Post by Derrick - Senators on Jun 4, 2009 14:02:26 GMT -5
CONSTITUTION
The NAFHL
Commissioner – Derrick
April 17, 2006
Modified: June 1, 2007
Amended: June 1, 2008
Amended: June 1, 2009
Amended: June 1, 2012
We, the owners, in order to form a more perfect league, establish justice, ensure sportsmanship, provide for greater defense, promote glorious offense, and secure the blessings of competition to our posterity, and we, do ordain and establish this constitution for the NAFHL.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1) Administration of the League
2) Voting Procedures
3) Roster Requirements
4) Stat Categories / Summary of Settings
5) Trade Guidelines
6) Draft Procedures
7) Keepers
8) The “Minor Leagues” ("Farm System") / Waivers
9) The Playoffs
10) Expansion Procedures
11) Removing Teams from the League / Sportsmanship
12) Miscellaneous (KHL Compensation)
13) Tentative League Calendar
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1) Administration of the League
A) The league shall be known as the "NAFHL," established in the spring of 2006 for the entertainment of its participants. The league uses the achievements of selected National Hockey League players as the basis for competition among members of the league.
B) Each NAFHL season officially begins with the puck-drop of the first game of the NHL season in the fall and ends with the final buzzer of the NHL season in the spring.
C) Any league modifications, including rule changes, decided upon during the off-season take effect immediately, unless otherwise noted.
D) Each season uses “Yahoo Fantasy Sports” to manage each league. As members of this community, each manager must abide within the bylaws Yahoo Sports has placed before them in addition to the ones presented in this rulebook. Per Yahoo, these (numbered) rules include:
Even though fantasy games are meant to be a competitive experience for all involved, it's important to us that our users not lose sight of the rules of fair play and good sportsmanship.
To this end, each fantasy team owner (Custom Leagues are controlled solely by the League Commissioner) agrees that, by joining the game, they will abide by the following regulations:
1. All league-related transactions will be executed with the intent of improving the owner's team and its standing within the league (discretionary).
I) This does not include “ignorance of fact.” If any act is deemed reasonably suspicious, has a negative drawback, or in any way directly affects or alters another manager’s normal course of action, regardless of its “innocent appearance,” will not be allowed.
2. No owner may drop or "dump" players from their team for any reason other than improving their own team or its standing within the league.
II) These actions include, but are not limited to waiver priority manipulation; Meaning, the unlawful sending down of “minor leaguers” so that other managers (with a higher waiver priority) may claim them.
3. No owner will engage in any action that might be deemed to be collusive.
III) These acts include but are not limited to two or more managers agreeing to make moves that benefit one team, but not the other or the plotting against another manager or managers in any way, shape or form.
4. No owner will make any roster moves whose sole purpose is to hamper the play of other owners.
IV) These actions include but are not limited to the intentional benching of players to alter draft pick order or else otherwise impede on another managers opportunity to obtain equality through natural occurrence. “Forgetting” to set your line-up is not a valid excuse.
V) Any manager who benches any player or any amount of players for more than 2 consecutive days, or 3 individual days total (in one weekly matchup and/or any combination of 7 consecutive days), will be subject to forfeiture of the pick (or otherwise) in question and subsequent punishment as stated in the rulebook.
VI) Any manager who is inactive, without prior notification or valid excuse, which incidentally does not set their line-up (as opposed to benching to obtain a better draft position), will be issued a verbal warning. If the problem is on-going, the second infraction (week) will result in forfeiture of a 5th Round Waiver Pick (first available year), the third infraction will result in the forfeiture of a 3rd Round Waiver Pick (first available year), and the fourth infraction will result in the forfeiture of a 1st Round Waiver Pick (first available year). The intentional benching of goalies and/or skaters for strategic purposes does not count as an infraction and each infraction will be ruled on an individual basis.
5. No owner will take any action whose purpose is to; in anyway, interfere with fair play in a league (discretionary).
VII. These actions include but are not limited to the “streaming” of players in any fashion, be it by free agent signing, trade, or farm transaction. The Shadymark Clause, as amended on this 1st day of June in the year of 2008, states that “streaming” is defined as the unnecessary adding/dropping/calling up/sending down/trading of players on consecutive days or repetitively on individual days in order to maintain a maximum number of roster games played on the following day or days to come.
6. Any discrepancy not settled between managers and/or this league that is not clearly stated in this rulebook or any term that might be coined “vague” amongst the rules stated in this rulebook shall be decided on an individual basis as they apply at the discretion of the league Commissioner.
While Yahoo! does not remove teams from leagues after they have drafted, any failure to follow all of the items listed above might result in the limitation or removal of playing privileges for the offending owner. These restrictions might include:
1. The suspension of specific game privileges (trading, message board posting, etc.) for the remainder of the season.
2. The suspension of all playing privileges for the remainder of the season.
3. The complete deactivation and removal of the corresponding Yahoo! account.
4. Any other action that Yahoo!, at its sole discretion, feels is necessary to restore fair play to the league.
It is the responsibility of team owners to monitor activity within their leagues. As an owner, if you notice any suspicious or collusive activity in your league, please notify us at once so that we can investigate and take the appropriate action—if any is deemed necessary—against the offending teams and accounts.
E) This is a free league. There are no monetary prizes except for recognition and personal satisfaction at this time.
F) An "owner" or "manager” interchangeably refers to the actual human participants in the league. The "Commissioner" refers to the chief administrator of the league and is final arbiter of disputes between owners. The league currently has spots for no more than 12 owners, and the Commissioner will have the authority to qualify prospective new owners.
G) In regular season, your team will square off in a weekly matchup against another manager's to see who can compile the best stats across a number of different categories. A new weekly matchup begins every Monday and will consist of a set number of games based on your league's statistical categories. Each stat category counts as one game; with the win going to the team that finishes the week with the highest total in that category (the cumulative total after each Sunday's games). So, if in a given week, your team scores more goals than your opponent's, you would be credited with a victory. However, if your opponent's team ended the week with a better save percentage than your team, you would be charged with a loss. If the two teams end up tied in a given category, each will receive credit for a tied game. This weekly win-loss total will be added to a cumulative season record where each win counts for two points, each tie counts for one and each loss counts for none. The total of these points will be used to determine standings and playoff seeding.
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2) Voting Procedures
A) Each member of the NAFHL is entitled to one vote in any league decision.
B) Any GM may start any number of polls in regards to any number of rule changes and/or league suggestions.
C) Any potential rule change requires a 2/3 majority vote or in other words 8/12 league members approval (including the acceptance of the Commissioner) to be made a rule. Any manager may make a poll to amend a rule.
D) Decisions on league expansion require 3/4 majority approval or in other words 9/12 league members’ approval.
E) Each poll will be open for two weeks maximum. Every manager is required to vote in any poll calling for rule change, veto, or any other league wide decision unless otherwise stated.
F) Any poll whose outcome is undecided after the two-week period will be nullified. Rule polls can then be re-started, however trade veto polls that fit this description will result in the processing of the trade or trades in question.
G) The only exception to the rules stated above would be in the event of an inactive manager(s). Whereas, the inactive manager cannot be held responsible to vote due to inactivity, thus their vote would be nullified. Refusal to vote is not encouraged nor is it acceptable under this rule.
H) “Inactive” is defined as no league activity for more than one week and one day and/or the negligence of one’s team without prior notification of absence or resignation. 2.) “Negligence” is defined as the disregard of a team’s best interest by failing to set lineups, make minimum starts, and/or place players on the Injured Reserve consistently or when the player in question is out for a prolonged period of time. 3.) “Prolonged” is defined as an injury resulting in the absence or the presumptive absence of a player’s services for more than two weeks.
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3) Roster Requirements
A) The following are the roster positions: (14 Starters) 3 Centers, 2 Left Wings, 2 Right Wings, 1 Forward, 4 Defensemen, 2 Goalies, 5 Bench Players
B) At no point during the season or offseason may a team exceed the maximum roster limit for his/her roster and/or farm team. If a team is found in violation of this rule, the player or players in violation will be subject to waivers, free agency, or forthcoming drafts, depending on when the violation occurs.
C) A “free agent” is defined as any player who is unsigned to a roster. Subsequent rules detailing Prospect (free agents) and Minor Leaguer (free agents) still apply and take precedence in these special circumstances unless otherwise stated.
D) Free agents can be signed to your active roster during the season through the Yahoo system. Free agents signing to the farm must be posted in the league message board. For all free agent signings, you must have an available roster spot for the free agent.
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4) Stat Categories / Summary of Settings
A) Settings:
Teams in a League: 12
Maximum Roster Size (Active): 19
Maximum Roster Size (Farm): 29
Maximum Player Acquisitions: No Maximum
Maximum Trades: No Maximum
Trade Deadline: To Be Announced
Waiver Period: 2 days
Playoffs Date: To Be Announced
Starting Roster: 14
Bench: 5
Injured Reserve: 2
Minimum Goaltender Games per Team (each week): 3
Trade Offers Expire in: 10 days
B) Stat Categories:
Goals (G)
Assists (A)
Plus/Minus (+/-)
Penalty Minutes (PIM)
Power Play Points (PPP)
Shots on Goal (SOG)
Game Winning Goals (GWG)
Shorthanded Points (SHP)
Wins (W)
Goals Against Average (GAA)
Save Percentage (SV%)
Shutouts (SO)
C) The league will use the Yahoo head-to-head (H2H) scoring
D) The team roster and farm players are listed the website and will be updated weekly
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5) Trade Guidelines
A) No trades may be made during the fantasy hockey playoffs
B) Player trading, Entry Draft pick trading, and Waiver Draft pick trading is allowed and encouraged. There is NO trading of Prospect Draft picks and keeper slots.
C) When a trade between teams is agreed upon, parties involved make a post under the “Trades” section of the message board describing the trade. Each manager involved must also say “I accept”. The Commissioner must then confirm their approval of the trade’s terms.
D) If the Commissioner deems the trade to be “suspicious” or “unfair”, or the league expresses an undeniable concern, the Commissioner may conduct a poll where each manager is required to vote on whether or not the trade should be accepted. A 2/3 majority (7/10 managers) of those not involved in the trade must be reached for the trade to be denied.
E) Future consideration will only be allowed by the commissioner under certain circumstances.
F) Additionally, players can only be involved in one pending transaction at a time. So, even if a player has been offered to a number of teams, once any one of the trades has been accepted, no other teams can accept a deal containing the same player.
G) Each GM should be responsible for their trades. If you accept a trade offer, you can't reverse the trade. THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU ACCEPT AN OFFER. Verbal agreements do not constitute “accepting a trade.” A trade has officially been accepted when all parties have posted “I accept” in the official thread posted on the NAFHL forum. All trades accepted through the Yahoo database first, need to be posted on the forum before they are acknowledged as a legitimate trade.
F) While trades are not official until both parties have accepted on the NAFHL forum, acceptance of a trade via PM, thread, or any other official means via the NAFHL website are binding and will be upheld as a processed trade. Conflicts should be settled in a private manner between the parties involved.
G) Responsible parties in each transaction have 48 hours to respond to a trade claim posted on the forum. If no response is given within that time frame, the trade is then nullified (or in the aforementioned, presented to the commissioner with evidence for review). During the 48-hour period other managers may not negotiate and/or attempt to trade for the players/assets involved in the pending trade(s).
H) If no rules governing rosters are broken, and the approval of all parties involved are accepted, the trade shall take effect immediately. The managers involve in the trade shall promptly proceed in offering and accepting the trade through Yahoo.
I) No Regular or Minor League player may be traded directly from ones starting roster to another manager’s farm roster. Necessary waiver regulations still apply. Alternatively, no player may be traded, signed, or added to ones farm roster and/or starting roster unless there is a spot available prior to or at the time of acquisition.
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6) Draft Procedures
A) Three times per year (with the exception of the inaugural draft in the first season), a draft will take place. The drafts are (in order): The Prospect Draft, The Entry Draft, and the Waiver Draft.
B) Each draft is a message board. The Prospect Draft allows GM’s to draft available prospects (10 or less NHL games played) who are unsigned or that were signed in the NHL during and post-fantasy playoffs. The Entry Draft allows GM’s to draft prospects from (but not limited to) the current years draft class. The Waiver Draft allows GM’s to draft any and all remaining free agents.
C) The Inaugural Draft will only occur during the Inaugural Season. The Inaugural Draft (the draft beginning May 6th) is a 19-round draft where you may draft ANYONE who has already been drafted by or played with a NHL club. This means that you will be able to take guys ranging from Jagr, to Crosby, to Malkin. Also, keep in mind prospect eligibility when drafting. A prospect is defined as: a player with less than 150 NHL games experience and the age is 24 or under 24 (as at June 1 each year). YOU MAY TAKE PROSPECTS IN THE INAGURURAL DRAFT.
D) The Farm Draft will only occur during the Inaugural Season. This will be a sixteen-round draft to fill the remaining spots of your farm team. In this draft, both minor leaguers and prospects not taken in the Inaugural Draft or prospect Draft may be taken. All players taken will be automatically assigned to the farm.
E) The Prospect Draft is a standard draft (1-12, 1-12, 1-12). The drafting order for the Prospect Draft will be determined based on a random order generator. The order and results will be emailed to each GM and posted on the forum.
F) The Entry Draft is a standard draft (1-12, 1-12. 1-12). The drafting order for the Entry Draft will be predominantly based on the final regular season standings from the previous year, with 1st Overall being decided on a percentage based system. The 12th place team has a 60/100 chance at 1st pick, 11th place has a 25/100 chance, 10th place has 10/100 chance, 9th place has a 3/100 chance, and 7th and 8th places both have a 1/100 chance. Once the owner of the 1st Overall Pick has been determined, the subsequent order is determined solely on the final regular season standings (not the random draft order) from the previous year (lowest finisher gets the next best pick). Once the order has been determined, the drafting order for the Entry Draft will be determined based on a random order generator. The order and results will be emailed to each GM and posted on the forum.
G) Keep in mind that all players drafted in both the Prospect Draft and Entry Draft must meet the eligibility requirements for a prospect: 150 NHL games experience (or less) and the age is 24 or under 24 (as at June 1 each year). Players selected in this draft this year will automatically be assigned to your Farm Team, and each will take up one of the 29 roster spots on one of the farm teams.
H) No player may be drafted or signed to a NAFHL roster unless that player was drafted or has signed a contract with an NHL team.
2. The Waiver Draft is a serpentine draft (1-12, 12-1, 1-12)
The order for the annual Waiver Draft will be determined as follows:
#1 - Winner of the Consolation Bracket
#2 - Runner-Up Consolation Bracket
#3 - 3rd Place Consolation Bracket
#4 - 4th Place Consolation Bracket
#5 - 5th Place Consolation Bracket
#6 - Last Place Consolation Bracket
#7 - League Champion
#8 - League Runner-Up
#9 - 3rd Place Winner's Bracket
#10 - 4th Place Winner's Bracket
#11- 5th Place Winner's Bracket
#12 - 6th Place Winner's Bracket
G) The Waiver Draft will be a nine round draft. Teams can draft the unprotected players from managers’ active rosters and all the Free Agents.
H) The team with the first pick in each of the drafts will have 12 hours from the designated start time to make a selection. After that, each team will have 12 hours from the time the team ahead of them on the draft order makes its selection. After 12 hours, if a manager fails to make a selection, that team will be skipped and the next manager on the draft board will be on the clock. The manager who failed to make a selection will be automatically skipped for all selections until a selection has been made for the first skipped pick.
I) If you know that your selection in a draft is upcoming, and you have doubt you will be able to make a selection in the 12-hour period, you may appoint another league manager to make your selection for you.
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7) Keepers
A) Each team must provide a “keeper” list of 10 players from the active roster on or before June 1 (as well as a final farm roster). In other words, these are players that were on your final roster for the previous completed season that will be guaranteed to be on your starting roster for the start of next season unless drop, waived, or traded.
I.) Failure to report a team keeper list will result in the 10 highest ranked players kept (determined by the Yahoo O-Rank for the previously completed season).
II.) If no farm roster is submitted in addition to the list of 10 keepers, the previous years farm roster will be kept by default.
B) Each manager is entitled to 10 keepers each season.
C) All players on either farm team (as of June 1) are automatically protected (unless in violation of any of the rules governing prospects and minor leaguers).
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8) The “Minor Leagues” ("Farm System") / Waivers
A) Prospects are defined as skaters with 150 or less NHL games played, age is 24 or under (as at June 1 each year) and goalies with 100 games played or less NHL games played and age 24 or under.
B) Minor leaguers are defined as skaters with 200 or less NHL games played, regardless the age. Goalies to be assigned to the farm need 150 or less NHL games played in order to be considered a minor leaguer. Minor leaguers need to clear waivers before being sent to the farm.
C) Goalie "Games Played" is noted by the actual number of games a goalie has participated in his career or in that particular season, not the games in which he has started.
D) Each team has a farm system that is composed of two teams. The main farm team has a total 19 roster slots, and the additional farm team has a total of 10 roster slots. The main farm team is eligible to roster any prospect or minor leaguer player. The additional farm team is only permitted to roster prospects with 10 (or less) NHL games played.
E) Any prospect or minor leaguer (as of June 1) retains prospect/minor leaguer status throughout the upcoming fantasy season. However, a prospect, defined as 150 games played or less, can lose prospect status should that player exceed 150 games played during the fantasy season and a minor leaguer can lose minor leaguer status should that player exceed 200 NHL games played.
F) Prospects can be called up to the active roster and back down to the farm system without needing to clear waivers until they exceed 150 career games played.
G) If you want to assign non-prospect players from the active roster to the farm, you have to drop the players to the waiver wire first. If no one claims the player after 2 days, the player will be assigned to your farm team. You must make a room for the player in the farm. YOU NEED TO POST A MESSAGE TO DECLARE THE TRANSACTION IS FOR ASSIGNMENT NOT RELEASING TO THE FREE AGENT.
H) If you want to assign a prospect to the farm, you can just send the players to the farm directly (during the season, off-season, and retroactive to keeper submissions). PROSPECTS DON'T NEED TO GO TO WAIVER WIRE and can be sent directly to the farm.
I) During both the season and the off-season (excluding keeper submissions), a post must be made on each teams respective transaction thread on the forum for every transaction (sending down/calling up) that is being made. Failure to do so will result in the player being forfeited to waivers, where standard waiver rules apply (prospects included).
J) When recalling from the farm, teams can just drop a player from the active roster to the waiver wire or assign a player to the farm to give a spot for the recalled player.
K) There is no waiver system in the off-season. During the off-season, assigning players to the farm doesn't have to go through the waiver wire.
L) When you drop a player from your active roster, the player will be on the waiver-wire. Other teams can claim the players on the waiver wire in the priority of waiver priority. Waiver priority at the beginning of the season is in the reverse order of the order of the waiver draft. The Waiver period is 2 days.
M) Keep in mind that players on the farm team will be kept for free each year. Once players on the farm team no longer meet the minor leaguer of prospect requirements, you will have 2 days to call them up to your active roster, trade them, or release them. Otherwise they are automatically released to the free agent pool where other managers are free to sign them on a first come first serve basis.
N) Any "minor leaguer" transaction may be nullified and subsequently reversed prior to and after an opposing manager has made a waiver claim if the original owner of the minor leaguer (prior to the waiver claim) unknowingly or accidentally sends the minor leaguer in question to the farm. Each "minor leaguer" will be returned to its owner's main roster and not to its respective farm team.
O) No free agent signing is allowed before June 1. Open prospect signing (not from the current year’s draft class) will resume once the current years Prospect Draft has concluded. Open prospect signing (current draft year included) will resume at the conclusion of the current years Entry Draft.
P) No remaining Free Agent may be signed until the Prospect Draft, Entry Draft, and Waiver Draft have concluded and a Free Agent signing date has been established.
Q) Prior to the conclusion of the current year’s Prospect Draft, no player may be signed to one's main roster or called up from one’s farm team who does not currently have AHL/NHL experience. Players possessing “Minor Leaguer” eligibility are exempt from this rule.
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9) The Playoffs
A) Each team will play each other at least one time during the season. The top 6 teams who have the highest points in the regular season will go to the championship playoff. The bottom 6 teams will play in the consolation playoff.
CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET
WEEK ONE
Bye: 1st Place
Bye: 2nd place
P1: 3rd Place vs. 6th Place
P2: 4th Place vs. 5th Place
WEEK TWO
P3: 1st Place vs. Winner of P2
P4: 2nd Place vs. Winner of P1
Fifth Place Game: Loser of P1 vs. Loser of P2
WEEK THREE & FOUR
Championship Game: Winner of P3 vs. Winner of P4
Third Place Game: Loser of P3 vs. Loser of P4
CONSOLATION BRACKET
WEEK ONE
Bye: 7th Place
Bye: 8th Place
P1: 9th Place vs. 12th Place
P2: 10th Place vs. 11th Place
WEEK TWO
P3: 7th Place vs. Winner of P1
P4: 8th Place vs. Winner of P2
11th Place Game: Loser of P1 vs. Loser of P2
WEEK THREE & FOUR
Consolation Game: Winner of P3 vs. Winner of P4
Ninth Place Game: Loser of P3 vs. Loser of P4
B) During the playoffs, no trading or Free Agent signing is allowed. Only players from a manager’s farm team may be moved to and from each respective roster given a spot is available.
E) Rosters (excluding the calling up/sending down of prospects) will remain locked from the end of the fantasy playoffs until that date in which keepers have been submitted. No Minor League player may be sent to the farm post playoffs and no player may be signed until keepers have been submitted on June 1.
F) Transactions of players who cannot clear waivers due to the fantasy seasons ending will result in the forfeiture of that player(s) in question. Attempting to circumvent the system will not be tolerated. These players will be considered free agents and are available to be drafted in that year’s waiver draft and/or signed as a free agent.
G) The recalling/assigning of minor leaguers to and from the farm will resume after each list of protected players has been submitted. Minor Leaguers do not need to clear waivers during the off-season.
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10) Expansion Procedures
A) A 3/4 majority is required to approve the entry of expansion teams into the league (see 2D).
B) Once expansion has been approved, an expansion-draft format shall be devised by the Commissioner. The format must have majority approval from the league.
C) The expansion teams then choose names for their teams and the expansion draft is run prior to the upcoming season based on the accepted format.
D) All roster rules apply to expansion drafts.
E) If the league does decide to expand, an even number of teams must be added to the league
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11) Removing Teams from the League / Sportsmanship
A) Removing teams from the league requires a two-thirds vote from the entire league and approval of the Commissioner. The team(s) in question is/are allowed to vote on their own fate regardless of the reason for their potential removal.
B) The league must have proper cause for removing teams. Proper cause to remove teams includes but is not limited to:
1) Lack of involvement.
2) Poor relations with the Commissioner and other members.
3) Consistent disregard for the NAFHL's rules.
C) If a manager does wish to withdraw from the league; it is asked that it be done so at the conclusion of the season in progress.
D) Once a team is removed from the league, that manager will not be accepted back into the league except in the case of special circumstances.
E) While fantasy sports are usually extremely competitive endeavors, it is important to remember that enjoyment of the game is more important than anything else. Sportsmanship is expected between managers at all times.
F) Every manager must commit to his or her team and to be competitive. Before the start of the season, if any GM is not showing up in drafts and without further notice, other new comers will replace the GM.
G) During the season, if any GM is not active and without further notice, the team will be suspended and the GM will be banned in the league. Replacement will be found after the season.
H) Please keep notice and report to the league if you find any team is inactive for weeks.
12) Miscellaneous (KHL Compensation)
1. If a player is coming off of a season in which he tallied 76 or more points and he signs to play in the KHL, you receive a compensation draft pick after the first round (waiver).
2. If a player is coming off of a season in which he tallied 61 to 75 points and he signs to play in the KHL, you receive a compensation draft pick after the second round (waiver).
3. If a player is coming off of a season in which he tallied 41 to 60 points and he signs to play in the KHL, you receive a compensation draft pick after the third round (waiver).
4. Any players who produced less than this threshold will give no compensation, as the player wasn’t contributing anyway.
5. If the players is a prospect and has not played a maximum of 150 games and was drafted in the prospect draft top 6 picks (within the past 4 seasons) compensation will be a pick at the end of the 1st round in the prospect draft (13th overall).
6. If a Goalie is coming off a season in which he tallied 66+ NHL Games Played and he signs to play in the KHL, you receive a compensation draft pick after the first round (waiver).
7. If a Goalie is coming off a season in which he tallied 50-65 NHL Games Played and he signs to play in the KHL, you receive a compensation draft pick after the second round (waiver).
8. If a Goalie is coming off a season in which he tallied 30-49 NHL Games Played and he signs to play in the KHL, you receive a compensation draft pick after the Third round (waiver).
9. If a Goalie is coming off a season in which he tallied 20-29 NHL Games Played and he signs to play in the KHL, you receive a compensation draft pick after the fourth round (waiver).
10. If the Goalie is a prospect and has not played a maximum of 100 games in a single season and was drafted in the prospect draft top 18 picks (within the past 4 seasons) compensation will be a pick at the end of the 1st or 2nd round in the prospect draft (commissioner discretion).
B) All compensatory picks are based on final keeper submissions for the following year.
C) Each GM has the option to take the compensation or keep the player, if the compensation pick is taken the player is then released from the team and if another team picks him up they are not eligible for any compensation.
13) League Calendar
(all dates are approximate)
Trade Deadline: March 8th
End of Season: April 8th
Keeper Submission: June 1st
Prospect Draft: June 16th
Entry Draft: July 1st
Waiver Draft: August 1st
Free Agent Signing: September 1st
Final Roster Submission: September 19th
Start of Season: October 4th
The NAFHL
Commissioner – Derrick
April 17, 2006
Modified: June 1, 2007
Amended: June 1, 2008
Amended: June 1, 2009
Amended: June 1, 2012
We, the owners, in order to form a more perfect league, establish justice, ensure sportsmanship, provide for greater defense, promote glorious offense, and secure the blessings of competition to our posterity, and we, do ordain and establish this constitution for the NAFHL.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1) Administration of the League
2) Voting Procedures
3) Roster Requirements
4) Stat Categories / Summary of Settings
5) Trade Guidelines
6) Draft Procedures
7) Keepers
8) The “Minor Leagues” ("Farm System") / Waivers
9) The Playoffs
10) Expansion Procedures
11) Removing Teams from the League / Sportsmanship
12) Miscellaneous (KHL Compensation)
13) Tentative League Calendar
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1) Administration of the League
A) The league shall be known as the "NAFHL," established in the spring of 2006 for the entertainment of its participants. The league uses the achievements of selected National Hockey League players as the basis for competition among members of the league.
B) Each NAFHL season officially begins with the puck-drop of the first game of the NHL season in the fall and ends with the final buzzer of the NHL season in the spring.
C) Any league modifications, including rule changes, decided upon during the off-season take effect immediately, unless otherwise noted.
D) Each season uses “Yahoo Fantasy Sports” to manage each league. As members of this community, each manager must abide within the bylaws Yahoo Sports has placed before them in addition to the ones presented in this rulebook. Per Yahoo, these (numbered) rules include:
Even though fantasy games are meant to be a competitive experience for all involved, it's important to us that our users not lose sight of the rules of fair play and good sportsmanship.
To this end, each fantasy team owner (Custom Leagues are controlled solely by the League Commissioner) agrees that, by joining the game, they will abide by the following regulations:
1. All league-related transactions will be executed with the intent of improving the owner's team and its standing within the league (discretionary).
I) This does not include “ignorance of fact.” If any act is deemed reasonably suspicious, has a negative drawback, or in any way directly affects or alters another manager’s normal course of action, regardless of its “innocent appearance,” will not be allowed.
2. No owner may drop or "dump" players from their team for any reason other than improving their own team or its standing within the league.
II) These actions include, but are not limited to waiver priority manipulation; Meaning, the unlawful sending down of “minor leaguers” so that other managers (with a higher waiver priority) may claim them.
3. No owner will engage in any action that might be deemed to be collusive.
III) These acts include but are not limited to two or more managers agreeing to make moves that benefit one team, but not the other or the plotting against another manager or managers in any way, shape or form.
4. No owner will make any roster moves whose sole purpose is to hamper the play of other owners.
IV) These actions include but are not limited to the intentional benching of players to alter draft pick order or else otherwise impede on another managers opportunity to obtain equality through natural occurrence. “Forgetting” to set your line-up is not a valid excuse.
V) Any manager who benches any player or any amount of players for more than 2 consecutive days, or 3 individual days total (in one weekly matchup and/or any combination of 7 consecutive days), will be subject to forfeiture of the pick (or otherwise) in question and subsequent punishment as stated in the rulebook.
VI) Any manager who is inactive, without prior notification or valid excuse, which incidentally does not set their line-up (as opposed to benching to obtain a better draft position), will be issued a verbal warning. If the problem is on-going, the second infraction (week) will result in forfeiture of a 5th Round Waiver Pick (first available year), the third infraction will result in the forfeiture of a 3rd Round Waiver Pick (first available year), and the fourth infraction will result in the forfeiture of a 1st Round Waiver Pick (first available year). The intentional benching of goalies and/or skaters for strategic purposes does not count as an infraction and each infraction will be ruled on an individual basis.
5. No owner will take any action whose purpose is to; in anyway, interfere with fair play in a league (discretionary).
VII. These actions include but are not limited to the “streaming” of players in any fashion, be it by free agent signing, trade, or farm transaction. The Shadymark Clause, as amended on this 1st day of June in the year of 2008, states that “streaming” is defined as the unnecessary adding/dropping/calling up/sending down/trading of players on consecutive days or repetitively on individual days in order to maintain a maximum number of roster games played on the following day or days to come.
6. Any discrepancy not settled between managers and/or this league that is not clearly stated in this rulebook or any term that might be coined “vague” amongst the rules stated in this rulebook shall be decided on an individual basis as they apply at the discretion of the league Commissioner.
While Yahoo! does not remove teams from leagues after they have drafted, any failure to follow all of the items listed above might result in the limitation or removal of playing privileges for the offending owner. These restrictions might include:
1. The suspension of specific game privileges (trading, message board posting, etc.) for the remainder of the season.
2. The suspension of all playing privileges for the remainder of the season.
3. The complete deactivation and removal of the corresponding Yahoo! account.
4. Any other action that Yahoo!, at its sole discretion, feels is necessary to restore fair play to the league.
It is the responsibility of team owners to monitor activity within their leagues. As an owner, if you notice any suspicious or collusive activity in your league, please notify us at once so that we can investigate and take the appropriate action—if any is deemed necessary—against the offending teams and accounts.
E) This is a free league. There are no monetary prizes except for recognition and personal satisfaction at this time.
F) An "owner" or "manager” interchangeably refers to the actual human participants in the league. The "Commissioner" refers to the chief administrator of the league and is final arbiter of disputes between owners. The league currently has spots for no more than 12 owners, and the Commissioner will have the authority to qualify prospective new owners.
G) In regular season, your team will square off in a weekly matchup against another manager's to see who can compile the best stats across a number of different categories. A new weekly matchup begins every Monday and will consist of a set number of games based on your league's statistical categories. Each stat category counts as one game; with the win going to the team that finishes the week with the highest total in that category (the cumulative total after each Sunday's games). So, if in a given week, your team scores more goals than your opponent's, you would be credited with a victory. However, if your opponent's team ended the week with a better save percentage than your team, you would be charged with a loss. If the two teams end up tied in a given category, each will receive credit for a tied game. This weekly win-loss total will be added to a cumulative season record where each win counts for two points, each tie counts for one and each loss counts for none. The total of these points will be used to determine standings and playoff seeding.
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2) Voting Procedures
A) Each member of the NAFHL is entitled to one vote in any league decision.
B) Any GM may start any number of polls in regards to any number of rule changes and/or league suggestions.
C) Any potential rule change requires a 2/3 majority vote or in other words 8/12 league members approval (including the acceptance of the Commissioner) to be made a rule. Any manager may make a poll to amend a rule.
D) Decisions on league expansion require 3/4 majority approval or in other words 9/12 league members’ approval.
E) Each poll will be open for two weeks maximum. Every manager is required to vote in any poll calling for rule change, veto, or any other league wide decision unless otherwise stated.
F) Any poll whose outcome is undecided after the two-week period will be nullified. Rule polls can then be re-started, however trade veto polls that fit this description will result in the processing of the trade or trades in question.
G) The only exception to the rules stated above would be in the event of an inactive manager(s). Whereas, the inactive manager cannot be held responsible to vote due to inactivity, thus their vote would be nullified. Refusal to vote is not encouraged nor is it acceptable under this rule.
H) “Inactive” is defined as no league activity for more than one week and one day and/or the negligence of one’s team without prior notification of absence or resignation. 2.) “Negligence” is defined as the disregard of a team’s best interest by failing to set lineups, make minimum starts, and/or place players on the Injured Reserve consistently or when the player in question is out for a prolonged period of time. 3.) “Prolonged” is defined as an injury resulting in the absence or the presumptive absence of a player’s services for more than two weeks.
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3) Roster Requirements
A) The following are the roster positions: (14 Starters) 3 Centers, 2 Left Wings, 2 Right Wings, 1 Forward, 4 Defensemen, 2 Goalies, 5 Bench Players
B) At no point during the season or offseason may a team exceed the maximum roster limit for his/her roster and/or farm team. If a team is found in violation of this rule, the player or players in violation will be subject to waivers, free agency, or forthcoming drafts, depending on when the violation occurs.
C) A “free agent” is defined as any player who is unsigned to a roster. Subsequent rules detailing Prospect (free agents) and Minor Leaguer (free agents) still apply and take precedence in these special circumstances unless otherwise stated.
D) Free agents can be signed to your active roster during the season through the Yahoo system. Free agents signing to the farm must be posted in the league message board. For all free agent signings, you must have an available roster spot for the free agent.
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4) Stat Categories / Summary of Settings
A) Settings:
Teams in a League: 12
Maximum Roster Size (Active): 19
Maximum Roster Size (Farm): 29
Maximum Player Acquisitions: No Maximum
Maximum Trades: No Maximum
Trade Deadline: To Be Announced
Waiver Period: 2 days
Playoffs Date: To Be Announced
Starting Roster: 14
Bench: 5
Injured Reserve: 2
Minimum Goaltender Games per Team (each week): 3
Trade Offers Expire in: 10 days
B) Stat Categories:
Goals (G)
Assists (A)
Plus/Minus (+/-)
Penalty Minutes (PIM)
Power Play Points (PPP)
Shots on Goal (SOG)
Game Winning Goals (GWG)
Shorthanded Points (SHP)
Wins (W)
Goals Against Average (GAA)
Save Percentage (SV%)
Shutouts (SO)
C) The league will use the Yahoo head-to-head (H2H) scoring
D) The team roster and farm players are listed the website and will be updated weekly
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5) Trade Guidelines
A) No trades may be made during the fantasy hockey playoffs
B) Player trading, Entry Draft pick trading, and Waiver Draft pick trading is allowed and encouraged. There is NO trading of Prospect Draft picks and keeper slots.
C) When a trade between teams is agreed upon, parties involved make a post under the “Trades” section of the message board describing the trade. Each manager involved must also say “I accept”. The Commissioner must then confirm their approval of the trade’s terms.
D) If the Commissioner deems the trade to be “suspicious” or “unfair”, or the league expresses an undeniable concern, the Commissioner may conduct a poll where each manager is required to vote on whether or not the trade should be accepted. A 2/3 majority (7/10 managers) of those not involved in the trade must be reached for the trade to be denied.
E) Future consideration will only be allowed by the commissioner under certain circumstances.
F) Additionally, players can only be involved in one pending transaction at a time. So, even if a player has been offered to a number of teams, once any one of the trades has been accepted, no other teams can accept a deal containing the same player.
G) Each GM should be responsible for their trades. If you accept a trade offer, you can't reverse the trade. THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU ACCEPT AN OFFER. Verbal agreements do not constitute “accepting a trade.” A trade has officially been accepted when all parties have posted “I accept” in the official thread posted on the NAFHL forum. All trades accepted through the Yahoo database first, need to be posted on the forum before they are acknowledged as a legitimate trade.
F) While trades are not official until both parties have accepted on the NAFHL forum, acceptance of a trade via PM, thread, or any other official means via the NAFHL website are binding and will be upheld as a processed trade. Conflicts should be settled in a private manner between the parties involved.
G) Responsible parties in each transaction have 48 hours to respond to a trade claim posted on the forum. If no response is given within that time frame, the trade is then nullified (or in the aforementioned, presented to the commissioner with evidence for review). During the 48-hour period other managers may not negotiate and/or attempt to trade for the players/assets involved in the pending trade(s).
H) If no rules governing rosters are broken, and the approval of all parties involved are accepted, the trade shall take effect immediately. The managers involve in the trade shall promptly proceed in offering and accepting the trade through Yahoo.
I) No Regular or Minor League player may be traded directly from ones starting roster to another manager’s farm roster. Necessary waiver regulations still apply. Alternatively, no player may be traded, signed, or added to ones farm roster and/or starting roster unless there is a spot available prior to or at the time of acquisition.
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6) Draft Procedures
A) Three times per year (with the exception of the inaugural draft in the first season), a draft will take place. The drafts are (in order): The Prospect Draft, The Entry Draft, and the Waiver Draft.
B) Each draft is a message board. The Prospect Draft allows GM’s to draft available prospects (10 or less NHL games played) who are unsigned or that were signed in the NHL during and post-fantasy playoffs. The Entry Draft allows GM’s to draft prospects from (but not limited to) the current years draft class. The Waiver Draft allows GM’s to draft any and all remaining free agents.
C) The Inaugural Draft will only occur during the Inaugural Season. The Inaugural Draft (the draft beginning May 6th) is a 19-round draft where you may draft ANYONE who has already been drafted by or played with a NHL club. This means that you will be able to take guys ranging from Jagr, to Crosby, to Malkin. Also, keep in mind prospect eligibility when drafting. A prospect is defined as: a player with less than 150 NHL games experience and the age is 24 or under 24 (as at June 1 each year). YOU MAY TAKE PROSPECTS IN THE INAGURURAL DRAFT.
D) The Farm Draft will only occur during the Inaugural Season. This will be a sixteen-round draft to fill the remaining spots of your farm team. In this draft, both minor leaguers and prospects not taken in the Inaugural Draft or prospect Draft may be taken. All players taken will be automatically assigned to the farm.
E) The Prospect Draft is a standard draft (1-12, 1-12, 1-12). The drafting order for the Prospect Draft will be determined based on a random order generator. The order and results will be emailed to each GM and posted on the forum.
F) The Entry Draft is a standard draft (1-12, 1-12. 1-12). The drafting order for the Entry Draft will be predominantly based on the final regular season standings from the previous year, with 1st Overall being decided on a percentage based system. The 12th place team has a 60/100 chance at 1st pick, 11th place has a 25/100 chance, 10th place has 10/100 chance, 9th place has a 3/100 chance, and 7th and 8th places both have a 1/100 chance. Once the owner of the 1st Overall Pick has been determined, the subsequent order is determined solely on the final regular season standings (not the random draft order) from the previous year (lowest finisher gets the next best pick). Once the order has been determined, the drafting order for the Entry Draft will be determined based on a random order generator. The order and results will be emailed to each GM and posted on the forum.
G) Keep in mind that all players drafted in both the Prospect Draft and Entry Draft must meet the eligibility requirements for a prospect: 150 NHL games experience (or less) and the age is 24 or under 24 (as at June 1 each year). Players selected in this draft this year will automatically be assigned to your Farm Team, and each will take up one of the 29 roster spots on one of the farm teams.
H) No player may be drafted or signed to a NAFHL roster unless that player was drafted or has signed a contract with an NHL team.
2. The Waiver Draft is a serpentine draft (1-12, 12-1, 1-12)
The order for the annual Waiver Draft will be determined as follows:
#1 - Winner of the Consolation Bracket
#2 - Runner-Up Consolation Bracket
#3 - 3rd Place Consolation Bracket
#4 - 4th Place Consolation Bracket
#5 - 5th Place Consolation Bracket
#6 - Last Place Consolation Bracket
#7 - League Champion
#8 - League Runner-Up
#9 - 3rd Place Winner's Bracket
#10 - 4th Place Winner's Bracket
#11- 5th Place Winner's Bracket
#12 - 6th Place Winner's Bracket
G) The Waiver Draft will be a nine round draft. Teams can draft the unprotected players from managers’ active rosters and all the Free Agents.
H) The team with the first pick in each of the drafts will have 12 hours from the designated start time to make a selection. After that, each team will have 12 hours from the time the team ahead of them on the draft order makes its selection. After 12 hours, if a manager fails to make a selection, that team will be skipped and the next manager on the draft board will be on the clock. The manager who failed to make a selection will be automatically skipped for all selections until a selection has been made for the first skipped pick.
I) If you know that your selection in a draft is upcoming, and you have doubt you will be able to make a selection in the 12-hour period, you may appoint another league manager to make your selection for you.
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7) Keepers
A) Each team must provide a “keeper” list of 10 players from the active roster on or before June 1 (as well as a final farm roster). In other words, these are players that were on your final roster for the previous completed season that will be guaranteed to be on your starting roster for the start of next season unless drop, waived, or traded.
I.) Failure to report a team keeper list will result in the 10 highest ranked players kept (determined by the Yahoo O-Rank for the previously completed season).
II.) If no farm roster is submitted in addition to the list of 10 keepers, the previous years farm roster will be kept by default.
B) Each manager is entitled to 10 keepers each season.
C) All players on either farm team (as of June 1) are automatically protected (unless in violation of any of the rules governing prospects and minor leaguers).
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8) The “Minor Leagues” ("Farm System") / Waivers
A) Prospects are defined as skaters with 150 or less NHL games played, age is 24 or under (as at June 1 each year) and goalies with 100 games played or less NHL games played and age 24 or under.
B) Minor leaguers are defined as skaters with 200 or less NHL games played, regardless the age. Goalies to be assigned to the farm need 150 or less NHL games played in order to be considered a minor leaguer. Minor leaguers need to clear waivers before being sent to the farm.
C) Goalie "Games Played" is noted by the actual number of games a goalie has participated in his career or in that particular season, not the games in which he has started.
D) Each team has a farm system that is composed of two teams. The main farm team has a total 19 roster slots, and the additional farm team has a total of 10 roster slots. The main farm team is eligible to roster any prospect or minor leaguer player. The additional farm team is only permitted to roster prospects with 10 (or less) NHL games played.
E) Any prospect or minor leaguer (as of June 1) retains prospect/minor leaguer status throughout the upcoming fantasy season. However, a prospect, defined as 150 games played or less, can lose prospect status should that player exceed 150 games played during the fantasy season and a minor leaguer can lose minor leaguer status should that player exceed 200 NHL games played.
F) Prospects can be called up to the active roster and back down to the farm system without needing to clear waivers until they exceed 150 career games played.
G) If you want to assign non-prospect players from the active roster to the farm, you have to drop the players to the waiver wire first. If no one claims the player after 2 days, the player will be assigned to your farm team. You must make a room for the player in the farm. YOU NEED TO POST A MESSAGE TO DECLARE THE TRANSACTION IS FOR ASSIGNMENT NOT RELEASING TO THE FREE AGENT.
H) If you want to assign a prospect to the farm, you can just send the players to the farm directly (during the season, off-season, and retroactive to keeper submissions). PROSPECTS DON'T NEED TO GO TO WAIVER WIRE and can be sent directly to the farm.
I) During both the season and the off-season (excluding keeper submissions), a post must be made on each teams respective transaction thread on the forum for every transaction (sending down/calling up) that is being made. Failure to do so will result in the player being forfeited to waivers, where standard waiver rules apply (prospects included).
J) When recalling from the farm, teams can just drop a player from the active roster to the waiver wire or assign a player to the farm to give a spot for the recalled player.
K) There is no waiver system in the off-season. During the off-season, assigning players to the farm doesn't have to go through the waiver wire.
L) When you drop a player from your active roster, the player will be on the waiver-wire. Other teams can claim the players on the waiver wire in the priority of waiver priority. Waiver priority at the beginning of the season is in the reverse order of the order of the waiver draft. The Waiver period is 2 days.
M) Keep in mind that players on the farm team will be kept for free each year. Once players on the farm team no longer meet the minor leaguer of prospect requirements, you will have 2 days to call them up to your active roster, trade them, or release them. Otherwise they are automatically released to the free agent pool where other managers are free to sign them on a first come first serve basis.
N) Any "minor leaguer" transaction may be nullified and subsequently reversed prior to and after an opposing manager has made a waiver claim if the original owner of the minor leaguer (prior to the waiver claim) unknowingly or accidentally sends the minor leaguer in question to the farm. Each "minor leaguer" will be returned to its owner's main roster and not to its respective farm team.
O) No free agent signing is allowed before June 1. Open prospect signing (not from the current year’s draft class) will resume once the current years Prospect Draft has concluded. Open prospect signing (current draft year included) will resume at the conclusion of the current years Entry Draft.
P) No remaining Free Agent may be signed until the Prospect Draft, Entry Draft, and Waiver Draft have concluded and a Free Agent signing date has been established.
Q) Prior to the conclusion of the current year’s Prospect Draft, no player may be signed to one's main roster or called up from one’s farm team who does not currently have AHL/NHL experience. Players possessing “Minor Leaguer” eligibility are exempt from this rule.
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9) The Playoffs
A) Each team will play each other at least one time during the season. The top 6 teams who have the highest points in the regular season will go to the championship playoff. The bottom 6 teams will play in the consolation playoff.
CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET
WEEK ONE
Bye: 1st Place
Bye: 2nd place
P1: 3rd Place vs. 6th Place
P2: 4th Place vs. 5th Place
WEEK TWO
P3: 1st Place vs. Winner of P2
P4: 2nd Place vs. Winner of P1
Fifth Place Game: Loser of P1 vs. Loser of P2
WEEK THREE & FOUR
Championship Game: Winner of P3 vs. Winner of P4
Third Place Game: Loser of P3 vs. Loser of P4
CONSOLATION BRACKET
WEEK ONE
Bye: 7th Place
Bye: 8th Place
P1: 9th Place vs. 12th Place
P2: 10th Place vs. 11th Place
WEEK TWO
P3: 7th Place vs. Winner of P1
P4: 8th Place vs. Winner of P2
11th Place Game: Loser of P1 vs. Loser of P2
WEEK THREE & FOUR
Consolation Game: Winner of P3 vs. Winner of P4
Ninth Place Game: Loser of P3 vs. Loser of P4
B) During the playoffs, no trading or Free Agent signing is allowed. Only players from a manager’s farm team may be moved to and from each respective roster given a spot is available.
E) Rosters (excluding the calling up/sending down of prospects) will remain locked from the end of the fantasy playoffs until that date in which keepers have been submitted. No Minor League player may be sent to the farm post playoffs and no player may be signed until keepers have been submitted on June 1.
F) Transactions of players who cannot clear waivers due to the fantasy seasons ending will result in the forfeiture of that player(s) in question. Attempting to circumvent the system will not be tolerated. These players will be considered free agents and are available to be drafted in that year’s waiver draft and/or signed as a free agent.
G) The recalling/assigning of minor leaguers to and from the farm will resume after each list of protected players has been submitted. Minor Leaguers do not need to clear waivers during the off-season.
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10) Expansion Procedures
A) A 3/4 majority is required to approve the entry of expansion teams into the league (see 2D).
B) Once expansion has been approved, an expansion-draft format shall be devised by the Commissioner. The format must have majority approval from the league.
C) The expansion teams then choose names for their teams and the expansion draft is run prior to the upcoming season based on the accepted format.
D) All roster rules apply to expansion drafts.
E) If the league does decide to expand, an even number of teams must be added to the league
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11) Removing Teams from the League / Sportsmanship
A) Removing teams from the league requires a two-thirds vote from the entire league and approval of the Commissioner. The team(s) in question is/are allowed to vote on their own fate regardless of the reason for their potential removal.
B) The league must have proper cause for removing teams. Proper cause to remove teams includes but is not limited to:
1) Lack of involvement.
2) Poor relations with the Commissioner and other members.
3) Consistent disregard for the NAFHL's rules.
C) If a manager does wish to withdraw from the league; it is asked that it be done so at the conclusion of the season in progress.
D) Once a team is removed from the league, that manager will not be accepted back into the league except in the case of special circumstances.
E) While fantasy sports are usually extremely competitive endeavors, it is important to remember that enjoyment of the game is more important than anything else. Sportsmanship is expected between managers at all times.
F) Every manager must commit to his or her team and to be competitive. Before the start of the season, if any GM is not showing up in drafts and without further notice, other new comers will replace the GM.
G) During the season, if any GM is not active and without further notice, the team will be suspended and the GM will be banned in the league. Replacement will be found after the season.
H) Please keep notice and report to the league if you find any team is inactive for weeks.
12) Miscellaneous (KHL Compensation)
1. If a player is coming off of a season in which he tallied 76 or more points and he signs to play in the KHL, you receive a compensation draft pick after the first round (waiver).
2. If a player is coming off of a season in which he tallied 61 to 75 points and he signs to play in the KHL, you receive a compensation draft pick after the second round (waiver).
3. If a player is coming off of a season in which he tallied 41 to 60 points and he signs to play in the KHL, you receive a compensation draft pick after the third round (waiver).
4. Any players who produced less than this threshold will give no compensation, as the player wasn’t contributing anyway.
5. If the players is a prospect and has not played a maximum of 150 games and was drafted in the prospect draft top 6 picks (within the past 4 seasons) compensation will be a pick at the end of the 1st round in the prospect draft (13th overall).
6. If a Goalie is coming off a season in which he tallied 66+ NHL Games Played and he signs to play in the KHL, you receive a compensation draft pick after the first round (waiver).
7. If a Goalie is coming off a season in which he tallied 50-65 NHL Games Played and he signs to play in the KHL, you receive a compensation draft pick after the second round (waiver).
8. If a Goalie is coming off a season in which he tallied 30-49 NHL Games Played and he signs to play in the KHL, you receive a compensation draft pick after the Third round (waiver).
9. If a Goalie is coming off a season in which he tallied 20-29 NHL Games Played and he signs to play in the KHL, you receive a compensation draft pick after the fourth round (waiver).
10. If the Goalie is a prospect and has not played a maximum of 100 games in a single season and was drafted in the prospect draft top 18 picks (within the past 4 seasons) compensation will be a pick at the end of the 1st or 2nd round in the prospect draft (commissioner discretion).
B) All compensatory picks are based on final keeper submissions for the following year.
C) Each GM has the option to take the compensation or keep the player, if the compensation pick is taken the player is then released from the team and if another team picks him up they are not eligible for any compensation.
13) League Calendar
(all dates are approximate)
Trade Deadline: March 8th
End of Season: April 8th
Keeper Submission: June 1st
Prospect Draft: June 16th
Entry Draft: July 1st
Waiver Draft: August 1st
Free Agent Signing: September 1st
Final Roster Submission: September 19th
Start of Season: October 4th
So exciting.
You better make that pick or trade it! I'm excited to see if we can use up all the draft picks this year.