Another offseason is upon us and with that, comes another off-season survey to see that we are resolving the hot-button issues in the league that may need to be changed.
One thing to be said about it. For us to look at making a change, I've always been a big believer of the majority (70% or more) would want to be in favour of it; meaning we had the rule wrong for our league members. Without it, it's hard to make a change when a lot of the league is happy with the status quo, or doesn't see the need to make a change.
With that said, another survey was issued where 20 out of 23 GMs (New England still vacant) voiced their thoughts on the CCHL questions and issues at hand.
The first question was about the goaltending usage rule required for the playoffs. Of the 20 responses, 10 wanted the rule to stay the same. Seven of you wanted the minimum number of games required for playoff action changed and three wanted the fatigue raised. Without the majority of people interested in a change, we will leave things as is since half the league does not see the need for change.
The next question was about a return to the minor leagues where 19 people took part in the vote. 11 of those votes said to not bring back the minor league, so we'll be avoiding doing that once again. I'm always curious as to the hate for the minor league system since there isn't a requirement to manage the lineups for it, but it seems to be something people generally hate the idea of so we'll be shelving that idea again.
Our third question of the survey was to ask for feedback on the website for submitting lines with almost everyone saying it made it easier, and those using drop box still said that it did not make a difference. Fair point but I am glad the majority are liking the use of the website as it shows the investment of time to make that happen has been well worth it for the league.
Question four dealt with the waiver draft with ten of you saying keep it the way it is. Eight people said to scrap it while two said to allow the players to get signed as free agents. As I said at the outset of this blog, the reality is we won't look at making a change if most of you don't want it, so there won't be a change concerning the annual waiver draft.
Next up was the CCHL draft website. The purpose for this question was to see if it added value with 14 people saying they really liked it and six saying that they are easy either way. We'll be keeping the CCHL draft website and it's again nice to see the feedback that it's worthwhile for us as a league.
Question six was regarding the draft black book. For those who voted yes, please send me an email so I can compile a list and figure out the cost when the time is appropriate.
Question seven was asked to see if there was any interest in some CCHL-like action in the summer time to which the majority said there wasn't any interest at all (12 votes). Two people wanted a full-on World Cup while six liked the idea of the U23 World Cup. I asked this question because in talking to quite a few people they said they missed the league in the summer so I thought it would be a good opportunity to fill that gap with something unique but there doesn't appear to be the interest so I'll forego the idea.
Question eight was the one I was personally more curious about - would GMs like to have the divisions and conferences realigned again. The purpose for this question was simple. If I have to re-do the schedule this summer anyway, there would not be a better time to realign if that is what people wanted.
11 of those who voted said they wanted it to be kept the same, so no further changes would be necessary. This would have never been a question had the schedule not had to be re-done but since it has to be, I figured it was worthwhile to ask in order to see how people liked the current alignment.
That's it - another year-end survey is in the books. Lots of big things happening as our offseason gets underway this week. Use the time to build your team up. I'm hoping to see a little more parity next year in the league and the offseason should be really interesting.
Enjoy the offseason and the summer as our season will be here again before we know it.
-The Commish
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