Should prospects on main roster count toward prospect limit?

Doesn't chnage who qualifies to be a prospect. Only changes how many prospects are on our roster at a given time

I can see the merits of the argument from both sides. It seems a bit silly that a player such as Forsberg or Gaudreau who would likely never be bumped back into the prospect roster takes up 2 prospect roster spaces. At the same time, it seems a bit unfair that teams with NHL-ready prospects could just stash them on their main rosters, and pick up replacement prospects into their 20 player prospect pool.

Would it make sense to allow each GM to determine who is and isn't a prospect? Say a team selects Ekblad, and decides that he is to be a permanent fixture of their team's roster, the GM could relinquish Ekblad's prospect status. From that point onward, Ekblad would be treated as a normal player, irrespective of the number of games played.

I think this is a great point. I think they should count towards our prospect limit.


Anyone who is a prospect at the start of the season remains one, even when they surpass the 100(50) game limit, correct??

I get the potential FanTrax limitation, however I don't agree with it making things easy. In fact, I think it makes the decision more challenging. If I were to 'promote' Ekblad, then he would no longer be automatically protected in a Waiver draft, and I would need to leave one of my other players unprotected. Conversely, if he suffers from a sophomore slump, I can't just stash him on the prospect roster. I think it would make things slightly more interesting, but perhaps that's just me!

Ok, so we are trying to determine if a GM is allowed more than 20 prospects or what constitutes a prospect?

My view is that if you are purposely stashing players who are in the NHL, but still considered prospects, that is wrong and shouldn't be allowed. I think that if a player paases the 100 game mark during the season they should not be allowed to be sent down anymore. Or if possible, would have to clear waivers just like in the nhl, with any other team, with room, to make a claim.

If the player is below 100, and a GM is parking him in the minors to keep him "safe", I don't see anything wrong with it, but you could instill a limit on total players allowed btw both minor/nhl teams.

Also, don't remember but we do have a trade deadline which includes no more drop/adds correct.

-That sucked writing all this on mobile

It is not possible to make this happen. We have to set a limit at the beginning of the season and that is a prospect for the season. They upgrade at the end of the season though.

From what I gathered in our shoutbox discussion yesterday, any adjustments to prospect status would happen after the waiver draft. Ekblad, Forsberg, Gaudreau, etc would therefore not need to be protected in next year's waiver draft, even though all of them will have surpassed 100 GP. 

Good to get clarification on that point. Maybe it was just me, but this was not the impression I got from the shoutbox conversation yesterday. Prospects with over 100 GP will therefore cease being prospects at the end of the NHL season, prior to the waiver draft, and can be claimed by other teams if left unprotected?

I was just having a read through the "Rules" thread, and read this:


I presume this contradiction in the rules incorrect? We should probably clarify the matter prior to the prospect draft in either case!

Ok so a real now I'm awake response. I originally put in this rule but found out it wasn't possible on fantrax and forgot to take it out.

We can do it manually in the future, but for this first season is like something automated and less complicated. There's already a lot to keep track of and this is something is hard to keep track of without fantrax!

Great glad you agree. Sorry for the short answer first. I had just woken up and wanted to give an answer right away,....but my brain wasn't working.