The Draft
will take place on Saturday September 24th at 1900 hrs. All teams will have the following break down of players:
Seven (7) Forwards (RW/C/LW)
Three (3) Defensemen
One (1) Goalie
The draft will be the standard
order and not snaked. For example: The person who gets the
first pick in the first round, will get the first pick in every
corresponding round after the first.
During the draft is the only
time any manager can trade with any other manager. These trades will
not go against your total trade limit. Each trade will have to be of
even value in terms of picks or players.
For Example: E. Stan
trades his 1st round pick (1st overall), 3rd round pick (31st
overall), and his 11th round pick (151st overall) to D. Stan for D.
Stan's 1st round pick (7th overall), 2nd round pick (22nd overall),
and 7th round pick (49th overall)
Example 2: S.
Mazerolle trades his 1st round pick (10th overall) and 2nd round pick
(25th overall) to C. Paul for Markus Naslund, and C. Paul's 4th round
pick (47th overall).
A manager at any time can
declare if he wishes to trade one of his draft picks. If it is that
managers current pick, there will be a maximum of two minutes for
trade negotiations.
The maximum time limit for
each pick will be two minutes. This rule is in place to quicken the
process of drafting players. If you exceed your two minute time
limit, the next person in the order will then have priority over you for
that pick. The next person in the order will then have two minutes
to make their selection at which time, it would return back to the person
who's pick was skipped (with another two minute time frame).
Scoring System:
The scoring system this year
will differ from the 2003 - 2004 pool. The following is a breakdown
of the point distribution for this years pool.
Forwards:
Two (2) points will be
awarded for each goal
One (1) point will be
awarded for each assist
+/- will be taken at face
value (i.e. a +5 rating will award the player 5 points)
Defenseman:
One (1) points will be
awarded for each goal
Two (2) point will be
awarded for each assist
+/- will be taken at face
value (i.e. a +5 rating will award the player 5 points)
Goalies:
Three (3) points will be
awarded for each win
Five (5) points will be
awarded for each shutout
One (1) point will be
awarded for each OTL or SOL
The players Goals Against
Average will be multiplied by 100 and subtracted from the players
points For Example: Mikka Kipprusoff has 10 wins (30
points) 2 shutouts (10 points) and a GAA of 2.00. Mikka would
have a point total of -160 (20 + 10 - 200)
Each Goalie taken, must
play a total of 18 games prior to December 24th 2005 or you will be
forced to trade your goalie on December 26th 2005. This trade
will be a free trade and will not effect your total limit.
If your goalie gets
injured during the season, each manager is forced to trade that goalie
for a replacement. This trade does not count against your trade
limit.
Trades:
Each
team manager will have a maximum of five trades available to them during
the season. The first two trades are free where the next three will
be charged at a rate of $2 per trade. All monies acquired during the
trading process will be put into the pot for the end of the year winner.
What does a trade consist
of: A trade is one manager trading one player to the free agent
pool for one player.
Exceptions to the trade
limit: Any manager who selects a player during the draft, which
does not play a single game within the first full week of the season
due to an injury prior to the start of the season (October 9 - 15), may trade that
player for free for any player in the free agent pool. This
trade process must be executed by October 18th 2005. To prevent
any conflicts, the manager with the lower draft order will have
priority for a player. The player traded in then enters the free
agent pool and may be picked up by any manager.
A section for lists of
transactions will be updated on this website when a transaction
occurs. There will also be a list of transactions included in
the weekly updates sent to all the managers.
Trades between managers is
allowed during the draft only. Please see the above draft
section.
Weekly Updates:
Weekly updates will be
supplied to each manager within the hockey pool (via e-mail). I will
attempt to get all stats updated on Sunday. Please keep in mind I do
have a family and it might not be as quick as the previous years pool but
it will still get done on the Sunday (hopefully prior to 2300 hrs).
We are also projecting to have 50% more people in this years pool which
will probably extend the time frame from 3 hours to 5 hours of updating
(and yes if it like last year, I will hate the ESPN website by the third
week of the year).
Current
Thoughts for the Updates:
Current standings (with
rankings, points gained/lost - yes I have seen this before) in the
week, previous week ranking
Top 10 Forwards - with
manager name and point totals
Top 5 Defensemen - with
manager name and point totals
Top 5 Goalies - with
manager name and point totals
Hot and Cold list (Top 5
in the + and Top 5 in the - for the week)
Notable injuries (your
help would be appreciated with this incase I miss the news)
If you have any suggestions to
add to the update, please e-mail me by clicking here
