Kageho

The game is kinda broken when you go longer into the franchise. I don't even bother with free agency or drafting anymore, unless its to re-sign my own guys or nab a 19-20 year old A potential for 10 years. Class 5 guys are the best bet to fill an immediate need, and usually you can get a few years out of those before those guys you signed for 10 years are ready. Or maybe I'm just really good at selecting Class 5 guys.

Well, I've read on a few sights, but no NFL confirmation, that apparently Michael Bush is now a Bengal. Ocho Cinco went the other way to the Raiders. Would be an interesting deal if that took place. Though I'm kinda surprised because I thought the Raiders were going to use Bush and McFadden as a 1-2 punch of lightning and thunder. Guess not.

The only thing that I commented on was "80s style of scoring" which was used as I don't want it back to there, but I would like it if there were more scoring. How you get I want the 80s back, I have no idea.

Ok, so maybe he wasn't totally to blame for this. But come on. You can't honestly say this doesn't help at all. Well, I didn't know that you do get insurance. Last I heard, you got totally dinged for it. That was more why I made the DiPietro comment, not trying to rag on Wang (as he's so easy to do). That makes this a little easier to swallow. And buying out a full contract is really stupid, because if you need to buy out someone you've paid a ton of money too for a long time, its going to hurt really badly, or you are going to be stuck with the guy forever. Then again, you should never sign anyone that long, but I digress... Czech pretty much nailed my point with the giving away puppies analogy. Though I don't agree with the cash part of the trade as it makes the cap pointless. And how much has scoring really improved? Not a whole lot. I don't really want to see it back to the 80s style of days, but I'd like to see a little more scoring. Also, there will never be a net increase because the traditionalists would be all up in arms over it. I wouldn't mind that though. Yes, parentheses would be for the OT record. You wouldn't need to include a new column. Just have a thing explaining that's the OT results are in those and there's no need for a new column. You would need to make record larger, but since its already... Actually you know what? I just checked it out, its the same size as what we've got right now. The column would still look just as big. Nevermind. You know, I wrote something different here, but I'll just point this out. If we're going to use the BOG hasta do any rule changes, why are we having this discussion about Commissioners then? They are figure heads and nothing more that can do nothing and can't suggest anything. We should really be bitching about which group of owners suck more then.

Well, I was wondering if we could see a possible 0-16 team again cause Detroit's not done a thing to fix it. But this might make it a toss up now. Damn you Chiefs and making this require some thought. ...on a serious note, that sucks.

I don't remember seeing this, but if I'm not mistaken, wasn't there a new rule change that a downed defender can't just go grabbing a player while downed? Like with what happened to Tom Brady? Damn, I'm terrible with names and I can't remember who it was that hit him. Anyways, did that get passed or no? Because I think that could make a huge difference to defenders getting sacks and penalties for roughing the passer.

Bettman easily wins it. Has anyone seen how stupid this league is? - It expanded to 30 teams when there was no reason nor financial power to do so. Most of the locations that were decided on make no sense. Atlanta lost the Flames for damned sakes. Why would you send a team back there? - We got a lot of teams that either don't have the people wanting to go to the games nor care. You know the teams. - Instead of trying to actually find the way to sustain two teams, Quebec Nordiques and the Winnipeg Jets, they instead let both teams leave. Sure the Jets didn't have a suitable building (nor is the current MTS Centre able to host a professional team for anyone wanting a new Jets team) yet, Nashville's getting every opportunity to fix itself. Hell, the Edmonton Oilers were nearly kicked to the curb when they had their own management issues. Yet, Nashville got a silver platter to remain. - Hooking and stick work: This still hasn't been dealt with. When I was a kid, you nearly never saw a stick come up unless the guy had no choice but to hook someone. Nowadays, all I see is "red alert: sticks up". I don't mean as in high sticking, just a lot of stick work that can and will hurt someone. - Graphite Sticks: Though these things don't break as often as a wood stick, you can't feel the puck worth a damn. Because there's no give, you can't get the puck onto your stick as good as a wood one, and you have errant plays because of it. You want to know why guys can't hit the net, or catch a saucer pass? Problems right there. - Trades: When you can get a fourth rounder (Leafs) for a medically unclear player, let me know. Yes, yes, I know, Lafrentz of the NBA hasn't played in forever. But at least you are collecting insurance pay. The Leafs got a fourth for a guy who hasn't played, and there is a possibly would never play (I don't know if he has or hasn't), and there is no insurance. Yes, I do realize there are and were other players in that trade going to the Leafs, but for all intents and purposes, it was strickly the fourth rounder, the other guys were just there to make a smoke screen. - Sloppy contract system: How exactly can you have a hard cap if you've got guarenteed contracts? The two can't co-exist. I feel bad for the teams that are signing these guys for like 8-9 million for multiple years and realize that you can NEVER get rid of these things. If a guy gets injuried, you are stuck with the bill. If they are permanently injured there is no insurance to recover for them. ...you don't know how much I was hoping DiPietro was done for when he went down the first time to make people realize how stupid this was. Then again, they did get stuck with DiPietro for 15 years, so I guess that's a good trade off. - Waiver system: There are no options down like in the MLB. In the NHL, unless its put into your contract, you need to put the player through waivers all the time. And guess what? You get shafted half the contract if he gets picked up. - The lack of superstars/scoring: It used to be a time when you could look at a players goals, assists and point totals and go "ah, a superstar". Now if we can get more than one or two players cracking 50 goals, 80 assists, or 100 points, its a f'n miracle. Note, I say "superstar". I know there are stars in the league, but superstars? Like 5 at most. I'd add goalies wear too much, but I think everyone agrees on that one. - OT/Point System: Seriously, if you are introducing a shootout, get rid of the OT during the regular season (real men win in 5 overtimes in the playoffs) and just let them fire away at the end of regulation. Just change the point totals to 3 per Win, 2 per Shootout Win, 1 per Shootout Loss, 0 per Loss. This way I also don't need to see nearly 70% of the league with .500 or better. Wins still count as wins, losses still count as damned losses. It would be like this 51-31 (14-3). Isn't that simple and lovely? I could rant on, but I think I'll stop here. Let's just say I'll take the commissioners, Goodell, Stern, and Selig over Bettman. I still like hockey, as it is of course been smacked into me by my national heritage, but honestly, the damage done by this one man and his inability to do things that benefit the league.