And I've been reading most of them on the same level. But people just install this "elitist" view, the BOG has discussed the majority of ideas people speak up about. In fact, this was discussed before as well but there are so many negatives that outweigh the positives.
Pros:
Locker room activity goes from an average of 6-8 people to around 10 people
Team PT type situations have bigger meaning
Parity is spread throughout
Cons
10 down to 8 teams still means 4 teams miss the postseason
Inactives become more valuable to fill out a competing roster. Decreasing time for any rookie. Promoting inactivity.
Rookies come up and play on 3rd lines and get 20-40 points a season (Instant success is wanted but this won't help that)
We remove two teams which have established history/identity from our own graphics makers
The VHLM and VHL remove 4 GM's who have jobs right now.
The recruitment drives in the past 3 years have put us at an all-time high, why remove teams when we are the most active now?