Rule Suggestion

[Wild GM (Jonathan)]

Just want to have people's opinions here.
I was thinking if a GM claims a player/prospect off the waiver wire or drafts a prospect there should be a time limit to add him on Fantrax to your roster. I'm saying a 3 month window should be plenty of time before the player becomes free game for another GM to add.
If it takes longer then 3 months to claim him on Fantrax it just shows that the owner doesn't even have interest in that player from my prespective.

Thoughts and ideas welcome....

[Kings GM (Jesse)]

I agree, and think that the time limit should be much shorter. If a GM can’t take 90 seconds out of their day to login and claim their player within a few days (3-4) of claiming or drafting they should lose them.
Possibly Beamer and Mike could coordinate; Beamer doesn’t update the master roster until Mike confirms the player has been added on Fantrax...?

[Flames GM (Beamer)]

Definitely something the LMs can discuss for the off-season in 2019. Would put the onus on GMs to mind their own teams (as they should). It'll cut down on confusion as to who is available and should not.

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I dont think we as a league should be having this type of issue in the first place. It should just be common courtesy and respect for the league to keep rosters correct and up to date. It looks like we WILL need a rule despite what I think should be happening automatically. This is a pride of ownership issue.

I'm noticing in the chat alot of people are using Fantrax as "gospel" so to speak. The master sheet has been strongly recommended as being the official roster. If people did their own house keeping, took pride in ownership(fantrax/probards threads up to date) then we could have 3 sources of accurate information (mastersheet, Proboards threads, Fantrax)

Everyone should have a look at Blues GM (Wood) 's Proboards St. Louis Blues threads. He's got team captains, color coordinated info, if a player is original to the blues/traded for/Drafted. I'm not expecting that from anyone but the pride of ownership is a good example.

Guys update your shit. 

[Golden Knights GM (Andy)]

Not picking up your players on fantrax is lazy and inconsiderate.
I know fantrax is not gospel but it is the easiest and in my opinion the fastest way to search for players.
There is nothing worse than putting in a claim on a player and losing him to waiver priority and 6 months later seeing him not picked up. I could have played him but somebody who was greedy snagged him and just left him.
Why shouldn’t I have rights to that player? After 6 months, I mean he must not have meant that much to the GM?
Any more than a week were the player has not been picked up, there is no excuse!
Let the player go free...
Or whoever was next in order, waiver or free agent signing should be awarded the player.

Peace
Vegas Andy

[Panthers GM (Klein)]

I agree, there really should be some sort of time limit to claim your players in fantrax, there are still some teams that haven't claimed their first round picks from this year,never mind the free agent signings

[Wild GM (Jonathan)]

If your a GM in this league have enough pride for your team then claim your players. Our LM's put allot of time in, the least you can do is go to Fantrax and claim your player

[Flames GM (Beamer)]

Before the start of the 18-19 season, I will comb over all the 3 rosters and add any missing players (should anyone wish to join me message me on Group me and I can assign 5-6 teams for you to look at).

Judging from the feedback this notion will be a slamdunk to add to our rule book. I actually favour a short turnaround to add players to your roster during the season (2 weeks) and upping it to 3 weeks for off-season due to it being summer break.

Pride is a HUGE component of being a GM here in SCD....attend to your team like it's your own flesh and blood.

[Hurricanes GM (Will)]

One issue to think about  is some prospects are not in fantrax yet and they may get lost in the shuffle but Beamer does a good job marking them on the master sheet.. 

[Flames GM (Beamer)]

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