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Anton · 04-19-2020, 09:47 AM

This is totally nitpicking, but Cincinnati was an active franchise that could and did sign players starting in 1973 and subsequently loaned those players to another team (John Hughes, Denis and Gene Sobchuck to Phoenix, Steve Andrascik to Indianapolis, Ron Plumb to San Diego, Mike Pelyk to Vancouver).

Conversely, Denver was seemingly invented overnight and was stocked with an 'expansion draft' of sorts that really just involved them taking 14 players from the suddenly-folded Chicago Cougars.

I'm not sure if either of those situations are able to be programmed into the game (particularly the Cincinnati example, which would be a fun option to have and exploit) but it is at least another example of what made the WHA wild and interesting.

-steps off soapbox-
(Source: The Complete Historical and Statistical Reference to the World Hockey Association by Scott Surgent)

04-19-2020, 09:47 AM	#7
Anton Minors (Double A) Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 133	This is totally nitpicking, but Cincinnati was an active franchise that could and did sign players starting in 1973 and subsequently loaned those players to another team (John Hughes, Denis and Gene Sobchuck to Phoenix, Steve Andrascik to Indianapolis, Ron Plumb to San Diego, Mike Pelyk to Vancouver). Conversely, Denver was seemingly invented overnight and was stocked with an 'expansion draft' of sorts that really just involved them taking 14 players from the suddenly-folded Chicago Cougars. I'm not sure if either of those situations are able to be programmed into the game (particularly the Cincinnati example, which would be a fun option to have and exploit) but it is at least another example of what made the WHA wild and interesting. -steps off soapbox- (Source: The Complete Historical and Statistical Reference to the World Hockey Association by Scott Surgent)