Quote:Originally posted by RomanesEuntDomus@Jul 8 2015, 07:28 PM
Seriously how good do guys think are the expansion teams gonna be next season? You make it seem like the league will provide them with a bunch of superstars which couldn't be further from the truth. If the league settles for anything like what JT or I suggested then they will be lucky to even get some 600-800 TPE inactives and who knows how many actives will actually be available outside of the goalies... Compare that to the worst teams in the league right now who still have multiple 1000+ TPE player as well as multiple high picks in the upcoming drafts - those teams don't just have more quality right now, they also have more potential for the future than any expansion team who would only have their own picks and maybe some 2nds if we wen't with the idea that I suggested.

This.

The core of the expansion teams is probably going to end up being relatively newer players (drafted in S22/23/24) who aren't fully developed yet. They're going to get stomped for at least one or two seasons until their core players hit their peak. Just because teams lose players doesn't put them at a huge disadvantage because they'll lose low depth/inactive players. And everyone's going to lose them. Not just your team. Relative to the other teams, if you play your cards right with your protection of players you're going to stay at the same level of strength you were at before.