Starting signups for a game now, aiming to commence at the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, just want to give lots of time for signups. Additionally, we will be conducting voting on last summers game at the same time, in order to ensure maximum engagement.
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Rules (Subject to some small changes i.e. clock)
Goal
- Build a team that would win the Stanley Cup in the 2023/2024 season
- Win two rounds of voting, one at the conclusion of the game, and another at the conclusion of the 2023/2024 season
Draft Details
- 23 round snake draft --> more than usual so you can draft vets/prospects and account for injuries. You can choose to void your picks after round 20 if you want to.
- 3rd round is reversed (32nd OA drafts at the start of R2, 3, 5, 7 while 1st OA drafts at the start of R1, 4, 6 etc)
- 2 hour clock, will cut it after round 7 if too many players are being skipped
- Clock runs from 8am to 1am EST every day
- Back to back picks still have 2 hours not 4
Trades
- 3 total per team during the draft, or within a 24 hour window after the final pick as been made. The goal of this is to reduce parity and permit different team building strategies, as well as increased engagement.
- No 3 team trades
- Each asset may be traded once, a player and a pick are being defined as separate assets, this is different from last year where they were defined as the same asset.
- If a trade agreement is made pending x player being picked, the posting GM still has a clock to abide to. Conditions are between the GMs, and must be handled in DMs. If a traded pick is skipped, that is between you.
- Unfair trades can be veto'd if 9 GMs vote against it within 24 hours of the trade, this will be done by one GM posting a *veto trade x* post in this thread, and the post garnering 8+ likes.
- We will not pause the draft or permit going back to make picks if this occurs, so as to ensure GMs make the maximum effort to ensure fair trading.
- Unfair trading should require an egregious value gap, and if both GMs can justify their reasoning, i.e. cap reasons, or a large belief in a players potential, the vote will stop and it will be defined as fair.
Salary Cap
Eligible Players
- Any player who had a contract for the 2022-2023 season will use that contract for the game, not next years contracts. Yes, this does create value discrepancies, but it is for simplicities sake.
- Any currently unsigned NHL drafted prospect, or 2023 NHL Draft Eligible player may be chosen and have their contract be 0.925M
- Euros who are not NHL affiliated are not permitted to be drafted unless they had a contract for this season i.e. Datsyuk, but those that are affiliated can be. Affiliated = signed, or drafted.
Presumed Health + Injuries (Very Subjective, Drafted Beware)
- It is up to you to pick players you expect to play next season, if they do not play, that is on you and will impact you accordingly.
- We assume for voting they recover in a reasonable sense from any injuries they have i.e. Tarasenko's shoulder last season was clearly recoverable from, but Webers injuries were not. For this game, a player like Caufield is presumed to have recovered from his injury, but Couturier is more of a risk because his play next season may reflect his injury. That is really up to you and voting GMs.
- Guys who have deteriorated don't just magically end up in their primes
- When it comes to health, assume their status is fully healed from whatever injury they're currently suffering from
Skipped Picks
- Your pick is skipped after the clock expires, as are all future picks until you make it up, you will be auto'd after 2 rounds have elapsed
- 3 skips and your clock is reduced to 50%
- 5 skips is auto skip
Voting
- 32 team bracket format, with bracket determined at random after the draft. Bracket will be re-randomized for the second voting period
- All voting will be on the GM games board
- Voting is only based on the players actively in the lineup, not your spares.
Draft Slot
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GM List
1.
@hockeynorth - VGK
2.
@LT - DAL
3.
@OB5 - SEA
4.
@m0pe - BUF
5.
@Peter Griffin
6.
@Nucker101 - CAR
7.
@Paralyzer008
8.
@Llamamoto
9.
@BeLeafing - TOR
10.
@McMozesmadness
11.
@Makaveli
12.
@Panda Bear
13.
@Joey Moss
14.
@ujju2 - WSH
15.
@LG18
16.
@trick9 - LA
17.
@SJSharks72 - SJS
18.
@BumDum
19.
@Scholarships
20.
@HockeyRulez - NYR
21.
@TribalPhoenix - NSH
22.
@Blinny
23.
@Kent Nilsson - OTT
24.
@My Cozen Dylan
25.
@Canucks LB
26.
@Beardoffice
27.
@Taluss
28.
@AveryStar4Eva
29.
@McDoused - DET
30.
@Tryamkin
31.
@ConnorMcMullet - EDM
32.
@DanCloutiers5hole - VAN
Injury Report: Kochetkov is in the concussion protocol - out indefinitely
