Post by Little Bacon (Commissioner) on Sept 5, 2014 16:04:58 GMT -5
Some General Information...
-This is an ongoing pool. This means that the players you choose in the first draft could feasibly be on your team in year 2012. Everything possible is being done to ensure that everyone in this pool is extremely knowledgeable about hockey, and extremely serious about hockey pools. I don’t want people quitting after three years just because they’ve done poorly. Suck it up and rebuild! Sure it costs money, but it’s not about the money, it’s about fun (and bragging rights).
-Every year, prior to the draft, owners can submit proposals for rule adjustments or additions. A vote of greater than 50% would pass the proposal.
Settings for Franchises...
-The league will have 12 teams.
-Each franchise shall have a live roster consisting of 12 forwards, 6 defensemen, and 2 goaltenders. This is a minimum requirement of GMs to field a team.
-Each franchise shall have a bench consisting of 8 NHL players of any position to draw upon in case of injuries or lack of playing time.
-Each franchise shall have a “prospect list” of players from which to draw upon during the year to be placed on their bench or live roster. There is no limit to the number of prospects (although they can only be drafted or traded for).
Money...
-The yearly franchise fee will be $50.00 due on or before the day of the draft.
-If the money is not paid in full by the end of the draft a $10/month late charge will be added unless arrangements have been made. Absolutely NO transactions may be made by a GM that is still owing money to the league, even if arrangements have been made. If money hasn’t been paid by 3 months and no arrangements have been made the league has the right to take possession of the franchise and sell it to a new owner.
d. The winner of the league will get $400, runner up will receive $150 and Third Place will get $50.
Prospect Draft...
- A prospect is defined as any skater that has played less than 25 games or goaltender that has played less than 20 games in the NHL (and does have or has had his rights owned by an NHL team) at draft time. *SEE PROSPECT ALTERATION AT BOTTOM
-All drafts will be of the last to first format for each round.
-There will be a draft lottery to protect the integrity of the league. The bottom 5 teams will participate in the draft lottery. The exact results from the actual N.H.L. lottery shall apply to our lottery. See Rule (11a) below.
-A prospect may only stay on a franchise’s prospect list for 4 NHL years for skaters and 5 NHL years for goalies.
-A player will remain a prospect until he is dropped after 4 or 5 years respectively, or is called up onto a roster at any time.
-The draft will be held every year on proboards.
-Appearance at the draft is not mandatory but EXTREMELY important for you to be at it. If you are unable to make it to the draft, you may send me a list to draft from (be careful with it though – if the top player on your list every time a pick comes is a goalie, for example, that player will be taken. Therefore, you could end up having too many goalies on your team and would have to take the necessary means to get rid of them such as trades, etc.) If you are unable to send me the list, you are free to choose the amount of players equal to the number of draft picks you own, after the draft is over. The reason I say this is to ensure everyone is serious about the pool. We all want competition and we won’t get it if someone does not take it as seriously as the rest.
* Prospect Addendum
1. Prospects who are "called up" and dropped, but still have played fewer than 25 games (20 if a goalie), are allowed to be drafted in future prospects drafts.
2. Prospects who have been dropped will have their four (or five, if a goalie) year statuses reset upon being re-drafted.
3. (Just to be clear) Prospects cannot be randomly dropped for the sole purpose of redrafting them in future prospects draft. For example, say during roster cuts I decide to drop Roman Wick (for nobody), who was drafted in 2010, with the sole purpose of redrafting him this prospects draft. THIS WOULD BE ILLEGAL. If, however, I dropped Wick for a free agent during the season, then redrafted him during the next prospect draft, THIS WOULD BE LEGAL.
**Trading, Roster Moves, Waver Wire**
Rosters and Transactions...
-Only players on a franchise’s “Live Roster” will count points towards the franchises standings. Players on “Benches” & “Prospects” will be considered inactive and their points will not count towards franchises standings.
-A GM may also call up prospects onto the Live Roster. Once a prospect has been called up to the Live Roster, they can only be sent back down if they are still below the prospect limits (25 career games for skates, 20 for goalies).
-Maximum of 50 FA transactions for the season.
Trades...
-Any assets may be traded at anytime during the year.
-Draft picks for the next 2 years may be traded (e.g. During the 2007/08 hockey season the 2008 and the 2009 draft picks will be tradable picks). On Draft day the next years draft picks will be available for trading.(e.g. On the day of the 2008 draft the 2010 picks will become tradable at 12:01am before the draft starts so on this day only there will be 3 years worth of draft picks available.)
-Trades will be allowed to the NHL trade deadline date during the season. Trading may resume at the end of the Regular Season. Trades may be of the 2 for 1, 3 for 2, or any other numeration that may allow a franchise to have more than 8 farm players or unlimited prospects. They may acquire and use these bloated rosters but they will be returned to normal by the unrestricted free agent deadline of July 1 of any given year. (Rule 3b)
-Franchises may have an unlimited amount of prospects.
-Points from trades are the same as call ups from the farm. Points are accumulated from the time a player joins his “New Team”. All points the player gained with his “Old Team” stay with his “Old Team”.
-Buddy” trades will not be accepted. If anyone believes that a trade is FAR too lopsided, they may lodge a complaint with the BOG. If that complaint is seconded, a vote will take place. A vote of 51% or greater will be sufficient to nullify the trade. THE COMPLAINT MUST BE LODGED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF THE TRADE. Owners win deals and lose deals - it happens. Sometimes owners lose deals badly. This rule is in place only for extreme situations. It is to prevent two friends from stacking one of the teams and splitting the prize money. It is also to prevent an owner who is planning on quitting the pool at seasons end from helping someone out by giving them a “deal”.
Waiver Wire Procedure... (WILL BE FINALIZED LATER, AT SEASON'S START)
-The “Waiver Period” shall be from Opening night thru to the trade deadline of any given season.
-A free agent available for waivers shall be described as any player who is signed in the N.H.L., is drafted by an NHL team, and is not on any GM’s roster during the “Waiver Period”.
-If a player is Calder eligible (players played less than 25 games, goalies played less than 20 games) then that person will be available for waivers AFTER they play those games (a rookie forward is available to be picked up after he has played 25 games, same goes for the goalies, except at 20 games). Those games are OVERALL (if a player played 17 games in the NHL in previous years, he would only have to play 8 to become available).
-Not unlike the real N.H.L., we shall process waiver claims which would see the team with the lowest point total have first priority. However, if two teams are tied in the standings and they both have a waiver claim for the same player the tie breaker will be 1) lower amount of goals 2) lower games played 3) lower amount of shots 4) coin flip.
Points System...
-Will be heavily based on goals and assists.
Goal- 1
Assist - 1
PIMs - 0.1
Shot - 0.05
Plus/Minus (+.02 or -.02)
Save - 0.01
Win - 2
Shutout - 3
-This is an ongoing pool. This means that the players you choose in the first draft could feasibly be on your team in year 2012. Everything possible is being done to ensure that everyone in this pool is extremely knowledgeable about hockey, and extremely serious about hockey pools. I don’t want people quitting after three years just because they’ve done poorly. Suck it up and rebuild! Sure it costs money, but it’s not about the money, it’s about fun (and bragging rights).
-Every year, prior to the draft, owners can submit proposals for rule adjustments or additions. A vote of greater than 50% would pass the proposal.
Settings for Franchises...
-The league will have 12 teams.
-Each franchise shall have a live roster consisting of 12 forwards, 6 defensemen, and 2 goaltenders. This is a minimum requirement of GMs to field a team.
-Each franchise shall have a bench consisting of 8 NHL players of any position to draw upon in case of injuries or lack of playing time.
-Each franchise shall have a “prospect list” of players from which to draw upon during the year to be placed on their bench or live roster. There is no limit to the number of prospects (although they can only be drafted or traded for).
Money...
-The yearly franchise fee will be $50.00 due on or before the day of the draft.
-If the money is not paid in full by the end of the draft a $10/month late charge will be added unless arrangements have been made. Absolutely NO transactions may be made by a GM that is still owing money to the league, even if arrangements have been made. If money hasn’t been paid by 3 months and no arrangements have been made the league has the right to take possession of the franchise and sell it to a new owner.
d. The winner of the league will get $400, runner up will receive $150 and Third Place will get $50.
Prospect Draft...
- A prospect is defined as any skater that has played less than 25 games or goaltender that has played less than 20 games in the NHL (and does have or has had his rights owned by an NHL team) at draft time. *SEE PROSPECT ALTERATION AT BOTTOM
-All drafts will be of the last to first format for each round.
-There will be a draft lottery to protect the integrity of the league. The bottom 5 teams will participate in the draft lottery. The exact results from the actual N.H.L. lottery shall apply to our lottery. See Rule (11a) below.
-A prospect may only stay on a franchise’s prospect list for 4 NHL years for skaters and 5 NHL years for goalies.
-A player will remain a prospect until he is dropped after 4 or 5 years respectively, or is called up onto a roster at any time.
-The draft will be held every year on proboards.
-Appearance at the draft is not mandatory but EXTREMELY important for you to be at it. If you are unable to make it to the draft, you may send me a list to draft from (be careful with it though – if the top player on your list every time a pick comes is a goalie, for example, that player will be taken. Therefore, you could end up having too many goalies on your team and would have to take the necessary means to get rid of them such as trades, etc.) If you are unable to send me the list, you are free to choose the amount of players equal to the number of draft picks you own, after the draft is over. The reason I say this is to ensure everyone is serious about the pool. We all want competition and we won’t get it if someone does not take it as seriously as the rest.
* Prospect Addendum
1. Prospects who are "called up" and dropped, but still have played fewer than 25 games (20 if a goalie), are allowed to be drafted in future prospects drafts.
2. Prospects who have been dropped will have their four (or five, if a goalie) year statuses reset upon being re-drafted.
3. (Just to be clear) Prospects cannot be randomly dropped for the sole purpose of redrafting them in future prospects draft. For example, say during roster cuts I decide to drop Roman Wick (for nobody), who was drafted in 2010, with the sole purpose of redrafting him this prospects draft. THIS WOULD BE ILLEGAL. If, however, I dropped Wick for a free agent during the season, then redrafted him during the next prospect draft, THIS WOULD BE LEGAL.
**Trading, Roster Moves, Waver Wire**
Rosters and Transactions...
-Only players on a franchise’s “Live Roster” will count points towards the franchises standings. Players on “Benches” & “Prospects” will be considered inactive and their points will not count towards franchises standings.
-A GM may also call up prospects onto the Live Roster. Once a prospect has been called up to the Live Roster, they can only be sent back down if they are still below the prospect limits (25 career games for skates, 20 for goalies).
-Maximum of 50 FA transactions for the season.
Trades...
-Any assets may be traded at anytime during the year.
-Draft picks for the next 2 years may be traded (e.g. During the 2007/08 hockey season the 2008 and the 2009 draft picks will be tradable picks). On Draft day the next years draft picks will be available for trading.(e.g. On the day of the 2008 draft the 2010 picks will become tradable at 12:01am before the draft starts so on this day only there will be 3 years worth of draft picks available.)
-Trades will be allowed to the NHL trade deadline date during the season. Trading may resume at the end of the Regular Season. Trades may be of the 2 for 1, 3 for 2, or any other numeration that may allow a franchise to have more than 8 farm players or unlimited prospects. They may acquire and use these bloated rosters but they will be returned to normal by the unrestricted free agent deadline of July 1 of any given year. (Rule 3b)
-Franchises may have an unlimited amount of prospects.
-Points from trades are the same as call ups from the farm. Points are accumulated from the time a player joins his “New Team”. All points the player gained with his “Old Team” stay with his “Old Team”.
-Buddy” trades will not be accepted. If anyone believes that a trade is FAR too lopsided, they may lodge a complaint with the BOG. If that complaint is seconded, a vote will take place. A vote of 51% or greater will be sufficient to nullify the trade. THE COMPLAINT MUST BE LODGED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF THE TRADE. Owners win deals and lose deals - it happens. Sometimes owners lose deals badly. This rule is in place only for extreme situations. It is to prevent two friends from stacking one of the teams and splitting the prize money. It is also to prevent an owner who is planning on quitting the pool at seasons end from helping someone out by giving them a “deal”.
Waiver Wire Procedure... (WILL BE FINALIZED LATER, AT SEASON'S START)
-The “Waiver Period” shall be from Opening night thru to the trade deadline of any given season.
-A free agent available for waivers shall be described as any player who is signed in the N.H.L., is drafted by an NHL team, and is not on any GM’s roster during the “Waiver Period”.
-If a player is Calder eligible (players played less than 25 games, goalies played less than 20 games) then that person will be available for waivers AFTER they play those games (a rookie forward is available to be picked up after he has played 25 games, same goes for the goalies, except at 20 games). Those games are OVERALL (if a player played 17 games in the NHL in previous years, he would only have to play 8 to become available).
-Not unlike the real N.H.L., we shall process waiver claims which would see the team with the lowest point total have first priority. However, if two teams are tied in the standings and they both have a waiver claim for the same player the tie breaker will be 1) lower amount of goals 2) lower games played 3) lower amount of shots 4) coin flip.
Points System...
-Will be heavily based on goals and assists.
Goal- 1
Assist - 1
PIMs - 0.1
Shot - 0.05
Plus/Minus (+.02 or -.02)
Save - 0.01
Win - 2
Shutout - 3