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reverist · 08-30-2020, 11:27 PM

One last addition to the last post: Gretzky has now won back-to-back MVPs!

Season 3 is underway (or at least the pre-season) with the addition of two expansion franchises, the Winnipeg 20s and the Houston 30s. The names are the only thing connecting the teams to the theme, which has been all kinds of messed up due to some trading and the expansion draft. I allowed teams to lose a max of five players, and protect 14. There were 12 rounds (I required the teams to pick up the rest from free agency and minors), and we lost Sergei Zubov, Mike Modano, Pavel Bure, and two fictional players (one of whom was our 18-year-old 2nd round draft choice, thank you very much). We picked up Theo Fleury and Nathan MacKinnon in the entry draft, though, and feel good about them.

The following historical players were added as 17-year-olds in juniors: Matt Barzal, Rod Brind'Amour, Curtis Joseph, Toe Blake, Joe Malone, Adam Foote, Ed Jovanovski, Vincent Damphousse, Adam Graves, and Claude Lemieux.

I am trying to get in a mix, but mostly right now adding slowly most of the rosters off the 1996 World Cup teams. I expect to keep adding 10-12 players per season, and after a few more (4 more?) doing our final expansion to round out the league at 10 teams. Currently, the league went from six teams and 60 games to eight teams, two divisions, and 68 games. The divisions are separated by Canada and UK and the US, four teams each. You play your own division rivals 12 times each (in the old format, you played everyone 12 times each), and the alternate division eight times each, for a grand total of 68 games. The playoffs also now include 6 of 8 teams, three from each division. Should be fun!

08-30-2020, 11:27 PM	#21
reverist Major Leagues Join Date: May 2020 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 312	One last addition to the last post: Gretzky has now won back-to-back MVPs! Season 3 is underway (or at least the pre-season) with the addition of two expansion franchises, the Winnipeg 20s and the Houston 30s. The names are the only thing connecting the teams to the theme, which has been all kinds of messed up due to some trading and the expansion draft. I allowed teams to lose a max of five players, and protect 14. There were 12 rounds (I required the teams to pick up the rest from free agency and minors), and we lost Sergei Zubov, Mike Modano, Pavel Bure, and two fictional players (one of whom was our 18-year-old 2nd round draft choice, thank you very much). We picked up Theo Fleury and Nathan MacKinnon in the entry draft, though, and feel good about them. The following historical players were added as 17-year-olds in juniors: Matt Barzal, Rod Brind'Amour, Curtis Joseph, Toe Blake, Joe Malone, Adam Foote, Ed Jovanovski, Vincent Damphousse, Adam Graves, and Claude Lemieux. I am trying to get in a mix, but mostly right now adding slowly most of the rosters off the 1996 World Cup teams. I expect to keep adding 10-12 players per season, and after a few more (4 more?) doing our final expansion to round out the league at 10 teams. Currently, the league went from six teams and 60 games to eight teams, two divisions, and 68 games. The divisions are separated by Canada and UK and the US, four teams each. You play your own division rivals 12 times each (in the old format, you played everyone 12 times each), and the alternate division eight times each, for a grand total of 68 games. The playoffs also now include 6 of 8 teams, three from each division. Should be fun!