Post by JacketsGM on Sept 7, 2017 17:24:08 GMT -5
After some deliberation the league has decided to contract 4 vacant teams- NJD, TOR, MIN, LAK
not an easy decision but feel it is better for the league to have fuller participation overall and will help redistribute talent
we will now be a 20 team league
with two 5 team divisions in each conference
12 teams will make the playoffs
Playoff Structure
6 teams from each conference with top team in each division getting in automatically after that teams are selected by best record, tie breaker is most fpts for
top 2 seeds get byes in the 1st rd , then 3-6, 4-5 matchups with the lowest ranked advancing plays #1 seed, other plays #2 seed
Annual Draft
our annual draft order will be similar to that of the past with the final 4 teams in the playoffs ending up with the final 4 picks in the draft (champion gets 20th, runner-up 19th, best record 18th, remaining team 17th). Division winners who didn't make final four will be the next set of picks starting from the 16th with worst record getting higher pick. The remaining picks will go to the eliminated non division winners(those with the better record will get the lower pick etc). tiebreakers are listed in the rules section.
Anaheim owns NJD's 2018 3rd rd pick. ANA will receive the #52 pick in 2018 as compensation. That round will therefore be 1 pick longer than all other rounds.
Contraction Draft
Starts Sunday September 10th at 8am EST. If guys wanna start picking before then, that's totally fine, but draft will not officiaily start till then.
we'll have a 2 round draft to select any player/prospect from those 4 franchises.(refer to their master roster sheets to find out who is available)
order will be the same as this year's 1st rd.
picks cannot be traded
12 hours per pick
if you are not sure you will be able to get a pick in on time, please leave a list with at least 1 other GM.
if a team misses a pick the draft will pause and the league will select a player for the franchise
players selected will go on our 23 man roster. must remain under the cap with selections.
the total players will increase from 80 to 85.
the player's drafted will retain their salaries or expired status
Resigns of drafted players
If a player is an expiring contract then they'll need to be resigned(we'll use normal resign procedure)
resigns can be posted immediately after a UFA player is selected. please do not wait.
the resign period will extend 1 week after the last draft selection.
Undrafted players to Free Agency
contracted players not selected in the 2 rd draft will become free agents. An exact date/time when they will hit free agency we'll be released at the end of the draft. it will be approximately 1 week after the draft concludes.
Open teams
NYR and TBL will remain in the league and we will search for quality GMs to take over those teams. their resigns will be handled by the league shortly. their picks in the contraction will be made by the league. if anybody has a friend looking to join the league please send them over to the waiting list thread.
not an easy decision but feel it is better for the league to have fuller participation overall and will help redistribute talent
we will now be a 20 team league
with two 5 team divisions in each conference
12 teams will make the playoffs
Playoff Structure
6 teams from each conference with top team in each division getting in automatically after that teams are selected by best record, tie breaker is most fpts for
top 2 seeds get byes in the 1st rd , then 3-6, 4-5 matchups with the lowest ranked advancing plays #1 seed, other plays #2 seed
Annual Draft
our annual draft order will be similar to that of the past with the final 4 teams in the playoffs ending up with the final 4 picks in the draft (champion gets 20th, runner-up 19th, best record 18th, remaining team 17th). Division winners who didn't make final four will be the next set of picks starting from the 16th with worst record getting higher pick. The remaining picks will go to the eliminated non division winners(those with the better record will get the lower pick etc). tiebreakers are listed in the rules section.
Anaheim owns NJD's 2018 3rd rd pick. ANA will receive the #52 pick in 2018 as compensation. That round will therefore be 1 pick longer than all other rounds.
Contraction Draft
Starts Sunday September 10th at 8am EST. If guys wanna start picking before then, that's totally fine, but draft will not officiaily start till then.
we'll have a 2 round draft to select any player/prospect from those 4 franchises.(refer to their master roster sheets to find out who is available)
order will be the same as this year's 1st rd.
picks cannot be traded
12 hours per pick
if you are not sure you will be able to get a pick in on time, please leave a list with at least 1 other GM.
if a team misses a pick the draft will pause and the league will select a player for the franchise
players selected will go on our 23 man roster. must remain under the cap with selections.
the total players will increase from 80 to 85.
the player's drafted will retain their salaries or expired status
Resigns of drafted players
If a player is an expiring contract then they'll need to be resigned(we'll use normal resign procedure)
resigns can be posted immediately after a UFA player is selected. please do not wait.
the resign period will extend 1 week after the last draft selection.
Undrafted players to Free Agency
contracted players not selected in the 2 rd draft will become free agents. An exact date/time when they will hit free agency we'll be released at the end of the draft. it will be approximately 1 week after the draft concludes.
Open teams
NYR and TBL will remain in the league and we will search for quality GMs to take over those teams. their resigns will be handled by the league shortly. their picks in the contraction will be made by the league. if anybody has a friend looking to join the league please send them over to the waiting list thread.