Update to the Draft Pick Holding Rule Update

[Gustav 6,428]

 

Hi! I'm back! It's me again.

 

You should remember the last VHLM announcement, which put in motion a set of new restrictions on VHLM teams' holding of draft picks. This consisted of both upper and lower limits on the picks allowed to be held by any given VHLM team, and was largely met with positive feedback. As a whole, @Spartan  and I are mostly happy with the rule as originally drawn up.

 

That said, there's one part of it that some have thought to be too restrictive, and as we consider ourselves open to your feedback, we have listened to you and we agree. We stand by the principles of the rule, and believe that most of it is just fine as is. It's become clear, though, that the original proposal of mandating teams to hold 4 picks in the first 4 rounds of the draft makes it very difficult to trade picks in general, and is perhaps an overreach when it comes to avoiding the extreme situations the rule was originally intended to prevent.

 

Because of this, the rule now looks like this (changes in red):

 

• No team may hold more than two picks in each of the first two rounds of any VHLM draft. For example, a team may have up to two 1st-round picks and two 2nd-round picks, but no more.
• Each team must hold a minimum of three picks in the first four rounds of any draft.
• Each team must hold at least one pick in either the first or second round of any draft.

 

Some reasoning, for anyone curious:

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-The worst-case scenario for a team under the previous rule was holding a 2nd and three 4ths, while this moves to a 2nd and two 4ths under this system. We don't consider this significantly different.

-Teams may now directly spend a pick per season without having to worry about limits. Any trade under the old rule would necessarily involve consideration of limits, while there should be enough flexibility in this system for at least one significant traditional buy or sell per season.

 

As a reminder, this rule goes into effect as of the S87 draft.

 

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28 minutes ago, Gustav said:

the original proposal of mandating teams to hold 4 picks in the first 4 rounds of the draft makes it very difficult to trade picks in general,

 

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ban pick trading?