This may have been suggested before but I just thought about it and figured I’d throw it out there.

We see it in the NHL all the time - a player is in the twilight of their career, aka they are no longer good enough to play in the NHL, but they still love playing hockey so they opt for an AHL contract.

There may not be much interest, but what if a player regressed to the point they were ineffective in the SHL but didn’t want to retire. There could be a “twilight player” rule where they could sign with an SMJHL team for a certain amount of seasons to finish their career.

This could increase the amount of players in the SMJHL, even if by a few per season, and the SMJHL could use all the players they could get. Additionally, it could help with parity as well.

There could be a limit to the amount of twilight players per team so teams couldn’t abuse it, like say one per team. 425 cap would obviously still apply.

03-06-2022, 11:55 AMunconfident69 Wrote: I think rather than regressing to below 425 because that would take absolute forever, you'd maybe get the option after say, 18? 20? Seasons to just instantly reduce yourself to 425 permanently for 2 seasons or however long. I really like this idea because it can get new users access to vets in their juniors LR and can revive interest for certain people with older players on the cusp of not being useable in the shl

I didn’t mean wait until they regress to 425. I meant like basically when the player decides they’re no longer effective in the SHL, they can declare as a twilight player, redistribute to 425 and sign with an SMJHL team.