MSVG 2019 Offseason Adjustments

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The following offseason changes have been made to the league:

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Fantasy Platform

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• We have moved to Yahoo Fantasy as our platform due to the litany of issues ESPN had, and continues to have, delivering even a service. We may eventually move to a fantasy-only site, but Yahoo will suffice for now.

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Scoring

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• One tiny drawback using Yahoo is the inability to assign point values to the following: hat tricks, defense points, and goaltender OT losses.

• What does this mean? Well, the hat tricks won’t necessarily matter, as it was a whole 3 bonus points and, frankly, they are relatively rare. Lack of “defense point” bonuses will simply shift the core group of defensemen down the draft board slightly. It won’t be a noticeable difference, especially since at least 24 extra elite-to-above-average D-men are available due to cutting 4 teams from last year. As for no differentiation between regulation and OT losses for goaltenders, that particularly hurts goaltenders playing for mediocre/bad teams, but, again, you should have no problem drafting – and rolling with – a decent NHL starter, at the very least.

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Trades

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• After four years of people fighting and complaining about every trade structure we tried, I have compiled the most comprehensive trade rules to date (see the 2019 Trade Checklist).

• This hereby replaces the “Trade Committee.” While it served its purpose, there was a good portion of the league uncomfortable with six people making “judgement calls” in a league based on points. So yes, we are back to a points-based trade system, and outside of a few potential tweaks, it’s staying put.

• There is also a “trade window” in effect. No trades can be made until January 12 - which gives teams a one-month window to make up to 3 trades - by February 12.

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“Salary Cap”

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• As has been explained previously, the league is slowly-but-surely shifting to a hybrid-keeper format. Part of that involves creating a loose version of a salary cap.

• Each team has been gifted $20,000,000 in “cap space” – or Monopoly money, however you want to look at it. That number does not apply to your drafted roster – it’s the space you’re working with post-draft.

• Cap can be spent in two ways – in Free Agency, or via trades (see the 2019 Trade Checklist).

• Cap can be gained from trades or from week-to-week bonus money.

• The cap you spend – or gain – throughout the season carries over to next year. So if I spend $10million on a Free Agent and do nothing else, my cap space will only be $10million next year. If I trade a player away for $5million and do nothing else, my cap space would be $25million next year. If I spend all of my money, the only way I can gain space is to sell assets for cash or, again, do well enough to attain bonus pool money.