Rule Book

[Aaron Brouwer]

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The Commissioner has the final say in all decisions regarding rules, dates & times, trades, claims, salary cap/floor, etc.

[Aaron Brouwer]

Each team will consist of a total of 14 active players consisting of
9 forwards
4 defense
1 goalie

The teams must have this as a minimum requirement to be a legal roster and these players will count towards the team salary cap. The team must meet these roster requirements and must be salary cap compliant to be a legal roster and register points.

The Cap will mirror that of the NHL and players salaries will be determined by Cap Geek.

KEEPER POOL CAP CEILING - 6.5% = $45,630,000

KEEPER POOL CAP FLOOR - NHL cap floor divided by 23 multiply by 14 (the cap floor will be in effect beginning with the 2013-14 season)

In addition each team can have up to five bench or reserve players. These can be players of any position and will NOT count against the salary cap. These players will not contribute points to the team while on reserve. Players may be exchanged up and down between the reserve and bench roster as you see fit each week. Line-up are set weekly and are locked every Monday 1 minute prior to the start of the first game.

Each team will also be allowed a prospect, or junior team as well to farm and develop prospects. The prospect roster will consist of six maximum players in the inaugural season. Prospect players may be active NHL players but must be under 25 years old and played fewer then 25 NHL games. Prospect players can be promoted to the active roster one time only. Once a prospect is promoted, he may not be demoted back to the minors. Essentially a prospect is any player drafted by a NHL team and is under the age of 25 and under 25 NHL games experience.

If a team promotes a prospect, acquires a player via trade or free agency/waiver etc and is over the maximum allowed number of players you must immediately select players to release as free agents to become roster compliant who will become available to the rest of the league via waivers.

After the inaugural draft there will be a 3 round entry draft each off-season. The draft order will be based on reverse order of standings, with 1 exception and that being the bottom 5 teams will be placed into a lottery. Each draft will add 5 more roster spots to your minor team, up to a maximum of 25 players. This will allow you to draft your prospects and allow them time to develop. Just so everyone is clear you don't have 25 minor spots now, you have 6. After the 2013 draft you will have 11 spots, then after then 2014 draft you will have 16 spots and so on.

[Aaron Brouwer]

The scoring for this league will be as follows:

Skaters
Goals = 3 points
Assist = 2 points
Power Play Point = 1 point
Short Handed Point = 1 point
Hits = 0.1 point
Shots = 0.1 point
Blocked Shots = 0.1 point
Hat Trick = 3 points
Gordie Howe Hat Trick = 9 points

Goalies
Wins = 3 points
Shut Out = 2 points
Overtime/Shoot-out Loss = 1 point
Saves = 0.1 points

[Aaron Brouwer]

Each team will be allowed one free agent and one waiver claim per week. A total of two claims may be made, one free agent and one waiver. You cannot make two claims of one type.

Free agency is 1st come 1st serve and you can sign any player that has been drafted by an NHL team.

The Waiver Wire and the Free Agent orders are reset every Monday at 12 AM PST and the order is reverse order of standings. Waivers will be process every Friday at 12 AM EST. You submit your waiver claim on Fantrax and you will find out on Friday morning if you were successful in your claim.

Prevention of waiver “churning” will prevent teams from putting a player on waivers by claiming and dropping him within the same Lineup Period. If that happens that player would go straight back to being a free agent, upon being dropped.

[Aaron Brouwer]

Trades are allowed, and encouraged. Teams may trade any number of players or assets as they see fit. Roster players, bench players, prospects or draft choices up to three years in advance may be included in trades. There is no limit to the number of trades teams may make.

The league will recognize the NHL trade deadline and will have a trade and roster freeze on ALL TRANSACTIONS approximately one week after the NHL trade deadline.

Players traded in mid season will not carry points with them. Only points accumulated after the time the trade was posted on fantrax will count towards the new teams total. If a traded player is currently in the scoring line-up of the previous team he will continue to accumulate points until the end of the month (end of the scoring period).

Coach Selly and Coach Harling are the league commissioners and reserve the right to block any trade they deem to be a trade of "sportsmanlike nature" (Stacking).

Once you click accept trade on Fantrax the deal is official, so make sure you want to do the deal. Once two parties have agreed on terms to make a trade and it is accepted on Fantrax it is to be posted in the "trades" thread of the forum. A trade is not considered a "done deal" until both teams accept it on Fantrax.

If as a result a team is illegal due to roster violation, or salary cap violation it is their responsibility to become compliant again.

Players traded who are injured or retired, or otherwise "damaged" is irrelevant. It is your responsibility to be informed and do your research. That said please try to conduct trades in a honorable fashion and provide full disclosure.

We also ask the you reply in a reasonable time frame to trade offers. Within 48 hours as it will make this league far more enjoyable for all.

[Coach Selly]

We have a 30 man roster limit, this consisting of 14 active players, 5 reserve players and 11 prospects/minor players.

If a free agent claim or waiver claim is made that puts your team above the 30 player limit, a player MUST IMMEDIATELY be dropped to create room for the claimed player.

[Coach Selly]

Please post any comments or questions you have about the rules in this thread: Rules Discussion (http://www.fantasyhockeycoach.com/showthread.php?5540-Rules-Discussion)

[Coach Selly]

Let me reinterate:

When a free agent or waiver claim is made and the claim puts the team over the 30 player roster limit, that team must IMMEDIATELY drop a player to be compliant with the 30 player roster limit. If the team does not drop a player, the Commissioner will either reverse the claim or forcibly drop a player from the team's roster.


And once again, a reminder:

If the Commissioner is forced to make the necessary roster moves for you and a player must be dropped, the Commissioner will randomly draw a name from ALL players on your team (this includes goaltenders) and drop the player that is picked. This means that ANY PLAYER on your team could be dropped should the Commish be forced to go this route.

[Coach Selly]

With a tentative CBA in place between the NHL and NHLPA, all of our GMs/Owners need to get their team rosters legal.

This means you need to have your 19 active players and 5 reserve players in place and get your team salary cap compliant. Your active roster and bench can have prospects on it. Please be aware that of you have a prospect on your active roster or bench and that player is not playing in the NHL, the player won't produce any points.

Any teams that have more than the 19 "NHL" players need to make the appropriate moves to bring their teams into compliance, this may mean you will have to drop players and be short the 11 prospects you are supposed to have. At this point in time, teams are NOT required to have 11 total prospects, you can have less than 11.

Once the season begins if you have more than the 19 "NHL" players or you are over the salary cap, your team will NOT accrue any points and if your team isn't made legal within 48 hours of the first game being played, the Commissioner will make any moves required to get your team legal.

During the regular season, if you promote a prospect from your minor roster, you must IMMEDIATELY drop a player from your bench or active roster to make room for the prospect. Once the prospect is promoted, he can be placed back onto the prospect roster, until such time as he reaches the age of 25 or has played in 25+ NHL games. If you claim a prospect from waivers or as a free agent, he may be place on your prospect roster provided it does not put you above the limit of 11 prospects.

A reminder about free agents and waiver claims: If you claim a player from waivers or claim a free agent, you need to IMMEDIATELY drop a player from your active roster or your reserves to make room for the claimed player.

[Coach Selly]

Prospect Roster Rules

Players on the prospect roster can be promoted and demoted as many times as the GM wishes (unlimited call-ups and demotions), provided the player still meets the eligibility requirements for a prospect.
If the player is promoted once he has reached the age of 25 and/or has played in 25 or more NHL games, he must remain either on the active roster or in the reserves (if necessary a player must be dropped from the active or reserve roster to make space for the promoted prospect).

A prospect who has reached the age of 25 and/or 25+ NHL games may remain on the prospect roster during the season for as long as the GM wishes. At the beginning of the next season, any player on the prospect roster who no longer meets the eligibility requirements must be promoted to the active roster or to the reserve roster.

If the promotion of a prospect results in a team roster becoming illegal, the necessary move(s) to make the team legal (dropping a player, etc.) must be immediately made upon call-up. If the necessary move(s) are not made the Commissioner will make them for you.

[Coach Selly]

Injured Reserve

There will be TWO IR (injured reserve) spots available per team. A player CANNOT be placed on the IR unless he has been officially placed there by his NHL team.

If you place more than two players on to your IR, your roster will become illegal and your team will not accumulate any points. If your IR is found to have more than two players, the Commissioner will make the necessary moves to make your roster compliant.


You have one full line-up period to move your player(s) off the IR after he has officially been removed from it in the NHL. What this means is that with a weekly Monday line-up period, say your player comes off the IR on Wednesday, you have one full period + up until the Monday after that to move your player off. That's a total of 12 days.

If you DO NOT make the necessary moves within the one lineup period, the Commissioner will make the necessary changes for you. If a player must be dropped to make room for the player coming off the IR, the Commissioner will randomly draw a name from ALL players on your team (this includes goaltenders) and drop the player that is picked. This means that ANY PLAYER on your team could be dropped should the Commish be forced to handle your roster moves for you.


THE IR RULES APPLY DURING THE POSTSEASON AND OFF-SEASON

[Coach Selly]

REMINDER

If your team's roster is illegal, you have 48 hours to make it compliant.
If you do not do so within 48 hours, the Commissioner will make the necessary moves to make your roster compliant.


Reminding you, yet one more time!
If the Commissioner is forced to make the necessary roster moves for you and a player must be dropped, the Commissioner will randomly draw a name from ALL players on your team (this includes goaltenders) and drop the player that is picked. This means that ANY PLAYER on your team could be dropped should the Commish be forced to go this route.

[Coach Selly]

The salary cap for 2013-14 will remain at $45,630,000

The cap floor for the 2013-14 season will be $26,782,609

Both of these must be adhered to by our teams. If your cap totals fall above $45,630,000 or below $26,782,609 your roster will become illegal and your team will not accumulate any points.

GMs have 48 hours to make their roster compliant to the cap. If the team is not compliant within that 48 hours, the Commissioner will make the necessary changes to your roster to get it legal. This may include forcibly dropping player(s), adding free agents (and therefore dropping players from your roster to make room for them) from the player pool and/or line-up adjustments.

If the commissioner is forced to drop players from your roster to get your team under the cap, the player(s) (salaries) with the highest salary (salaries) will be dropped until your team is below the cap.

If the Commissioner needs to all salary to your roster, player(s) will be added to your roster from the free agent pool until the cap floor has been reached. The player(s) on your team will the lowest salary (salaries) will be dropped to make room for the added players. The player(s) in the free agent pool with the salary (salaries) that most closely fit(s) the needs of your team will be added until your team has reached the cap floor.

Dropped players will go to the Waiver Wire and all teams will have a chance to claim them.