Post by JetsGM (Jacob) on Sept 11, 2016 15:43:30 GMT -5
League is full, just need 2 teams to check-in (Arizona, who is active, and ColoradoGM will be getting set up shortly), so figure it's a good time to wrap up a few open items. Before I get into league announcements, I would like to thank everyone for getting their roster pages set up, and a special thank you to our Nashville Predators GM who did a ton of work on Fantrax getting rosters set up, as well as making minor adjustments on Google Sheets. He will become the first league Moderator to join me in helping keep the league tidy moving forward (going to get hectic with the deals I'm sure)
Scoring
There have been 2 changes to scoring:
1) FOW/FOL now exclusively applied to centres only in an effort to not drag down the value of wingers (who are generally poor at face offs)
2) Addition of PPP and SHP, each worth 0.25 points on top of the regular scoring for goals (1.5) and assists (1)
Minor adjustment made to the re-sign rubric to reflect these changes, top 5 scorers by position also updated to reflect the added stats: frozenh2odynasty.proboards.com/thread/3/league-scoring-format?page=1&scrollTo=5
Dispersal Draft
The dispersal draft will begin September 15 and last until September 24. It will be a 6-round snake draft, with each team having a set schedule for picks in a day due to the very tight schedule we are on. With 120 picks to be made, 12 picks per day must be completed. The picks can be traded, however can only be done on non-scheduled days (Ex: Pick #15 scheduled for Sep 16, can be traded on Sep 13/14/15, cannot be traded on Sep 16). Teams are required to be aware of their scheduled pick dates and sort out a contingency plan should they not be available to be make the pick during the day. Once a team has made their selection, they must send a private message to the next GM so they are aware they are up to pick (and can make the pick as quickly as possible). If the 12 scheduled picks are completed ahead of scheduled, teams will be allowed to begin making selections for the next day, however the schedule will not be affected.
As 12 picks MUST be made every day, teams are advised to send me a list of their players (list length based on where they pick that day) the night prior (or day of) their scheduled picks. In the case where all 12 picks are not completed, they will be auto-selected based on the list sent. If no list was sent, the best available player (total fantasy points wise) will be selected for the team(s).
The dispersal draft lottery to determine the 20-team order will be done through www.draftpicklottery.com/ using a custom weighted lottery system based on the amount of fantasy points accumulated during the 2015/2016 season for each team's starting 23-man roster (before amnesties). If a team did not have a full roster, the top 23 players who accrued fantasy points last season were used.
Based on that scoring, the lottery odds are below (300 balls total). I will be holding the lottery tonight at approximately 11:30 PM EST, will post the draft order once it is completed:
1 - Vancouver Canucks - 33 balls (11%) - 1086.55
2 - Toronto Maple Leafs - 29 balls (9.7%) - 1137.85
3 - Edmonton Oilers - 28 balls (9.3%) - 1150.05
4 - Buffalo Sabres - 24 balls (8%) - 1199.45
5 - Nashville Predators - 16 balls (5.3%) - 1326.4
6 - Colorado Avalanche - 16 balls (5.3%) - 1332.85
7 - St. Louis Blues - 15 balls (5%) - 1344.75
8 - Tampa Bay Lightning - 15 balls (5%) - 1350.75
9 - Calgary Flames - 15 balls (5%) - 1356.7
10 - Winnipeg Jets - 14 balls (4.7%) - 1378.75
11 - Ottawa Senators - 14 balls (4.7%) - 1382.9
12 - Boston Bruins - 14 balls (4.7%) - 1384.8
13 - Arizona Coyotes - 13 balls (4.3%) - 1408.5
14 - Los Angeles Kings - 11 balls (3.7%) - 1447.2
15 - Dallas Stars - 10 balls (3.3%) - 1459.8
16 - Philadelphia Flyers - 10 balls (3.3%) - 1462.75
17 - Pittsburgh Penguins - 9 balls (3%) - 1474.65
18 - Florida Panthers - 9 balls (3%) - 1480.75
19 - San Jose Sharks - 4 balls (1.3%) - 1559.5
20 - Washington Capitals - 1 ball (0.3%) - 1603.95
All players listed as free agents in Fantrax will be eligible to be selected in the dispersal draft (including selected teams' amnestied players and prospects). If you select an amnestied player, you take him on with his current contract (is eligible to be re-structured).
Contract Re-Structures
Contract re-structure and RFA re-signing requests will be able to be submitted starting September 13 running until 3 days after the dispersal draft. Examples for each type of player will be provided in the next few days to better understand the re-sign rubric structure
Trading
League trading opens on September 13. Teams will be allowed to move any pieces, and will have 48 hours to trade any picks scheduled for September 15.
In order to facilitate scheduled draft pick trades, any trade involving a dispersal pick scheduled for the following day will not follow the 24-hour voting period, but instead, once confirmed that all pieces in the deal are valid, will be open until 11:59 PM EST the day prior to the scheduled pick. If 5 objections are not raised before then, the trade will be put through on Fantrax. Otherwise, all other trades will follow normal guidelines, where they will be posted on the Forum, validated by a Moderator, and then placed into a 24-hour voting period.
Miscellaneous - Contract Sliding
One minor clarification on league rules. As stated in the rules, any player with less than 9 NHL GP will have their contract slide (until they play 9 NHL GP). As these prospects do count towards the 75-man roster maximum, any player who has less than 9 NHL GP can be dropped without penalty during the buyout periods to open up roster room.
Quick Forum Tip
We will be setting up a group chat (likely through Whatsapp) to be able to effectively communicate, but all teams are strongly encouraged to turn on notifications for at least private messages. This can be done by going to Profile in the top ribbon, clicking Edit Profile, then selecting the Notifications tab, finding Personal Messages, clicking the opt-in box and choosing either instant or daily. This way you can be notified anytime a GM messages you (incredibly useful during the draft when teams are sending PMs to advise it's your turn to pick). There are other options available as well on this page that you can opt for as well.
Scoring
There have been 2 changes to scoring:
1) FOW/FOL now exclusively applied to centres only in an effort to not drag down the value of wingers (who are generally poor at face offs)
2) Addition of PPP and SHP, each worth 0.25 points on top of the regular scoring for goals (1.5) and assists (1)
Minor adjustment made to the re-sign rubric to reflect these changes, top 5 scorers by position also updated to reflect the added stats: frozenh2odynasty.proboards.com/thread/3/league-scoring-format?page=1&scrollTo=5
Dispersal Draft
The dispersal draft will begin September 15 and last until September 24. It will be a 6-round snake draft, with each team having a set schedule for picks in a day due to the very tight schedule we are on. With 120 picks to be made, 12 picks per day must be completed. The picks can be traded, however can only be done on non-scheduled days (Ex: Pick #15 scheduled for Sep 16, can be traded on Sep 13/14/15, cannot be traded on Sep 16). Teams are required to be aware of their scheduled pick dates and sort out a contingency plan should they not be available to be make the pick during the day. Once a team has made their selection, they must send a private message to the next GM so they are aware they are up to pick (and can make the pick as quickly as possible). If the 12 scheduled picks are completed ahead of scheduled, teams will be allowed to begin making selections for the next day, however the schedule will not be affected.
As 12 picks MUST be made every day, teams are advised to send me a list of their players (list length based on where they pick that day) the night prior (or day of) their scheduled picks. In the case where all 12 picks are not completed, they will be auto-selected based on the list sent. If no list was sent, the best available player (total fantasy points wise) will be selected for the team(s).
The dispersal draft lottery to determine the 20-team order will be done through www.draftpicklottery.com/ using a custom weighted lottery system based on the amount of fantasy points accumulated during the 2015/2016 season for each team's starting 23-man roster (before amnesties). If a team did not have a full roster, the top 23 players who accrued fantasy points last season were used.
Based on that scoring, the lottery odds are below (300 balls total). I will be holding the lottery tonight at approximately 11:30 PM EST, will post the draft order once it is completed:
1 - Vancouver Canucks - 33 balls (11%) - 1086.55
2 - Toronto Maple Leafs - 29 balls (9.7%) - 1137.85
3 - Edmonton Oilers - 28 balls (9.3%) - 1150.05
4 - Buffalo Sabres - 24 balls (8%) - 1199.45
5 - Nashville Predators - 16 balls (5.3%) - 1326.4
6 - Colorado Avalanche - 16 balls (5.3%) - 1332.85
7 - St. Louis Blues - 15 balls (5%) - 1344.75
8 - Tampa Bay Lightning - 15 balls (5%) - 1350.75
9 - Calgary Flames - 15 balls (5%) - 1356.7
10 - Winnipeg Jets - 14 balls (4.7%) - 1378.75
11 - Ottawa Senators - 14 balls (4.7%) - 1382.9
12 - Boston Bruins - 14 balls (4.7%) - 1384.8
13 - Arizona Coyotes - 13 balls (4.3%) - 1408.5
14 - Los Angeles Kings - 11 balls (3.7%) - 1447.2
15 - Dallas Stars - 10 balls (3.3%) - 1459.8
16 - Philadelphia Flyers - 10 balls (3.3%) - 1462.75
17 - Pittsburgh Penguins - 9 balls (3%) - 1474.65
18 - Florida Panthers - 9 balls (3%) - 1480.75
19 - San Jose Sharks - 4 balls (1.3%) - 1559.5
20 - Washington Capitals - 1 ball (0.3%) - 1603.95
All players listed as free agents in Fantrax will be eligible to be selected in the dispersal draft (including selected teams' amnestied players and prospects). If you select an amnestied player, you take him on with his current contract (is eligible to be re-structured).
Contract Re-Structures
Contract re-structure and RFA re-signing requests will be able to be submitted starting September 13 running until 3 days after the dispersal draft. Examples for each type of player will be provided in the next few days to better understand the re-sign rubric structure
Trading
League trading opens on September 13. Teams will be allowed to move any pieces, and will have 48 hours to trade any picks scheduled for September 15.
In order to facilitate scheduled draft pick trades, any trade involving a dispersal pick scheduled for the following day will not follow the 24-hour voting period, but instead, once confirmed that all pieces in the deal are valid, will be open until 11:59 PM EST the day prior to the scheduled pick. If 5 objections are not raised before then, the trade will be put through on Fantrax. Otherwise, all other trades will follow normal guidelines, where they will be posted on the Forum, validated by a Moderator, and then placed into a 24-hour voting period.
Miscellaneous - Contract Sliding
One minor clarification on league rules. As stated in the rules, any player with less than 9 NHL GP will have their contract slide (until they play 9 NHL GP). As these prospects do count towards the 75-man roster maximum, any player who has less than 9 NHL GP can be dropped without penalty during the buyout periods to open up roster room.
Quick Forum Tip
We will be setting up a group chat (likely through Whatsapp) to be able to effectively communicate, but all teams are strongly encouraged to turn on notifications for at least private messages. This can be done by going to Profile in the top ribbon, clicking Edit Profile, then selecting the Notifications tab, finding Personal Messages, clicking the opt-in box and choosing either instant or daily. This way you can be notified anytime a GM messages you (incredibly useful during the draft when teams are sending PMs to advise it's your turn to pick). There are other options available as well on this page that you can opt for as well.
