2024/25 Relegation Fantasy League Main Thread

[BeLeafing]

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[Nucker101]

 

[Blinny]

THST VIDEO IS AMAZING!

 

[BeLeafing]

With that note.. we have returned for season two. This post will be your housekeeping and provide all the information and dates required for the start of the season.

To begin, a reminder that Mak/Blinny have been promoted to the NHL and HN/Mullet have been demoted to the AHL. As well, to attempt to keep the leagues as active as possible LB/ujju have been replaced in the AHL and we welcome Squash/Beard to the league.

Weekly recaps and trade announcements WILL be returning in a similar format to last season.

The Concept:​

Running similar to the soccer premier league system, you can be relegated or promoted between the 2 fantasy leagues we have. The bottom 2 finishers in the NHL league regular season will be demoted to the AHL league for the next season. 1st place in the AHL league regular season and 1st place in the AHL league playoffs will be promoted to the NHL league for the next season (if that is the same person, it defaults to the 2nd place in the AHL league playoffs).

The 2 leagues will have the exact same categories and format to truly mirror each other.

The NHL draft will begin 2 days prior to the AHL draft with the idea that the top league will not have another draft board to follow along with (making it a little more difficult).

NHL GM List:​	AHL GM List:​
1: @BeLeafing 2: @Llamamoto 3: @m0pe 4: @OB5 5: @Panda Bear 6: @Nucker101 7: @Gecklund 8: @Kent Nilsson 9: @AveryStar4Eva 10: @Joey Moss 11: @Blinny 12: @Makaveli	1: @LT 2: @EdJovanovski 3: @Taluss 4: @trick9 5: @Tryamkin 6: @McDoused 7: @McMozesmadness 8: @Scholarships 9: @ConnorMcMullet 10: @hockeynorth 11: @squashmaple 12: Beardoff

Rules:​

1. Format: Weekly head-to-head (categories) — you will be matched up against another team every week and compete with them in the following 11 categories:
   
   Goals/Assists/Points/PP Points/Shots/Hits/Blocks/SV%/GAA/Wins/Shutouts
   
   Each category that you win/lose will count toward your overall record and will be reflected in the standings.
2. Draft: The draft will happen here on HF just as any of our other drafts run. It will be a 22 round snake draft, randomized order through a neutral site. 2 hour clock to start, potentially adjusted later on. Clock runs from 9am EST to 12am EST.
3. Rosters: 12 teams, each must draft 3LW, 3C, 3RW, 5D, 2G, and 6 others for a total of 22 players. Among those 6 extra slots, 5 will be on the bench and one will be in a utility slot, meaning they can play regardless of position. So among your 22 players, 17 of them can be playing at a time.
4. Roster moves: Teams can drop and pick up a maximum of 4 players a week. No limits on trades. You will have 2 IR spots as well as 2 IR+ spots, which includes injured players that were not placed on IR irl.
5. Playoffs: The winners will be determined through a 6-team playoff. Out of the 12 teams, the top 2 get a bye to the semis and the next 4 face off to see who advances. Teams who do not make the NHL or AHL playoffs will have their rosters locked for the final weeks to avoid interference.
6. Relegation/Promotion: The top finisher in the AHL regular season and AHL playoffs will be promoted to the NHL for the following season (if that is the same person, 2nd finisher in AHL playoffs advances). The bottom 2 finishers in the NHL regular season will be demoted to the AHL for the following season.

Note (The Mullet Clause):​

The terrorist clause has returned. Any funny business involving questionable trades, questionable drops, and/or intentionally not setting lineups with the goal of certain matchups winning so certain individuals are promoted/relegated is subject to me stepping in and reversing moves/locking rosters as I see fit. Basically I will do what I want and suck it up.

Threads:​

NHL Lottery Results: Lottery Reveal (enter ID: m09u5d9p) (set to reveal Sept 16th, 4pm EST)

NHL Draft Thread: To Be Linked Closer To Date

AHL Lottery Results: Lottery Reveal (enter ID: m09udtd4) (set to reveal Sept 18th, 4pm EST)

AHL Draft Thread: To Be Linked Closer To Date

The drafts and clock will begin immediately after their respective draft order results are revealed.

Now we wait..​

 

[hockeynorth]

never trust this f***er

 

[LT]

never trust this f***er

rejoin the server

 

[hockeynorth]

rejoin the server

Ok bet

 

[BeLeafing]

Both drafts are now complete and rosters have all been implemented into Yahoo. Waiver orders are also changed to reverse of draft order as usual.

A quick note: scoring will begin with the October 4th games. This means any FA pickups before the 4th will NOT count to your weekly limit, so you can make as many as you want. On and after the 4th they will begin to count weekly though.

 

[BeLeafing]

The NHL has drawn first blood

 

[BeLeafing]

PRESEASON POLLS​

In the name of chaos, nuck and I have decided to run some polls before the season begins on who the favourite teams (and more importantly - least favourite teams) are in each league.

The rules are simple. As we have done in the past, you will be sent a codeword. You will open the google form and enter that codeword with your HF name. You then will rank your top 3 and bottom 3 teams in the NHL/AHL leagues after carefully reviewing the rosters.

Notes (that nobody ever f***ing reads):
- yes you can vote in both polls no matter what league you are in
- yes the votes will eventually become PUBLIC in some form, we want chaos
- if you vote numerous times in one form only your first vote will count
- the 'terrorist clause' extends outside the bounds of yahoo into this cause you guys are lunatics

the voting will go until September 29th 11:59pm EST, where I will then begin to finalize a preseason report that includes this voting, past results, and projections to come up with the official preseason power rankings.

Codewords will be rolled out immediately after this message has been posted.

NHL Preseason Poll

AHL Preseason Poll​

 

[BeLeafing]

Preseason Power Rankings

The results are in! The polls have concluded, and the numbers have been crunched. The overall preseason power rankings have been decided by the following formula:

Power Rank = Past Yahoo Performance + (Poll Results x 2) + Yahoo Projections

Meaning all three of these categories contribute to the rank, though the poll results have been valued as twice as important.

The Overall Power Ranks

The Raw Data

Added Polling News and Notes

Link To NHL Poll Results: Here

Link To AHL Poll Results: Here

Code Word Reveals

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Now with the preseason power ranks complete.. all that is left to do is compete. Let the games and drama begin.​

 

[Nucker101]

@McMozesmadness I thought we were DeBrusk bros....

 

[McMozesmadness]

@McMozesmadness I thought we were DeBrusk bros....

Gross

Team Mozes is officially making Jake Debrusk available. PM me

 

[BeLeafing]

Gross

Team Mozes is officially making Jake Debrusk available. PM me

might be able to get Boeser for him

 

[BeLeafing]

 

[Nucker101]

 

[BeLeafing]

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

Last year, I won a total of one week.

It was a long and gruelling offseason. My demotion to the AHL, the constant jokes, @LT tirelessly spamming the cope emoji. I will admit that, at one point, the negativity got to me. I began to question whether I could ever recover from this.

I am proud to announce that I have put those doubts to rest. With a 6-2 clobbering over @Scholarships, I have already matched my total number of weeks won last year — just one week into the season.

It is official:

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

(Correction: they took a shot away from Nylander so I only won 5-2)

 

[BeLeafing]

(Correction: they took a shot away from Nylander so I only won 5-2)

The decline has come even earlier than expected

 

[BeLeafing]

Relegation League Recap Week 1​

Relegation League Power Ranking Week 1

 

[hockeynorth]

Preseason Power Rankings

The results are in! The polls have concluded, and the numbers have been crunched. The overall preseason power rankings have been decided by the following formula:

Power Rank = Past Yahoo Performance + (Poll Results x 2) + Yahoo Projections

Meaning all three of these categories contribute to the rank, though the poll results have been valued as twice as important.

The Overall Power Ranks

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The Raw Data

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Added Polling News and Notes

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Link To NHL Poll Results: Here

Link To AHL Poll Results: Here

Code Word Reveals

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Now with the preseason power ranks complete.. all that is left to do is compete. Let the games and drama begin.​

lmao dumbasses

we're so back

 

[BeLeafing]

AHL has joined the trading party with a bang

 

[Gecklund]

AHL has joined the trading party with a bang

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Connor McDavid is not available in the NHL for this type of package. Just so we are all clear.

 

[Nucker101]