LAP: GP: 50, G: 11, A: 20, P: 31, +/-: 10, H: 138
S37 LAP: GP: 36, G: 9, A: 17, P: 26, +/-: -1, H: 72
S37 WKP: GP: 14, G: 1, A: 0, P: 1, +/-: -4, H: 19
TOT : GP: 650, G: 153, A: 222, P: 375, +/-: 20, H: 1545
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SHL PLAYOFF STATS
S25 LAP: DNQ
S26 LAP: DNQ
S27 LAP: DNQ
S28 LAP: DNQ
S29 LAP: DNQ
S30 LAP: DNQ
S31 LAP: DNQ
S32 LAP: GP: 5, G: 1, A: 3, P: 4, +/-: -2, H: 15
S33 LAP: GP: 12, G: 2, A: 3, P: 5, +/-: 0, H: 38
S34 LAP: GP: 7, G: 1, A: 3, P: 4, +/-: 3, H: 23
S35 LAP: GP: 5, G: 1, A: 1, P: 2, +/-: -4, H: 4
S36 LAP: DNQ
S37 WKP: GP: 12, G: 0, A: 2, P: 2, +/-: -2, H: 35
TOT : GP: 41, G: 5, A: 12, P: 17, +/-: -5, H: 115
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TATU MÄKELÄ | D | RETIRED
NAME: Tatu Mäkelä
BIRTHPLACE: Tampere, Finland
HEIGHT: 5'11"
WEIGHT: 180 lbs
NUMBER: 65
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SHL CAREER STATS
S40 BUF: GP: 50, G: 5, A: 17, P: 22, +/-: -28, H: 14, SB: 86
S41 BUF: GP: 50, G: 10, A: 21, P: 31, +/-: -3, H: 9, SB: 78
S42 BUF: GP: 50, G: 9, A: 21, P: 30, +/-: 2, H: 13, SB: 65
S43 BUF: GP: 50, G: 6, A: 24, P: 30, +/-: 1, H: 8, SB: 51
S44 BUF: GP: 50, G: 6, A: 28, P: 34, +/-: -6, H: 10, SB: 63
S45 BUF: GP: 50, G: 4, A: 37, P: 41, +/-: 10, H: 130, SB: 71
S46 BUF: GP: 50, G: 6, A: 36, P: 42, +/-: 25, H: 139, SB: 73
S47 BUF: GP: 50, G: 5, A: 23, P: 28, +/-: -4, H: 137, SB: 76
S48 BUF: GP: 50, G: 7, A: 25, P: 32, +/-: 9, H: 151, SB: 70
S49 BUF: GP: 50, G: 6, A: 22, P: 28, +/-: 5, H: 159, SB: 66
S50 BUF: GP: 50, G: 6, A: 20, P: 26, +/-: 14, H: 152, SB: 72
S51 BUF: GP: 50, G: 3, A: 23, P: 26, +/-: 8, H: 143, SB: 50
S52 BUF: GP: 50, G: 9, A: 21, P: 30, +/-: -3, H: 141, SB: 71
S53 BUF: GP: 50, G: 5, A: 14, P: 19, +/-: 23, H: 50, SB: 98
TOT : GP: 700, G: 87, A: 332, P: 419, +/-: 53, H: 1256, SB: 990
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SHL PLAYOFF STATS
S40 BUF: DNQ
S41 BUF: GP: 7, G: 3, A: 2, P: 5, +/-: -3, H: 0, SB: 10
S42 BUF: GP: 5, G: 0, A: 1, P: 1, +/-: -9, H: 2, SB: 10
S43 BUF: GP: 9, G: 0, A: 5, P: 5, +/-: -1, H: 1, SB: 8
S44 BUF: DNQ
S45 BUF: DNQ
S46 BUF: GP: 17, G: 0, A: 12, P: 12, +/-: 11, H: 59, SB: 28
S47 BUF: GP: 13, G: 0, A: 5, P: 5, +/-: 2, H: 32, SB: 18
S48 BUF: GP: 22, G: 2, A: 10, P: 12, +/-: 2, H: 64, SB: 32
S49 BUF: GP: 5, G: 0, A: 5, P: 5, +/-: 5, H: 15, SB: 8
S50 BUF: GP: 6, G: 0, A: 5, P: 5, +/-: -2, H: 18, SB: 12
S51 BUF: GP: 8, G: 2, A: 5, P: 7, +/-: -3, H: 15, SB: 11
S52 BUF: GP: 15, G: 4, A: 5, P: 9, +/-: 4, H: 47, SB: 26
S53 BUF: GP: 4, G: 0, A: 0, P: 0, +/-: 0, H: 6, SB: 13
TOT : GP: 111, G: 11, A: 55, P: 66, +/-: 6, H: 159, SB: 176
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KOLJA KEKKONEN | D | RETIRED
NAME: Kolja Kekkonen
BIRTHPLACE: Lappeenranta, Finland
HEIGHT: 6'3"
WEIGHT: 225 lbs
NUMBER: 8
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SMJHL CAREER STATS
S53 DET: GP: 3, G: 0, A: 1, P: 1, +/-: -1, H: 2, SB: 0
S54 DET: GP: 50, G: 2, A: 8, P: 10, +/-: -6, H: 15, SB: 37
S55 DET: GP: 50, G: 4, A: 12, P: 16, +/-: -24, H: 32, SB: 24
S56 DET: GP: 50, G: 4, A: 17, P: 21, +/-: -20, H: 52, SB: 71
S57 ANA: GP: 66, G: 6, A: 20, P: 26, +/-: 14, H: 52, SB: 70
TOT : GP: 219, G: 16, A: 58, P: 74, +/-: -37, H: 153, SB: 202
SMJHL PLAYOFF STATS
S53 DET: DNP
S54 DET: GP: 7, G: 0, A: 0, P: 0, +/-: 0, H: 2, SB: 3
S55 DET: GP: 4, G: 0, A: 1, P: 1, +/-: -2, H: 3, SB: 0
S56 DET: GP: 5, G: 2, A: 2, P: 4, +/-: 0, H: 3, SB: 7
S57 ANA: GP: 21, G: 2, A: 13, P: 15, +/-: 5, H: 13, SB: 34
TOT : GP: 37, G: 4, A: 16, P: 20, +/-: 3, H: 22, SB: 44
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KEKW KEKKONEN | C | RETIRED
NAME: Karl-Erik-Karl2-Wojtek Kekkonen
BIRTHPLACE: Lohja, Finland
HEIGHT: 6'4"
WEIGHT: 220 lbs
NUMBER: 69
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SHL CAREER STATS
S61 BUF: GP: 66, G: 10, A: 28, P: 38, +/-: 21, H: 59, SH: 134
S62 BUF: GP: 66, G: 19, A: 36, P: 55, +/-: 9, H: 84, SH: 194
S63 BUF: GP: 66, G: 17, A: 14, P: 31, +/-: -13, H: 91, SH: 148
S64 BUF: GP: 66, G: 16, A: 51, P: 67, +/-: 36, H: 82, SH: 212
S65 BUF: GP: 66, G: 25, A: 41, P: 66, +/-: 33, H: 136, SH: 230
S66 BUF: GP: 66, G: 38, A: 43, P: 81, +/-: 18, H: 64, SH: 222
S67 BUF: GP: 66, G: 40, A: 45, P: 85, +/-: -6, H: 76, SH: 224
S68 BUF: GP: 66, G: 47, A: 46, P: 93, +/-: 45, H: 51, SH: 326
S69 BUF: GP: 66, G: 35, A: 31, P: 66, +/-: 22, H: 43, SH: 269
S70 BUF: GP: 66, G: 33, A: 48, P: 81, +/-: 18, H: 66, SH: 297
S71 BUF: GP: 66, G: 36, A: 41, P: 77, +/-: 37, H: 55, SH: 257
S72 BUF: GP: 66, G: 25, A: 35, P: 60, +/-: -1, H: 58, SH: 281
S73 BUF: GP: 66, G: 31, A: 41, P: 72, +/-: 23, H: 48, SH: 305
S74 BUF/WPG: GP: 66, G: 17, A: 47, P: 64, +/-: 33, H: 101, SH: 164
TOT : GP: 924, G: 389, A: 547, P: 936, +/-: 275, H: 1014, SH: 3263
SHL PLAYOFF STATS
S61 BUF: GP: 9, G: 2, A: 6, P: 8, +/-: 4, H: 11, SH: 24
S62 BUF: GP: 9, G: 3, A: 1, P: 4, +/-: 2, H: 5, SH: 25
S63 BUF: GP: 12, G: 1, A: 2, P: 3, +/-: -1, H: 32, SH: 33
S64 BUF: GP: 11, G: 2, A: 2, P: 4, +/-: -6, H: 12, SH: 41
S65 BUF: GP: 18, G: 4, A: 7, P: 11, +/-: 8, H: 34, SH: 62
S66 BUF: GP: 16, G: 11, A: 9, P: 20, +/-: 3, H: 13, SH: 49
S67 BUF: GP: 4, G: 2, A: 2, P: 4, +/-: -3, H: 3, SH: 20
S68 BUF: GP: 17, G: 6, A: 8, P: 14, +/-: -4, H: 11, SH: 75
S69 BUF: GP: 4, G: 1, A: 0, P: 1, +/-: -5, H: 2, SH: 13
S70 BUF: GP: 7, G: 1, A: 3, P: 4, +/-: -8, H: 2, SH: 25
S71 BUF: GP: 21, G: 12, A: 9, P: 21, +/-: 6, H: 24, SH: 97
S72 BUF: GP: 5, G: 0, A: 2, P: 2, +/-: -4, H: 7, SH: 25
S73 BUF: GP: 6, G: 3, A: 0, P: 3, +/-: -3, H: 11, SH: 33
S74 WPG: GP: 22, G: 3, A: 4, P: 7, +/-: -2, H: 15, SH: 37
TOT : GP: 161, G: 51, A: 55, P: 106, +/-: -11, H: 182, SH: 559
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KAL ÅKAR KEKKONEN | D | SEATTLE ARGONAUTS
NAME: Kal Åkar Kekkonen
BIRTHPLACE: The Wilderness, Gielinor
HEIGHT: 6'6"
WEIGHT: 240 lbs
NUMBER: 75
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SMJHL CAREER STATS
S74 DET: GP: 66, G: 6, A: 14, P: 20, +/-: 3, SH: 83, H: 76, SB: 29
S75 DET: GP: 66, G: 8, A: 22, P: 30, +/-: 31, SH: 129, H: 123, SB: 114
S76 DET: GP: 66, G: 17, A: 21, P: 38, +/-: -10, SH: 193, H: 74, SB: 130

SMJHL PLAYOFF STATS
S74 DET: GP: 17, G: 3, A: 7, P: 10, +/-: 8, SH: 18, H: 16, SB: 5
S75 DET: GP: 14, G: 5, A: 6, P: 11, +/-: 2, SH: 40, H: 26, SB: 27
S76 DET: GP: 4, G: 1, A: 2, P: 3, +/-: -2, SH: 8, H: 8, SB: 8
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Maybe. There's not too much you can do in terms of minimum contracts without making it harder on rookies to make money. Sure, there's a lot of opportunities, but I know for the casual member here, it's hard as it is to make money. I feel like I've done a lot of media work and I'm still not in too fantastic of a spot for my bank. So raising the minimum contracts could kill two birds with one stone. But I feel like the "solution" here would be to take a second look at player tiers. Maybe find a way to add more tiers, make some "production" tiers and "role player" tiers (those who don't put up a lot of shots, but block a lot of shots, play more defensively-centered roles, etc) to alleviate the tier drop that HTD allows.

I'm not sure what you mean, how would increasing the minimum contracts for each tier not make it easier for rookies?

Yeah it's tough to have a steady bank through media, jobs seem to be the way to go.

Sorry, working on a media article at the same time as this. I worded it stupid wrong, but I was saying increasing rookie contracts would help rookies and raising the minimum would make it easier. But I was also saying that one idea could be adding tiers, maybe separating scoring tiers from "role" tiers if that was even possible. Make a higher number of tiers and make them smaller, increment the minimum salary little by little instead of having a fewer number of tiers and larger "minimum" jumps. If that makes sense.

Aleksi Kettu



Fox McCloud || General Manager || Los Angeles Panthers
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Los Angeles Panthers GM S56-Present
Regular Season Record: 682-535-87
Playoff Record: 94-85
S57 Lance Uppercut Award Winner
S62 Lance Uppercut Award Winner
S65 Lance Uppercut Award Winner
S65 Challenge Cup Champion
S75 Challenge Cup Champion
S75 Lance Uppercut Award Winner
S75 Littleton Award Winner
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Carolina Kraken GM S49-S55
Regular Season Record: 203-122-25
Playoff Record: 49-37
S49 Four Star Cup Champions (as MTL)
S50 Four Star Cup Champions
S54 Four Star Cup Champions
S51 Mathias Chouinard Award Winner
S54 Mathias Chouinard Award Winner



Aleksi Kettu || D || Los Angeles Panthers
Name: Aleksi Kettu
Height: 6ft 5in
Weight: 217lbs
Number: 20
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SMJHL Regular Season Stats
    TOTAL    | GP: 263 | G: 83 | A: 97 | TP: 180 | +/-: -50
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SMJHL Playoff Stats
    TOTAL    | GP: 33 | G: 12 | A: 15  | TP: 27 | +/-: -18
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SHL Regular Season Stats
    TOTAL    | GP: 528 | G: 75 | A: 196 | TP: 271 | +/-: -5
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SHL Playoff Stats
    TOTAL    | GP: 59 | G: 2 | A: 18  | TP: 20 | +/-: 0



Michael Fox || F/D || NOLA/LAP || RETIRED
Name: Michael Fox
Height: 5ft 11in
Weight: 185lbs
Number: 88
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Drafted 20th Overall by the New Orleans Specters
S46 Draftee
Traded to Los Angeles prior to S56
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SHL Regular Season Stats
    TOTAL     | GP: 648 | G: 179 | A: 293 | TP: 472 | +/-: 95
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SHL Playoff Stats
     TOTAL    | GP: 87 | G: 26 | A: 29  | TP: 55 | +/-: -3

Right, and that's fine. But being able to ice that roster should come at the cost of your prospects.

Congratulations on your cup, you guys deserve it. But this isn't about Buffalo specifically, and the fact that you're trying to make it about you is silly and unproductive.

You’re literally the one who called our team out because we don’t represent parity in your mind

Buffalo is an example, not the single team I listed. In recent memory there was also Winnipeg when they had Visser, Evans, Jesus, Bearss, Volkova, Kylrad, Weber, Orlov, Hale, Grease, and Zhumbayev.

You haven't been singled out, and this isn't even calling you out. I'm asking people to talk about something I think is an issue with the rules so HO can consider whether or not a rule change could be considered in the future. It's not as if I'm saying you, NOLA, EDM or WPG did anything wrong, just that these teams have all been essentially super teams. You don't see Karlsson, Crosby, Tavares, McDavid, and Ovechkin all on the same team in the NHL do you?

Cal Juice
Tomas Zadina
Brady McIntyre

I'm not sure what you mean, how would increasing the minimum contracts for each tier not make it easier for rookies?

Yeah it's tough to have a steady bank through media, jobs seem to be the way to go.

Sorry, working on a media article at the same time as this. I worded it stupid wrong, but I was saying increasing rookie contracts would help rookies and raising the minimum would make it easier. But I was also saying that one idea could be adding tiers, maybe separating scoring tiers from "role" tiers if that was even possible. Make a higher number of tiers and make them smaller, increment the minimum salary little by little instead of having a fewer number of tiers and larger "minimum" jumps. If that makes sense.

Okay that makes much more sense!

With the lack of build diversity I don't think that idea would go over very well, but it's still worth looking into.

Cal Juice
Tomas Zadina
Brady McIntyre

Sorry, working on a media article at the same time as this. I worded it stupid wrong, but I was saying increasing rookie contracts would help rookies and raising the minimum would make it easier. But I was also saying that one idea could be adding tiers, maybe separating scoring tiers from "role" tiers if that was even possible. Make a higher number of tiers and make them smaller, increment the minimum salary little by little instead of having a fewer number of tiers and larger "minimum" jumps. If that makes sense.

Okay that makes much more sense!

With the lack of build diversity I don't think that idea would go over very well, but it's still worth looking into.

Yeah, it may end up being something that takes too much time to feasibly do in terms of separating "scoring" from "role" players. But maybe making the tiers smaller and adding more tiers could be something viable. make the tiers change based on 5-season averages of skaters/goalies/however they do tiers now. That way it slightly changes each season, but it still makes for tiers that work. I don't know, it's just an idea.

Aleksi Kettu



Fox McCloud || General Manager || Los Angeles Panthers
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Los Angeles Panthers GM S56-Present
Regular Season Record: 682-535-87
Playoff Record: 94-85
S57 Lance Uppercut Award Winner
S62 Lance Uppercut Award Winner
S65 Lance Uppercut Award Winner
S65 Challenge Cup Champion
S75 Challenge Cup Champion
S75 Lance Uppercut Award Winner
S75 Littleton Award Winner
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Carolina Kraken GM S49-S55
Regular Season Record: 203-122-25
Playoff Record: 49-37
S49 Four Star Cup Champions (as MTL)
S50 Four Star Cup Champions
S54 Four Star Cup Champions
S51 Mathias Chouinard Award Winner
S54 Mathias Chouinard Award Winner



Aleksi Kettu || D || Los Angeles Panthers
Name: Aleksi Kettu
Height: 6ft 5in
Weight: 217lbs
Number: 20
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SMJHL Regular Season Stats
    TOTAL    | GP: 263 | G: 83 | A: 97 | TP: 180 | +/-: -50
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SMJHL Playoff Stats
    TOTAL    | GP: 33 | G: 12 | A: 15  | TP: 27 | +/-: -18
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SHL Regular Season Stats
    TOTAL    | GP: 528 | G: 75 | A: 196 | TP: 271 | +/-: -5
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SHL Playoff Stats
    TOTAL    | GP: 59 | G: 2 | A: 18  | TP: 20 | +/-: 0



Michael Fox || F/D || NOLA/LAP || RETIRED
Name: Michael Fox
Height: 5ft 11in
Weight: 185lbs
Number: 88
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Drafted 20th Overall by the New Orleans Specters
S46 Draftee
Traded to Los Angeles prior to S56
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SHL Regular Season Stats
    TOTAL     | GP: 648 | G: 179 | A: 293 | TP: 472 | +/-: 95
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SHL Playoff Stats
     TOTAL    | GP: 87 | G: 26 | A: 29  | TP: 55 | +/-: -3

It amounts to about $2m in savings for a team with two eligible players (SFP only has one eligible for a HTD I believe)

I'm happy to take it or leave it tbh

4m, no?

Tier 5s can go from 5m to 3m. That times 2 players

It amounts to about $2m in savings for a team with two eligible players (SFP only has one eligible for a HTD I believe)

I'm happy to take it or leave it tbh

4m, no?

Tier 5s can go from 5m to 3m. That times 2 players

Yeah I believe it'd be 4 mil. So that gives room for 1 more decent player. Not as game breaking as I thought it would be, but I still believe it's a detriment to the league.

Cal Juice
Tomas Zadina
Brady McIntyre

You’re literally the one who called our team out because we don’t represent parity in your mind

Buffalo is an example, not the single team I listed. In recent memory there was also Winnipeg when they had Visser, Evans, Jesus, Bearss, Volkova, Kylrad, Weber, Orlov, Hale, Grease, and Zhumbayev.

You haven't been singled out, and this isn't even calling you out. I'm asking people to talk about something I think is an issue with the rules so HO can consider whether or not a rule change could be considered in the future. It's not as if I'm saying you, NOLA, EDM or WPG did anything wrong, just that these teams have all been essentially super teams. You don't see Karlsson, Crosby, Tavares, McDavid, and Ovechkin all on the same team in the NHL do you?

A lot of super teams have came and gone over the years, it's just a cycle that happens in the SHL. The Jets are picking 1st overall this season and have to build things back. NOLA was stacked due to stupid expansion rules and EDM was stacked from good gming, and drafting it took them seasons to build that team, just like Buffalo. Buffalo had what 3 straight 1st overall picks or wtv. There is parity in the league, we have had 7 different challenge cup winners in the last 10 seasons.

MLB has 7 different world series champions. NHL has 5. NFL has 7 with a dynasty in the last 10 seasons. There are 30+ teams in those leagues and we are a 16 team league now and are having comparable numbers. We are on par with the best professional sports league in terms of parity and honestly, the last decade has had the best parity in league history. The lack of Parity simply isn't an issue in this league. To me this just a change for a change and have no base to it. I would disagree with a decreased cap or the removal of the HTD contract, every team has an opportunity for an HTD except for the expansion teams but they just came into the league.

I like the hometown discount because it allows players who want to stay anyways (and at that point don't need the money) and let younger guys get more money. I could possibly see it being an issue like with Edmonton in S45, but look at this past season. The finals was between an expansion team and a team that finished as the second worst team last season. A favorite heading into this past season didn't even make the playoffs. I don't think parity is an issue currently, but maybe a readjustment to the player tiers and the HTD would alleviate some of the possible issues.

but in all honesty Tampa Bay had no business being in the playoffs this season with their current roster. That has more to do with STHS being random than parity.

can't go a day without someone mentioning this

FLACKO LAGERFIELD | LW | RETIRED  | S41 FIRST OVERALL PICK
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BIRTHPLACE: Chicago, IL
HEIGHT: 5'10
WEIGHT: 160 lbs
NUMBER: 47
PEAK TPE: 1872
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SHL REGULAR SEASON STATS

GP: 650, G: 294, A: 325, P: 619, +/-: 119, PIM: 327, HIT: 1054, SB: 172
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SHL PLAYOFF STATS

GP: 105, G: 34, A: 45, P: 79, +/-: 5, PIM: 69, HIT: 212, SB: 40
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AWARDS & HONOURS

S43: Named to SHL All-Rookie Team
S43: Nominated for Ryan Jesster Trophy
S45: Won Aidan Richan Trophy
S46: Named to SHL 3rd All-Star Team
S48: Won Sergei Karpotsev Trophy
S48: Named to SHL 1st All-Star Team
S48: Won Sarmad Khan Trophy
S48: Won Ron Mexico Trophy
S49: Named to SHL 2nd All-Star Team
S52: Named to SHL 2nd All-Star Team
S53: Won Sergei Karpotsev Trophy
S53: Won Challenge Cup
S53: Named to SHL 1st All-Star Team
S53: Won Sarmad Khan Trophy
S53: Nominated for Ron Mexico Trophy
S54: Won Jay McDonald Trophy
S54: Won Sergei Karpotsev Trophy
S54: Named to SHL 1st All-Star Team
S54: Won Sarmad Khan Trophy
S54: Won Ron Mexico Trophy
S57: Inducted in the SHL Hall of Fame
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TRANSACTIONS

S40: Drafted 20th Overall by the Detroit Falcons
S41: Drafted 1st Overall by the Buffalo Stampede
S45: Traded to the Seattle Riot
S52: Traded to the Hamilton Steelhawks
S56: Announced Retirement from the SHL

Buffalo is an example, not the single team I listed. In recent memory there was also Winnipeg when they had Visser, Evans, Jesus, Bearss, Volkova, Kylrad, Weber, Orlov, Hale, Grease, and Zhumbayev.

You haven't been singled out, and this isn't even calling you out. I'm asking people to talk about something I think is an issue with the rules so HO can consider whether or not a rule change could be considered in the future. It's not as if I'm saying you, NOLA, EDM or WPG did anything wrong, just that these teams have all been essentially super teams. You don't see Karlsson, Crosby, Tavares, McDavid, and Ovechkin all on the same team in the NHL do you?

A lot of super teams have came and gone over the years, it's just a cycle that happens in the SHL. The Jets are picking 1st overall this season and have to build things back. NOLA was stacked due to stupid expansion rules and EDM was stacked from good gming, and drafting it took them seasons to build that team, just like Buffalo. Buffalo had what 3 straight 1st overall picks or wtv. There is parity in the league, we have had 7 different challenge cup winners in the last 10 seasons.

MLB has 7 different world series champions. NHL has 5. NFL has 7 with a dynasty in the last 10 seasons. There are 30+ teams in those leagues and we are a 16 team league now and are having comparable numbers.  We are on par with the best professional sports league in terms of parity and honestly, the last decade has had the best parity in league history. The lack of Parity simply isn't an issue in this league. To me this just a change for a change and have no base to it. I would disagree with a decreased cap or the removal of the HTD contract, every team has an opportunity for an HTD except for the expansion teams but they just came into the league.

Nothing you said is wrong, but you're talking about parity from season to season, I'm talking about parity among teams within seasons. By that I mean decreasing the gap between the top and bottom teams TPE-wise within the span of a single season. I'm not concerned with repeat champions, but moreso with reducing the amount of time it takes for teams to become playoff teams and increasing the amount of ice time casual members get on competitive teams.

Cal Juice
Tomas Zadina
Brady McIntyre

but in all honesty Tampa Bay had no business being in the playoffs this season with their current roster. That has more to do with STHS being random than parity.

can't go a day without someone mentioning this  

It's not your fault, you're doing a great job with the team. The players just haven't finished developing yet.

Cal Juice
Tomas Zadina
Brady McIntyre

can't go a day without someone mentioning this  

It's not your fault, you're doing a great job with the team. The players just haven't finished developing yet.

yea ik, im just messing with ya, it was luck

FLACKO LAGERFIELD | LW | RETIRED  | S41 FIRST OVERALL PICK
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BIRTHPLACE: Chicago, IL
HEIGHT: 5'10
WEIGHT: 160 lbs
NUMBER: 47
PEAK TPE: 1872
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SHL REGULAR SEASON STATS

GP: 650, G: 294, A: 325, P: 619, +/-: 119, PIM: 327, HIT: 1054, SB: 172
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SHL PLAYOFF STATS

GP: 105, G: 34, A: 45, P: 79, +/-: 5, PIM: 69, HIT: 212, SB: 40
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AWARDS & HONOURS

S43: Named to SHL All-Rookie Team
S43: Nominated for Ryan Jesster Trophy
S45: Won Aidan Richan Trophy
S46: Named to SHL 3rd All-Star Team
S48: Won Sergei Karpotsev Trophy
S48: Named to SHL 1st All-Star Team
S48: Won Sarmad Khan Trophy
S48: Won Ron Mexico Trophy
S49: Named to SHL 2nd All-Star Team
S52: Named to SHL 2nd All-Star Team
S53: Won Sergei Karpotsev Trophy
S53: Won Challenge Cup
S53: Named to SHL 1st All-Star Team
S53: Won Sarmad Khan Trophy
S53: Nominated for Ron Mexico Trophy
S54: Won Jay McDonald Trophy
S54: Won Sergei Karpotsev Trophy
S54: Named to SHL 1st All-Star Team
S54: Won Sarmad Khan Trophy
S54: Won Ron Mexico Trophy
S57: Inducted in the SHL Hall of Fame
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TRANSACTIONS

S40: Drafted 20th Overall by the Detroit Falcons
S41: Drafted 1st Overall by the Buffalo Stampede
S45: Traded to the Seattle Riot
S52: Traded to the Hamilton Steelhawks
S56: Announced Retirement from the SHL

A lot of super teams have came and gone over the years, it's just a cycle that happens in the SHL. The Jets are picking 1st overall this season and have to build things back. NOLA was stacked due to stupid expansion rules and EDM was stacked from good gming, and drafting it took them seasons to build that team, just like Buffalo. Buffalo had what 3 straight 1st overall picks or wtv. There is parity in the league, we have had 7 different challenge cup winners in the last 10 seasons.

MLB has 7 different world series champions. NHL has 5. NFL has 7 with a dynasty in the last 10 seasons. There are 30+ teams in those leagues and we are a 16 team league now and are having comparable numbers.  We are on par with the best professional sports league in terms of parity and honestly, the last decade has had the best parity in league history. The lack of Parity simply isn't an issue in this league. To me this just a change for a change and have no base to it. I would disagree with a decreased cap or the removal of the HTD contract, every team has an opportunity for an HTD except for the expansion teams but they just came into the league.

Nothing you said is wrong, but you're talking about parity from season to season, I'm talking about parity among teams within seasons. By that I mean decreasing the gap between the top and bottom teams TPE-wise within the span of a single season. I'm not concerned with repeat champions, but moreso with reducing the amount of time it takes for teams to become playoff teams and increasing the amount of ice time casual members get on competitive teams.

I would hate parity among teams within seasons tbh, everyone would be afraid to make trades with their 1st round pick and honestly it would bring a weird dynamic to the shl. Idk you can rebuild a team in 3-4 seasons which is on par with a regular NHL team or the most part and u still get Hurricanes/oilers/sabres who sucked forever too.