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Post by Detroit Cherni on Jun 24, 2016 20:56:37 GMT -5
So I'm sitting here, like a lot of you, listening to the NHL Draft. And I'm sitting here wondering why in our 12 years of NsHL Hockey, we've never done a chat room convo for the NHL Draft.
I know it's all a year away now, but I think it would be great to do a live chat either in the chat room or on Skype? I would be in.
Your thoughts?
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Post by Anaheim GM on Jun 25, 2016 12:09:15 GMT -5
Personally, I am all for using emerging or existing technology to help make the draft experience more interactive for those who are unable to make it. Keeping in mind that whatever said technology would be should be free for all of our GMs or a minimal cost. I know Sean Croft the past two drafts has Skyped in with Jack to make selections in the draft. If each GM at the draft table had a skype partner that would cover about 2/3 of the league. I'm not the best guy to contact about new tech, though. If there was a product that we could use to help every GM have a more interactive experience with those in draft attendance I am 100% all ears.
Markus Parkus
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Post by NJDevilsGM on Jun 25, 2016 14:03:33 GMT -5
We do have a chat room don't we? Didn't we have one last year?
I'm all for more interactive but I agree, should be no cost.
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Post by torontogm on Jun 26, 2016 1:26:08 GMT -5
At the risk of putting words in Dave's mouth... I think he means chatting during the NHL Draft in June, not the NsHL Draft in July.
As for the July Draft... we will need to find a different chat room because some GMs were unable to get into the current chat room for the trade deadline. If this is still the case, some GMs will be unable to be in the chat room to make their picks. Any good rooms anybody knows of, let us know. Slack could be an option, but it is not great...
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Post by NJDevilsGM on Jun 26, 2016 12:10:16 GMT -5
In my league we use www.hipchat.com We've only used it a handful of times but so far we've not found anyone that couldn't attend. I'd suggest whatever chatroom we elect to use we do a test run a week or so before the actual draft so if there's any problems we can have time to figure out what to do.
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Post by Detroit Cherni on Jun 26, 2016 12:46:16 GMT -5
Two things:
1) Thanks Jade, I was talking about the NHL Draft not the NsHL Draft.
2) If we were to use Skype for the NsHL Draft, Skype to Skype is free and you can hold conference calls up to 25 people for free. All you need to do is sign up for the free profile.
3) My draft dream is to actually see us, as GM's, whether we're in attendance personally or via Skype, make our own selections. Just for the first round though. I love the way we do it now. It's easy, efficient and definitely not broken. But I think it would be great to announce our own picks to other GMs.
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Post by NJDevilsGM on Jun 26, 2016 13:46:34 GMT -5
^^^^ This.
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Post by Anaheim GM on Jul 1, 2016 9:59:21 GMT -5
Yeah...I'm all about that!
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Post by Anaheim GM on Jul 1, 2016 10:00:28 GMT -5
Additionally, I think we should plan a league get together for the NHL draft as well. I think that's a GREAT idea and an excellent way for all of us to get together and enjoy the draft....Let's work on that for next year, shall we?
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Post by NJDevilsGM on Jul 1, 2016 14:57:43 GMT -5
Would it be to much trouble to do a four day get together where days 1 and 2 are the NHl draft and day 3 and 4 are our draft/golf/drinks/whatever? #NsHLHangover
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Post by avalanchegm on Jul 1, 2016 23:35:31 GMT -5
Would it be to much trouble to do a four day get together where days 1 and 2 are the NHl draft and day 3 and 4 are our draft/golf/drinks/whatever? #NsHLHangover I like the idea but I'm not sure that's realistic. It would mean a Sunday - Monday draft, plus we'd need the trade window to be open, which comes after rerates. Only way would be to move the season forward a couple months. Would also likely mean managing work schedules for those coming from out of town.
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Post by Anaheim GM on Jul 5, 2016 8:43:42 GMT -5
Additionally, I think we should plan a league get together for the NHL draft as well. I think that's a GREAT idea and an excellent way for all of us to get together and enjoy the draft....Let's work on that for next year, shall we? When I posted this I meant a virtual get-together. I am certain pockets of GMs could meet if it is geographically desirable, however, much like a trade summit, getting together for the NHL draft could be a lot of fun. Just to clarify. Once we begin to get 20-25 GMs together for a draft we could start focusing on another get together. Let's just focus on one family reunion for our GMs to worry about.
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