From EI952325@uqac.uquebec.caSun Dec 15 15:35:25 1996 Date: Fri, 29 NOV 1996 10:42:52 +0000 From: Michael Hebert To: Board of Directors -- Shaun Driver , Jason Stumpf , Adam Ardis , Michael Hebert , Andreas Larsson , Todd Henry , Darren Kinnaird Subject: WHL: New Rules Hi guys, tell me what you think. Nothing here is new, it has all been discussed before, it is just a compilation. Here are the new rules so far for next season: -Goalies injuries (done by the league manager) -Cumulative suspensions (2 games for 1st time, 4 games for 2nd time, 6 games for third time...) -New Coach affect the team (done by the league manager, it changes streaks and slumps). -Team who claim a player off waivers go to the end of the priority list for a second player on that day (already in use) -These adjusted retirement and rerating procedures 1. RETIREMENT -Current procedure 1. a. Players from the ages of 17-30 have a 100% chance of returning for the following year. b. Players between the ages of 30 to 34 lose 5% off of their percentage chance of returning for the following year. c. Players between 35-38 years of age lose a 10% chance of returning for the following year. d. And; players between the ages of 38-40 lose 20% chance of returning for the following year. 2. The decision for retirement will be decided upon by a random number selection by the Commissioner. The random number will be between 1-100 and will be decided upon by a computer program. If the random number is higher than the player's chance of returning to the league then the player will retire. -Maximum number of players retiring per team is 3. If more than 3 players have to retire, only the 3 older will retire. -GMs have the power to retire players over 30 in their team after the season. 2. RERATING 2.1 General Rerating The following procedure will be followed when the time for rerating comes (during the off-season). Criteria Factors #pla. effect Pro/Fa Method Range ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Player NHL, age 4 up both Tim Chan's rat. +15 Performance WHL, luck 2 up/down Pro *to be determined* Random luck, age 2 up/down both Current Plan +3/-3 The current plan is annexed at the end of ths message. Notes: 1.For the Y. Player Criteria, players are chosen by the GM, and must be 25 or under. Also, a maximum of 2 players who have played at least 15 games in the WHL (2 Pro players). 2.For the Performance Criteria, players must have played at least 15 games the previous season to be eligible. 3.Players can't be rerated twice: if a player gets rerated, he isn't eligible for the next Criteria. 4.The Criterium will be done in the same order as above: Y. Player first, then Performance, and finally Random. 5.By the time the current youngest player in the WHL turns 25 the Timothy Chan system will no longer be used in the WHL as there will no one left to rerate under that system. 6.In Y. Player Criteria any player with a current rating under 50 is unlimited in his ratings increase. 2.2 Draftees Rerating This procedure will apply to new draftees entering the league as of the WHL second entry draft that will take place in Edmonton next summer. Players who go thru this rerating procedure will not be eligible for rerating under the Timothy Chan system. All players drafted from now on will go thru this system. Players available for the draft will be given a "potential score". It will be out of 50 and it will express what we feel will be the players future potential. It will be based on the players Junior stats and/or NHL stats in the case that the player is already a member of the NHL. The players list and their original "ratings" will be made by the Director of Player Personel and Rerating, with the help of the Commissioner. All new players will be given ratings over the 11 categories of a minimum of 25 and no maximum. You can expect the best players to be rated around 65. Goaltenders will have no maximum and minimum of 12 (but don't expect to draft a goalie rated higher than 60). Players with the highest ratings won't necessarily have the best potential. There will be all kinds of players available: higher ratings with lower potential (most likely players who already made it in the NHL), and lower ratings with higher potential (most likely junior players). At the mid point of season, end of season and at mid point of following season, the young draftees will be rerated by rolling a six sided dice 10 times. You multiply that number by their "potential score" and compare it to the chart below: Goalies points added on will be the chart points minus 2. 3000-2800=15 points 2799-2600=14 2599-2400=13 2399-2200=12 2199-2000=11 1999-1800=10 1799-1600=9 1599-1400=8 1399-1200=7 1199-1000=6 999-800=5 799-600=4 599-400=3 399-200=2 under 199=1 Their points will be added on as follows. Their highest number gets added to first from left to right. For example. If we look at Joe Thorton, who is currently ranked number one by central scouting, we would assume Joe is given a "potential score" of 50. His ratings may be as follows: 4 6 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 4 5 =55 A roll of 30 comes up at the mid point of first year. That would result in a 1500 on the chart. He would recieve 8 points for this. His new ratings would be: 4 7 4 6 6 6 7 7 6 4 6 =63 Then at the next rerating we would go where we left off from. Let's say that he gets 12 points. He would now be: 5 8 5 7 7 7 8 8 7 6 7 =75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This procedure will ensure that a newly drafted player can't be a superstar in his first year (he probably won't even be able to make the team), but gets a chance to improve gradually, which is realistic. If anyone has any questions about this please direct them to myself. I can be reached at kinnaird@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca ********************** H. RERATING PLAYERS ********************** After the end of the Playoffs and before the next season's entry draft, the following rerating scheme will be used: 1. For each Pro Team, randomly select 2 players and find out their age. 2. Using a random number and the rerating table, find out by how many points each selected players improve. 3. Using random numbers, select the categories for the improvement points. RERATING TABLE: Age Number Bonus Comments -------------------------------------------------------------------------- less than 21 10% +3 -A player enters the league. He is not a 20% +2 tried and true player yet - he can go 20% +1 both ways 20% +0 10% -1 (50% better, 20% same, 30% worse) 10% -2 10% -3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 to 25 20% +3 -By now a player has passed the rookie 20% +2 stage - lot's of room to improve 20% +1 30% +0 5% -1 (60% better, 30% same, 10% worse) 3% -2 2% -3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 to 28 5% +3 -A player is in his peak - not much 5% +2 movement either way 10% +1 60% +0 10% -1 (20% better, 60% same, 20% worse) 5% -2 5% -3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 to 32 5% +3 -Coming off peak, still not a lot of 5% +2 movement. More chance of retirement than 10% +1 of becoming a bad player 50% +0 10% -1 (20% better, 50% same, 30% worse) 10% -2 10% -3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 and more 5% +3 -Now a player is getting old, but he still 5% +2 has a lot of lasting power. 70% chance he 5% +1 won't change by more than 1 point. 35% +0 30% -1 (15% better, 35% same, 50% worse) 10% -2 10% -3