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The NFHL Network newest segment Coaches
Corner will provide analysis, comments and feedback
regarding the NFHL.
March 3rd, 2008
The NFHL introduced the "Trade Rule"
for the 2005/06 season which allowed for the first time
a player to be acquired not on a teams roster. The main
reason for this rule was to compensate for a team that
lost a high scoring player later in the season due to
injury. In prior seasons without this rule a team that
lost their second best forward for example would not
be able to utilize the extra players on the roster.
Since the "Top 10" forwards points are counted
it was unlikely that the 11th best forward would accumulate
enough points to overtake the injured players points.
The first season the rule was used only one player could
be traded and the following year this was increased
to two.
The rule now in its third season has increased
the interaction in the league. The rule will be changed
for the 2008/09 season which will incorporate new transactions.
The trade rule for next season will reflect a more realistic
comparison to the NHL. For example in the NHL when a
player is injured he is not traded. This will be the
case in the NFHL next season. A NFHL player that is
injured can now be placed on the Injury Reserve but
can not be traded. Next season with the expanded Farm
Team it will be essential for an owner to have "balance"
and "depth" beyond the regular active roster.
One would think that the Injury Reserve would make it
simpler for the NFHL GM. That would all depend on the
performance of the GM. If the farm team does not have
adequate replacements for injured players a team may
find themselves without much benefit. With the trade
effectively being used for improving a team based on
player performance and not injury should lead to some
interesting GM decisions next season. Trade decisions
will have to be evaluated based on cap room availability,
transaction availability and more.
The new Transactions and the Farm Team
will be discussed further in the next segment of the
"Coach's Corner"
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