As a fairly new outsider and new player, I want to give my view on what’s going on. You should know I was drafted to Hamilton this season and I am just finishing up my second season in the SMJHL, definitely not in the SHL yet.

I think I understand the anger that is manifesting with other teams. I get there is something you view as an exploit. I get that you’re upset that Hamilton is set to win a championship and you feel that it was illegitimate.

But I will say, the amount of vitriol I have seen from other teams and players on here for something that was not prevented in the rules as far as I understand is the most toxic part of this league to me as a new player.

I have gotten hate from players in this league and I am literally brand new to what is going on. If anything drives me away it’s not a potentially broken simulation, I don’t even know how it works anyways, what will drive me away is what is feeling like a toxic league that instead of saying well shit we messed up and will fix the rules to improve the league, instead of punishing a team that used the rules to get an advantage, they instead chose to brigade and blame flaws on a machine to a team.

Hate on me if you will, but I will tell you, other new players like me will also leave when this worm turns on them eventually as well. You worry about activity, worry about what it feels like to us new players as well.