Commish Report - Town Hall 2017 - The Future of Fantasy Fun

[Jeff]

Hey Everyone, I have chatted with most of you over the course of the spring & summer on keeping this league robust & GM's having fun. Below is what I found over the course of the last couple years, how fantrax operates & THE BIG THING IS NOT CHANGING THINGS FOR THE SAKE OF CHANGE, we have a good league, with great GM's that should have FUN playing SFHL "Fantasy Hockey"

THE COMMISH REPORT 2017
Town Hall Meeting

Creating future fantasy fun for the next 100 years

1. Making sure to hear all (16) owners/general mangers about positives, negatives and ideas about the league. But as well not changing every little thing each season
a. Confirmation all GMS 2017-18 Season SUMMER (STATUS - SOUNDS LIKE EVERYONE IS RE-UPPING x16 GM's)

2. Keeping it Simple/increase utilization of Fantrax
2. Keeping it Simple/increase utilization of Fantrax
a. Less message board post via organization roster moves
b. GM’s can be away from the computer/league (setup lineup/have good line to communicate via text/msg)
c. League is paying fantrax use more of those options (AI vs. JV)
d.*Call-Ups – change x number per week or month total (this would include IRCU) teams would then need to better unitize there 22 man roster (bench players) in combination of there depth “farm system”Use what you got, example callups set a predetermined number per week/month then teams can do what they want for injuries and callups as they will be enforce.
Commish & league office will look at this feature 
e. Custom Field = Contract Type prior to the season (via commish)


3. Keeper League vs. Dynasty (Changing of the landscape)
a. Every start of the season teams should “have the chance to make elite 8 playoffs” and more opportunities for Top 3
b. Teams can protect less players *2017 12 players / 2018 more player movement limit off-season trades via 1-ways (all 16 or just top 3/5 this can be discussed more as well see how only keeping 12 players makes player movement better)
2018 Season (VP Grasser Recommendation)
11 Skaters & 1 Goalie = 12 or 8 Skaters & 2 Goalies = 10

4. FUN, ARM-CHAIR GM, ACTIVE “wanting” PARTICPATION
a. This should be fun, not work its not our job
b. Slow Months Jan-March
c. Engagement for the full season/ but realistically have 80% engagement rate  (its not Fantasy Football remember that)


5. STATS & CATS (fantasy scouting & the old school generation)
a. Pause on future categories, but discuss options that fantrax can provide from nerd fantasy, old generation nhl, combo style
b. Weighted system via some stats/cats
c. Need more fantasy related stats (fun/scouting) creating players more relevant vs. plug into the roster
*STATS HOLD 2017 & 2018 Seasons 
combo stat Shot Blocking & Hits (more relevant players vs plug in, Offensive Stats weighted system?
d. New Mandate on Changes (Rosters, Cats/Stats, Protected List, Entry Fee) every 3 years GM’s can submit must meet % Vote to pass. This will stop the convo every year about “change and or the need to change” But common sense will also come into play if something need to be change (yearly)



6. FORMATS ROTO/H2H STYLE (Semi-Hybrid)
a. SFHL Roto Regular Season (top teams will still play all 82 games)
b. Playoffs (Elite 8, Bottom 8 Split) Start Date End of Jan/start of Feb
i. This seem to get some pop back in the leagues jam as GM’s had something to play for and look forward to as well some smack talk and cheering. But it needs to start sooner then this past season...Look at the Mid-way Point in the month of January. Starting in Feb
 


7. TEAM FEES & WINNINGS and DRAFTS
a. Mandate that league entry fee will be discussed every 3rd year.
b. Winnings per regular season Top 3, Elite 8 Winner & Runner Up, B8’s Winner & Runner Up (Entry Draft Lottery)
c. Entry Draft per Lottery/B8’s and Regular Season Finish
i. Entry Draft Lottery Cam Neely Seabasement winner will rcv 8 balls, following by Runner Up with 7, etc, etc (Lottery % greater vs winning 1st overall pick) we will look into which is better for the teams & league 
d. U.F.A Snake Draft (random 1 ball per) more players available, and "impact-star" players in U.F.A
Status Quo UFA Draft: 8 rounds
Status Quo Entry Draft: 4 rounds + 5th Winners Round (2018 Rounds 1-3 no limits, Round 4 Draft Class, Round 5 Winners)


8. LEAGUE EVENTS / SOCIALS
a. Creating a better live draft experience
b. Hosting golf tourney every 2 years

16 Teams & Salary Cap (NHL +5M) 

(8) Local: BUF, CGY, LAK, MTL, PHI, SEA, STL, WPG

(7) Regional: BRK, CHI, HFD, PIT, TOR, VAN

(2) Out of Market: EDM, DET

• Expansion &/or Relocation going forward must be “hockey geek & fantasy nerd”

[cam]

With keepers down to 12 this year are we adding a few rounds on the back end of the UFA draft?

I've spent my summer scouting and am now creating my mock draft for the late rounds.

[rack55]

Agree, we should add 3 rounds to compensate for the 3 fewer keepers.

Also DET would like to apply for "Out of Market" status.

[Jeff]

Haha okay Rack I will see if we can get that arrange "out of Market" status...we had in our records that Jimbo had some ownership (with him being in the SFHL HQ Region we werent sure where to put yah) haha

Yah UFA DRAFT there was talk of either
1. adding 3 rounds at the draft
2. doing nothing as teams have builds farm systems "nhl ready prospects" & waiting for free agency to open
3. trying something different that teams can "bid for players that remain FA's" total max of 3 players so example each GM would get $20 total to bid and submit there player list bid if they win they get that player *this would happen after the draft and lead up to the Oct 4th puck drop


I CANT WAIT TO START BOYS !! LOVE THE LEAGUE & THE ARM-CHAIR I SIT IN