Rules
Your goal is to draft a 20-man team (12F, 6D, 2G) that would win the 2024-2025 Stanley Cup.
The draft will consist of 20 rounds in a snake order and with a reversed 3rd round and 4th round.
The 3rd round reversal is due to the extreme discrepancy of elite talent at the top of the first round. We've tried things like this throughout multiple drafts and have settled on reversing the 3rd round as the best way to distribute talent across teams evenly.
There will be a clock for picks. The clock will begin on sometime in January. It will run each day from 9 AM ET to 12 AM ET (15 hours total each day). The amount of time given for each pick depends on the round as follows:
Rounds 1-5: 3 hours
Rounds 6-14: 2 hours
Rounds 15-20: 1 hour
Back-to-back picks do not get double time. If you have a currently skipped pick, you will be automatically skipped if you are up again before making up your skipped pick. Multiple skips may result in your clock being reduced or eliminated entirely.
After each pick, you MUST tag and message the next GM up. Please make sure to tag before editing, as tags made via edits will not go through. I recommend turning on email notifications for PMs so that you know when you are up. We also have a Discord server where we can ping GMs when they are up.
Failure to tag and PM the next GM will result in your clock being reduced or eliminated. There's no excuse for not doing so. Yes, Ed, I am talking to you too.
Salary cap is 85M.
To be eligible for the draft, players must be under contract for the 2024-2025 season.
Regarding injuries, it is up to each GM to use their discretion on injuries and how they will affect voting. There is nothing stopping anyone from drafting a player who suffered a season-ending injury (like Logan O'Connor), but there are no guarantees that voters won't hold this against you, either. Players who spent the entire year on LTIR are not eligible to be drafted. Keep in mind that the goal is to win the 2023-2024 Stanley Cup.
YOU CAN MAKE TRADES. If you piss me off, I reserve the right to veto your trade.
NEW RULE: The Ed Scam
If you agree to a trade in DMs and proof is given that you agreed to the trade, you will be help to that trade.
Voting will begin within 2-3 days of the draft being completed and after the trading period closes. The voting bracket will be determined in the pick order draft, which will be explained in a separate thread. Each round of voting will last for two days (48 hours). Ties will be settled by a coin-flipping bot in the Discord server. Please vote in every round even if you are eliminated!
GMs:
- Gecky - San Jose All Stars
- LB closeted Sharks fan - Vancouver Canucks
- LT-Dallas No Stars
- Schols - Boston Bruins
- Senor - Florida Panthers
- Mcdoused - Tampa Bay Lightning
- Talus-Minny Wild
- Nucky-Carolina Tulskys
- Mak-Surrey Jacks
- Try-NJ Devils
- Biturbo-Ottawa Senators
- VanillaCoke - New York Islanders
- Zapp - Cincinnati Swords
- Pedro - Winnipeg Jets
- Ed-LA Criminals
- HN - Vegas Golden Knights
- Pdawg Para - Pittsburgh Penguins
- Phoenix OB5-Montreal Canadians
- Squashmister - Philadelphia Flyers
- BlowMy Blinny-Columbus BJs
- McMozeMe-Edmonton Oilers
- Oiler hater Joey - Anaheim Ducks
- 5cotland-New York Rangers
- My Cozen Dylan-Buffalo Sabres
- Iwishihadaspacebar - Washington Capitals
- EP cubed - Nashville Predators
- HockeyRulez - Colorado Avalanche
- Gibby - Detroit Red Wings
- ConnorMcMullet - Chicago Blackhawks
- PandaUlcer (Nucky/Panda coGM) - Seattle Thunderbirds
or something i suppose.
for me
