16 teams
Weekly Head to Head Matchups
- Each statistical category represents a game, where a team earns a win, loss, or tie. At the end of the week, ESPN adds the totals and awards 2 points for each win, 1 point for each tie, and 0 points for each loss. Points then automatically will be added to a standings chart to rank teams.
- Skater Categories are: Goals, Assists, +/-, PIM, power play points, shorthanded points, faceoff wins, shots on goal
- Goalie Categories are: Wins, saves, save percentage, goals against average, shutouts.
- League will be a $10 pay-in league, with cash prizes for various winners. ($ can go up if people are interested in a more serious league but I think $10 is a good price)
- Payouts are as follows:
Playoff winner: $80
Playoff Runner-up: $40
Playoff Third place: $10
Regular Season Winner: $20
Regular Season Runner Up: $10 (All money goes into the league's payouts)
- Roster Size:
- 34 players: 4 C, 4 LW, 4 RW, 6 D, 3 Util., 3 G, 5 Bench and 5 prospects. (prospects must have played less than 25 NHL games to qualify as a prospect)
- A maximum of 3 goalies per team, not including IR.
- Non-Espn players count toward the 34-player roster.
- 5 player “prospect” roster that consists of up to 5 players that have 25 games or less of NHL experience.
- Once a player reaches 25 NHL games, he must be moved onto the veteran/rookie roster or be dropped to free agency.
- End of season veteran protections (keepers):
- 10 Veterans: 1 center, 1 left wing, 1 right wing, 2 defense, 1 goalie, 4 utility.
- Veteran - Any player eligible to be in the league (even rookies and prospect if you so desire).
- One of the utility spots may be used to keep a second goalie, but no manager may protect more than two goalies.
- 5 Rookies: any position (including goalies)
- Rookies - Any skater who has played in 120 or fewer NHL games, or any goalie who has played in 60 or fewer NHL games.
- Teams may protect only two goalies, so if two goalies have been protected as veterans, no goalies can be protected as rookies.
- 5 Prospects: any position (including goalies)
- This is going to be a unique feature of this league where there will be a prospect team during the season and in the offseason that allows you to keep up to 5 prospects
- 2010 draft eligible players cannot be added as rookies or prospects, they must be drafted in the end of year draft.
- Activity: the best way to remain competitive year to year is daily or semi-daily activity. A team that lies dormant for weeks on end without explanation from owner will be have the owner replaced.
- Punishments: These punishments will be issued for all instances of rule-breaking according to the this document, as well as forms of cheating not listed. Rules may be changed at any time with a 3/4 vote from the admin team. All rule changes will be announced to the league prior to taking effect.
- A missed deadline on a draft pick will result in the following:
1. First Offense: A warning (since it is the first extended draft experience for many players).
2. Second Offense: Surrender of that round's draft pick.
3. Third Offense: Surrender of that round's draft pick and pick 10 rounds later (if there are not 10 rounds left the next-to-last available round will be surrendered).
4. Fourth Offense: expulsion from the league and a replacement will be found.
- Transactions: will be handled via spreadsheet during the draft and will be handled on the forum during the offseason. Transactions will be processed automatically during the season by ESPN's software.
- There will be no limit on transactions but dropping your players at the end of the season to ruin legitimate playoff competition will not be tolerated.
- Waivers will be 4 days during the season for a dropped player.
- In the offseason, as soon as a player is dropped he is available to any team on a first come first serve basis. Players cannot be dropped until the draft is completed.
- Trades: are encouraged throughout the season, both during the initial draft, offseason, and regular season.
- If you would like to make a trade, contact one of the admins first, then post the trade for approval on the blog. Approval will be decided by an admin vote.
- Draft: the draft will commence tomorrow at 9am. When it is your turn to draft a player, follow the instructions in the draft email that will be sent to the previously supplied email address. It is pretty self explanatory. You will have 24 hours to make your pick.
- If you know you will be unable to check your email in advance for several days, email me a list of 10-15 players in order of draft priority to ensure you do not miss a pick and receive a punishment.