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It would be to allow people more freedom with their careers, not to destroy the history books.

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Hey guys, I about to do something like you've never seen. You are probably aware that Lloyd Light, my newest player, is a part of the S40 draft (and if you didn't, now you do). So what I'm going to do here is discuss how I feel about potentially playing for each team and the likelihood that they would end up drafting me. Enjoy! Calgary Wranglers Interest: 6/10 Likelihood: 2% Calgary is in a bit of an iffy spot if they don't collect during free agency next off-season. They have a few good star players in the making with Yamazaki and Brookside, while Boychuk has also shown much promise. I want to be drafted by a team that has a bright future, and with Calgary holding no first round picks in the next two drafts, and not really having much to trade to acquire any, their future is unclear. It does help my interest that they have Edwin Encarnacion on the team, however the chances that they draft me are low. Currently, the earlier they will be picking in the S40 draft is with New York's 2nd round pick, so unless they were to acquire a first round pick (or possibly an early 2nd if I slip), there's no way I would end up on the team. Plus they already have a few solid defensemen and need more help up front. New York Americans Interest: 8/10 Likelihood: 9% Obviously I have a history with New York, and while I wanted to spend some time away from them with Toriyama, I wouldn't mind making a return to the team. They are also in a good spot, right now, which makes them even more desirable. They are set up for the present and the future. They have a good base of S39 players with Boomgaarden, Denise, and Keeler. Their goalie will be gone before or as I am hitting my prime, which could be a concern, but they have proven they can work through a rebuild very quickly. The only pick that New York currently holds that might be able to get me is their own first, but if things go as expected and they reach the finals, I think they would have to trade up to get me, but in this draft, it is definitely a possibility that I slip to the end of the first round. Quebec City Meute Interest: 8/10 Likelihood: 21% I like Frank, and they have a good-looking future. They'd be getting competitive right along with when I'm getting good. I believe they will be acquiring Riga's S40 1st, so they'll have their own plus that. I probably won't make top three pick, but I could potentially go to them at Riga's pick if they do acquire it and it is somewhere from six to ten. Seattle Bears Interest: 4/10 Likelihood: 10% My time as GM of New York trained me to dislike Seattle, and Bushito's first stint as GM in this league makes me question him a bit, but I don't know the story of what happened during the end of it, so I can't judge him too much. Seattle is working towards a rebuild, but they still have a little bit to go. They'll probably be looking to draft a goalie such as Gunnar Skovsgard before me, which would occupy their first round pick. If Skovsgard were to not be available or they weren't interested in him, I do believe the Bears' 1st, likely 5th or 7th overall, could be used to pick me. Toronto Legion Interest: 7/10 Likelihood: 3% I've never had a player on the Legion, and I like Edgar, so I wouldn't mind going there. They are working on getting the pieces to get out of their rebuild. They have some in place, but still have a ways to go like the Bears. I won't be Toronto's first round pick, as they'll have a top three that would most likely be used on one of the top three players or Skovsgard, as they are one of the teams in need of a goalie. The only way I could see me going to them is if they were to trade for a mid-late first round pick. And now for a half-assed European Conference... Cologne Express Interest: 9/10 Likelihood: 10% I like green. If they pick 4th, it's possible that I could be the pick, but others will also be worthy. HC Davos Dynamo Interest: 6/10 Likelihood: 16% They'll be moving out of contention as I am entering the league, so it won't be good for my schedule. The rebuild would take some time, so there are a lot of variables now, and there will be in the future, surrounding them. Davos is, though, one of the teams that I like to see do well, as they were might first team and I've won two championships with them. Their first will likely be somewhere from six to ten, where I could certainly be available. Helsinki Titans Interest: 8/10 Likelihood: 17% Another team I haven't played for at all. STZ is great and they have a good-looking future. They have Calgary's first, which will be in the 5-8 range, a very possible landing spot for myself. Riga Reign Interest: 1/10 Likelihood: 4% My first couple of seasons with them could be marked by team success, but as I am hitting my prime, they will be hitting a rebuild. Plus, I'm currently on Vasteras, so I'm not allowed to have any interest in these guys. They currently have their first round pick, but that'll be going to Quebec most likely, so chances are they won't be in a position to pick me. Vasteras Iron Eagles Interest: 5/10 Likelihood: 8% Because I've been playing for them for the past few seasons, I'd like to change it up a bit. Plus they are not going to be good when I'm good, most likely. They have their own first, but it's going to be 10th overall, and I'll probably be gone by then.

I don't care so much about it, and I highly doubt that I would play beyond eight seasons myself, but it never hurts to consider change. The league went on for 30 seasons with eight teams and then made a huge change in expanding to ten. I don't think it would have a much bigger impact than that, if at all. I think the best argument mentioned against allowing longer careers, in terms of how it would affect the health of the league and its cyclical nature, is that it would potentially weaken drafts, because recreations would happen less frequently. I don't think there would be a whole lot of players who play beyond eight seasons if we made depreciation something like 13%.

So if it would have been better for the league to have started with this, why is it something that it wouldn't be beneficial to work on implementing?

Are you implying that there was a point in the league when it would have been beneficial to make such a change? If so, what is it about now, as opposed to this other time, that makes it not beneficial?

But that's just in the first extra season. If depreciation went up to 19% for a 10th season, maintaining a 90 in a single attribute would take 44 TPE (after being brought down to 73). And you wouldn't be banking TPE during your 9th season, because you'd still be busy trying to regain your attributes from your 13% depreciation.

Let's use an offensive forward as an example. Let's say someone wants to maintain attributes of 70 ST, 90 SK, 90 SC, 70 PA, 90 PH, 80 DF. That's a 350 TPE build. At 13% depreciation, they would lose 140 TPE. And that isn't an elite player build. If a goalie wanted to maintain 90 in every depreciable attribute, that'd be a loss of 34 TPE/attribute, equating to 272 TPE lost. You're not going to get 272 TPE in a single season.

What I'm suggesting is that we make depreciation beyond the 8th season be such that players CAN'T improve, but can only try to (and fail to) keep up with their current attributes.Tukio was already at 99 in everything. If Higgins had wanted to keep him around, at 13% depreciation, those 99's drop to 86. That's equivalent to 48 TPE per attribute. With eight attributes depreciating for goalies, that's 384 TPE.

Season records can definitely be touched, I'm not arguing against that. And increasing the career length of players will have little to no impact in that regard.

Contenders may not lose players but they are keeping guys who have to be paid more money than their TPE is worth.

I strongly disagree. It's unfair to current players that all of the S1 players came into the VHL on equal footing (ie when a rookie enters the VHL, they have to go up against players who already have several hundreds of TPE). Records are very relative, anyway. Expansion changed the scope of the league by thinning out the talent. Scoring was up from S19-S22 or so because teams like New York, Calgary, and Vasteras were playing goalies such as Vince Stephan, Fernando Garcia Jr., and other scrubs. But the guys early on had it much easier, and that's evidenced by the records. If the depreciation beyond an 8th season is extreme, players would have to choose between an extended career and recreating a player for whom the TPE that is being earned is actually improving a player, not just trying to keep a player from being eaten away.