Rules & Regulations
KEEPER RULE:
Drafted players are assigned 3 year "Keeper contracts". A "Keeper contract" allows you to retain a player for up to the next 3 seasons. If any player is dropped or claimed off waivers during the season his contract will finish at the end of the current season.
Rookie Contract:
A drafted player that has played 0 NHL games is assigned a 4 year contract.
ROSTER SIZE:
A team's roster consists of 4 centers, 4 left wing, 4 right wing, 6 defensemen, 2 goalies, and 6 bench players. There are also 4 injured reserve spots available.
MAXIMUM GAMES:
Each roster position has a maximum allowable games played of 82 games. Once your maximum games played has been reached, any players at that position will not accumulate any more points.
CONTRACTS:
Contract expiry dates are noted beside a players name, in the "Keeper Contract" area of your team page, on this site.
Ie. Ryan Getzlaf (ANH - C) Contract Expiry Date: June 2013
The date beside the players name indicates the last month the player will be on your team. The actual expiry date is the very last day of the playoff season.
CONTRACT EXTENSIONS:
Contract extensions are awarded to the winners of the regular season and the playoffs. An extension can be used on any player on your roster or for a player picked up as a free agent.
If your team has more than 1 extension, you have the option to extend a single player to more than 1 season.ie. 3 contract extensions can be used to extend 1 player for up to 3 more seasons.
Note:
The deadline to use a contract extension is the last day of the regular season. If it is not used by this time it will carry over to the following season. This means that any player on your roster, that has a contract set to expire at the end of the current season, will not be able to be extended and will be sent back into the next seasons draft.
To extend a contract: Post a message on the message board which player(s) you would like to extend and length of term.
TEAM INFORMATION :
Team Information Updates are no longer posted to the message board throughout the season.
Team Information and transaction details will now be updated on this site throughout the season.
A link to each team page will be posted to the message board at the beginning of the season.
Usually after your team has made a transaction. These updates allow you to know which players on your team are under contract and their expiry dates. It also shows your teams history and a list of next seasons available draft picks, which can be traded.
Managers Contract:
Each manager starts with a 5 year contract.
The terms of the contract are outlined below:
Each manager must maintain a minimum games played of 1625 out of 1640 per season.
If the manager fails to maintain the minimum games played at any time during the 5 year term, a new set of qualifications must be met:
a) The team must qualify for the playoffs at least 4 times
or
b) The team must finish in the top 6 playoff standings at least 3 times
or
c) The team must finish in the top 4 playoff standings at least 2 times
or
d) The team must finish in the top 2 playoff standings at least 1 time.
DRAFT:
The Draft order for the current season is determined by a combination of the previous regular season standings and playoff standings.
Example:The 10th place team during the previous regular season will draft 1st, and the 9th place team will draft 2nd. The rest of the order is determined by the previous seasons playoff standings, ie 8th place will draft 3rd, 7th place will draft 4th, etc. Style will be non-snaking draft.
2012/2013 Draft order :
01. The Magic Sticks
02. Maple Leafs 19
03. Kings
04. Staked Mooses
05. The Underdogs
06. Quad City Flames
07. Allan Bester
08. No Tradin' Mofo's
09. Crusaders
10. Vancouver Canucks
Draft order for 2013/2014:
A new system will be used to determine the draft order for next season.
The draft order will be determined by the LOWEST REGULAR season "points per game"
The formula is:
total regular season points divided by total games played.
02. Maple Leafs 19 (1294/1573= 0.823)
01. The Magic Sticks (1236/1478= 0.836)
03. Kings (1388/1639= 0.847)
08. No Tradin' Mofo's (1351/1584= 0.853)
05. The Underdogs (1442/1630= 0.885)
07. Allan Bester (1436/1583= 0.9071)
09. Crusaders (1490/1642= 0.9074)
06. Quad City Flames (1547/1642= 0.942)
04. Staked Mooses (1558/1634= 0.953)
10. Vancouver Canucks (1582/1651= 0.958)
REWARDS:
Regular Season
The team with the most points at the end of the regular season will be rewarded with 2 contract extensions.
Playoffs
The top 2 playoff winners will each be rewarded with the option to extend 1 contract (by one season) of any player on their roster.
The #1 winner of the playoffs will be rewarded with an extra 2 contract extensions.
The 2011/2012 Regular Season winner : VANCOUVER CANUCKS
VANCOUVER CANUCKS are awarded the option to extend 2 players on his roster.
The 2011 Playoff winner : VANCOUVER CANUCKS
are awarded the option to extend 3 players on his roster.
The 2011 Playoff runner up (2nd place) : CRUSADERS
are awarded the option to extend 1 player on his roster.
PLAYOFF FORMAT:
All 8 playoff teams will be able to use up to 26 players in the playoffs. (9 forwards,4 defense,2 goalies,& 11 reserve players)
The top 4 regular season teams will be allowed 6 free agent moves during the playoffs.
The bottom 4 regular season teams will be allowed 3 free agent moves during the playoffs.
This is a slight variation from the previous seasons:
9 forwards,4 defensmen, 2 goalies & 6 reserve (top 4 teams)
9 forwards,4 defensmen, 2 goalies & 3 reserve (bottom 4 teams)
Website TBA.
TRADE DEADLINE:
The trade deadline is 7 days from the last day of the regular season.
TIE BREAKER:
In the event of a tie between 2 or more teams, the previous regular season's standings will determine the winner.
OFF SEASON TRANSACTIONS:
Currently the only time “off season” transactions can occur, is the time the yahoo site message board is up. (approximately 1 month before the regular season begins.)
“Off season” Trades will still be subject to league vote, ties to be decided by commissioner.