All right, looking at the GM Connected options, we've got a few things to figure out. These are the general settings...and what I assume most of us will want. I'll put the items up for debate in bold, so feel free to weigh in on those...or any of the others too.

League Name: CAGLS No Hockey League (assuming there's a lockout and we want to be smartasses, lol)
Description: Official CheapAssGamer Hockey League

Maximum Users Per Team: 1
NHL Schedule Length: 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks (this determines how much of the schedule is available to be played at a time)
Allow Simming of Games: Yes (meaning users can choose to sim their games vs the CPU)
Allow Join Requests: Yes (not really a reason to have this on, but who knows who may stumble upon this league without seeing the thread. we might even want to let them join)
Skill Level: Rookie, Pro, All-Star, Superstar (one of the few options that can be changed after we start the franchise)
Game Style: Casual, Default, Normal, Hardcore, Favorite, Current (I still barely know what these do. I usually just leave it on Default, but if somebody else has a better idea, speak up)

Period Length: 5 minutes
Icing: Delayed
Injuries: On
Penalties: On
Post Whistle Rules: Authentic (I hope we'd all agree on this one)
Penalty Time Scaling: On
Fighting: On

Playoff Series Length: Best of 7
Playoff Tie Break: Continuous OT
Season Overtime Loss: 1 point
Season Tie Break: 5 min (4 on 4) then Shootout
CPU Trades: On (meaning allow CPU to CPU trades)
Waivers: On
GM Connected Length: 25 (25 seasons...yep...I'm sure we'll get there, lol)
Starting Rosters: Current
NHL Salary Cap: On
Roster Type: Default (meaning real NHL rosters)
Tuner Set Version: Latest (unless they screw something up horrifically)

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