blues wroteCOLONSuperMario wroteCOLONMike wroteCOLONSuperMario wroteCOLONCommon sense should prevail.
What is your proposal?
Ideas have been thrown out by people:
CAM: Trade exemption for Goalies
Me: Trade Deadline after the NHL. Who cares if it would be in Week 20/21?
It should be discussed. No contender should have their season ruined by an NHL trade. We are not the NHL. We can't emulate everything.
A) How would this work?
B) If we had the trade deadline after the NHL deadline this year it would be for playoffs only. That sounds like it would be a lot of fun.
I have to think about A. Initial instinct says that goalie trades should be allowed post-NHL deadline with a maximum of 1 NHL skater (someone who has played more than 30 games in the season) involved. This would prevent people from swapping systems for the hell of it to make a different type of trade. OR just make it goalie swaps cannot involve NHL skaters. Only prospects/picks. And that can be allowed up until the Monday after the NHL deadline. OR you can provide an "exemption" to GMs who have had one of their goalies traded/their system affected. E.g. if Halak ended up in Minny, Shep would be allowed to make a move. As would Hong with Luongo going to FLA.
But more thought would need to be put into it.
Personally, I see NOTHING wrong with B. It's a simple solution. GMs should be allowed to adjust based on big trades that are happening. This isn't a small thing. And in non-olympic years, the NHL deadline would not be so close to playoffs. We'd still have a 1-2 week buffer I believe.
blues wroteCOLONThat sounds like it would be a lot of fun.
Also, I'm in this league for fun! When realism (which doesn't fit in this case) ruins a year's worth of fun for a contender due to a goalie trade, that is devastating. Not to mention it would be wicked fun to talk trade with all these names moving. Just like the Olympic break would have been for trade activity.