2014-2015 Fantasy Hockey Season - Rules & League Management
May 13, 2014 14:57:00 GMT -5
Post by Cliffsnotes on May 13, 2014 14:57:00 GMT -5
Gents,
Aside from discussing the 2014-15 Payouts, it appears that the league management issues for the offseason are complete.
Hodgey and I are the League Commissioners. Everybody has paid for 2013-14, we found our 12th owner, the draft order is set, and we've got the Rules posted. So I'm moving the posted rules up to the top of this thread.
At this time, I believe it is appropriate to start making offseason keeper and draft pick trades in the appropriate thread.
C&B Fantasy Hockey League Rules and Settings 2014-2015
Teams: 12
Scoring: Head to Head (each category, weekly)
Roster: 19
Starters: 13
Bench: 6
IR: 2
Starting Positions: 2 C, 2 LW, 2 RW, 3 D, 2 Util, 2 G
Max Roster Goalies: 4 (note: does not count IR, so you could have 4 active goalies plus 2 IR goalies).
Skater Categories: 8: G, A, +/-, PIM, HIT, BLK, PPP, SOG
Goaltender Categories: 4: W, SO, GAA, SV% (Min 3 GS to qualify for GAA and SV%).
Divisions: NONE (Edited 8/21/2014)
Corsi: OVCH, IHOP, CHOP, BISH, NELS, OTF
Fenwick: SOLO, ATOM, TV4V, GALL, JD, FREN
Lineup Changes: Daily
Waiver Period: 1 Day
Transaction Limits: None
Trade Review: 1 Day
Votes to Veto Trade: 5
Trade Deadline: Tentatively 1 week after the NHL trade deadline, but before the Fantasy regular season ends. The NHL has yet to announce the trade deadline, and ESPN has yet to allow us any options. Last year, this worked out to be a week or two before the fantasy regular season ended.
Keepers per team: 5 (max)
Keeper Deadline: Sunday, September 7th, 8 pm Eastern
The Official Keeper List is kept on the ESPN League, not Punshouse. Find it under “My Team”, then “Keepers”.
Keeper Eligibility: Players must be on your roster on the final day of Fantasy Playoffs.
Keeper Positions: 1 C, 1 RW, 1 LW, 1 D, 1 G
Positional Eligibility: Position(s) they played in 2013-14 per ESPN, and if applicable, 2014-15.
Keeper Cost: Prior Season’s Draft Slot +2 rounds (a 2013 10th round draft pick may be kept in 2014 for an 8th round pick)
Keeper Rules: 1st round picks may not be used for keepers.
Drafted Players maintain their keeper cost for the entire year even if they are waived or traded from a fantasy roster.
Undrafted Free Agents have a de facto 20th Round value, and will therefore have an 18th round keeper cost the following year.
You may use other team’s draft picks for your keepers.
You may keep two or more players with the same keeper cost if you have two or more draft picks in that round.
You may also use a higher round draft pick for a keeper.
-For example, an owner with two players at an 18th round cost may keep one player with an 18th, and the other with a 17th.
If you have multiple picks in a round, and are keeping one player, we'll assume you want to use the lower (worse) pick for your keeper. However, it is the owner's responsibility to confirm that the commissioners posted correctly.
Regular Season: Probably 21 weeks, if ESPN lines up the schedule properly.
Playoffs: 8 teams, 3 rounds, 1 week per round, (avoiding NHL Regular season last week)
Draft Location: Punshouse.com
Draft time: Monday, September 8th, 8 am Eastern
Draft Order: Top 4 picks go to non-playoff teams, in reverse order of regular season record.
Playoff Teams are ordered first by Playoff finish, then by regular season record.
Draft format: 19 round snake draft.
8 hour draft clock. Clock suspended from Midnight to 8 am Eastern (but picks made after midnight are encouraged).
Back to Back Picks are all on the same clock.
An owner with fewer than 19 players after 19 rounds may select players in a supplemental Round 20 (following the snake draft order).
-These picks count as 20th round picks for Keeper Purposes.
An owner may not have more than 19 players at any time during the draft.
-An owner on the clock with 19 players will have that pick voided. these extra picks may be traded prior to being on the clock.
In the case of a mispick (i.e., an owner selects a player who has already been selected), the owner who made the mispick has a floating pick to be made at any time and the next owner is officially on the clock as of the mispick.
In the case of a clock running out, the owner will have a floating pick to make at any time and the next owner is on the clock. If an owner misses three clocks, he will automatically be given the best available player according to ESPN each time his pick comes up for the remainder of the draft, regardless of his team's needs. In other words, show up to check in or leave a list with someone.
Trades: Players and Draft picks may be traded.
All other assets, including Keeper Slots, future considerations, or money, cannot be traded. Conditional picks are also not allowed.
Please post full details of trades (such as draft picks) in the Trade Thread on punshouse and have both parties confirm ASAP.
Entry Fee: $10*
*Payment must be made by Tuesday, October 28. If you have not paid by that date, your weekly score will be set to 0 until you pay.
Prizes:
League Playoff Champ: $80
League Playoff 2nd place: $30
League Third Place: $10
Regular Season Champion: $10 (Edited 8/21/2014)
Note: I'll be proposing a slightly different payout in a separate poll.
To clarify and explicitly state the rules and timing regarding keepers and the draft:
Keepers are due at 8 pm on Sunday night prior to the draft.
At 8 pm, there is a complete roster and player freeze. No draft picks may be traded. No keepers may be added or changed. All keepers are locked at their designated draft pick, and those picks are forever tied to their respective keepers and may not used to select a different player.
---Any open threads regarding Keepers or Offseason Trades will be locked.
---(The roster freeze is so that the commissioners may complete their organization and posting of the draft board. We don't want a moving target in regards to keepers or draft picks changing teams.)
The draft officially begins at 8 am.
---The commissioners may post the Draft Thread and Draft Board sooner than 8 am.
---The owner with the first pick may select a player before 8 am if he chooses, but the 8-hour clock will not officially begin until 8 am.
Once the Draft Thread is posted:
---The Trade and Roster freeze has ended.
---Keepers are now officially on your roster, and their respective draft picks are used.
---Keepers officially count towards your roster limit of 19; e.g. most teams will immediately have 4-5 players on their roster.
---Keepers may be traded, just like any other player that has been drafted.
---From the moment that the Draft Thread is posted, until the draft ends, all trades shall be posted (and confirmed) in the draft thread.
Once the draft is posted, please review by Midnight Monday, and notify the commissioners if there are any errors or omissions. 16 hours is plenty of time to check your draft picks and keepers.
Any rules not explicitly stated here default to the ESPN Fantasy Hockey League Rules, if applicable.
Aside from discussing the 2014-15 Payouts, it appears that the league management issues for the offseason are complete.
Hodgey and I are the League Commissioners. Everybody has paid for 2013-14, we found our 12th owner, the draft order is set, and we've got the Rules posted. So I'm moving the posted rules up to the top of this thread.
At this time, I believe it is appropriate to start making offseason keeper and draft pick trades in the appropriate thread.
C&B Fantasy Hockey League Rules and Settings 2014-2015
Teams: 12
Scoring: Head to Head (each category, weekly)
Roster: 19
Starters: 13
Bench: 6
IR: 2
Starting Positions: 2 C, 2 LW, 2 RW, 3 D, 2 Util, 2 G
Max Roster Goalies: 4 (note: does not count IR, so you could have 4 active goalies plus 2 IR goalies).
Skater Categories: 8: G, A, +/-, PIM, HIT, BLK, PPP, SOG
Goaltender Categories: 4: W, SO, GAA, SV% (Min 3 GS to qualify for GAA and SV%).
Divisions: NONE (Edited 8/21/2014)
Fenwick: SOLO, ATOM, TV4V, GALL, JD, FREN
Lineup Changes: Daily
Waiver Period: 1 Day
Transaction Limits: None
Trade Review: 1 Day
Votes to Veto Trade: 5
Trade Deadline: Tentatively 1 week after the NHL trade deadline, but before the Fantasy regular season ends. The NHL has yet to announce the trade deadline, and ESPN has yet to allow us any options. Last year, this worked out to be a week or two before the fantasy regular season ended.
Keepers per team: 5 (max)
Keeper Deadline: Sunday, September 7th, 8 pm Eastern
The Official Keeper List is kept on the ESPN League, not Punshouse. Find it under “My Team”, then “Keepers”.
Keeper Eligibility: Players must be on your roster on the final day of Fantasy Playoffs.
Keeper Positions: 1 C, 1 RW, 1 LW, 1 D, 1 G
Positional Eligibility: Position(s) they played in 2013-14 per ESPN, and if applicable, 2014-15.
Keeper Cost: Prior Season’s Draft Slot +2 rounds (a 2013 10th round draft pick may be kept in 2014 for an 8th round pick)
Keeper Rules: 1st round picks may not be used for keepers.
Drafted Players maintain their keeper cost for the entire year even if they are waived or traded from a fantasy roster.
Undrafted Free Agents have a de facto 20th Round value, and will therefore have an 18th round keeper cost the following year.
You may use other team’s draft picks for your keepers.
You may keep two or more players with the same keeper cost if you have two or more draft picks in that round.
You may also use a higher round draft pick for a keeper.
-For example, an owner with two players at an 18th round cost may keep one player with an 18th, and the other with a 17th.
If you have multiple picks in a round, and are keeping one player, we'll assume you want to use the lower (worse) pick for your keeper. However, it is the owner's responsibility to confirm that the commissioners posted correctly.
Regular Season: Probably 21 weeks, if ESPN lines up the schedule properly.
Playoffs: 8 teams, 3 rounds, 1 week per round, (avoiding NHL Regular season last week)
Draft Location: Punshouse.com
Draft time: Monday, September 8th, 8 am Eastern
Draft Order: Top 4 picks go to non-playoff teams, in reverse order of regular season record.
Playoff Teams are ordered first by Playoff finish, then by regular season record.
Draft format: 19 round snake draft.
8 hour draft clock. Clock suspended from Midnight to 8 am Eastern (but picks made after midnight are encouraged).
Back to Back Picks are all on the same clock.
An owner with fewer than 19 players after 19 rounds may select players in a supplemental Round 20 (following the snake draft order).
-These picks count as 20th round picks for Keeper Purposes.
An owner may not have more than 19 players at any time during the draft.
-An owner on the clock with 19 players will have that pick voided. these extra picks may be traded prior to being on the clock.
In the case of a mispick (i.e., an owner selects a player who has already been selected), the owner who made the mispick has a floating pick to be made at any time and the next owner is officially on the clock as of the mispick.
In the case of a clock running out, the owner will have a floating pick to make at any time and the next owner is on the clock. If an owner misses three clocks, he will automatically be given the best available player according to ESPN each time his pick comes up for the remainder of the draft, regardless of his team's needs. In other words, show up to check in or leave a list with someone.
Trades: Players and Draft picks may be traded.
All other assets, including Keeper Slots, future considerations, or money, cannot be traded. Conditional picks are also not allowed.
Please post full details of trades (such as draft picks) in the Trade Thread on punshouse and have both parties confirm ASAP.
Entry Fee: $10*
*Payment must be made by Tuesday, October 28. If you have not paid by that date, your weekly score will be set to 0 until you pay.
Prizes:
League Playoff Champ: $80
League Playoff 2nd place: $30
Regular Season Champion: $10 (Edited 8/21/2014)
To clarify and explicitly state the rules and timing regarding keepers and the draft:
Keepers are due at 8 pm on Sunday night prior to the draft.
At 8 pm, there is a complete roster and player freeze. No draft picks may be traded. No keepers may be added or changed. All keepers are locked at their designated draft pick, and those picks are forever tied to their respective keepers and may not used to select a different player.
---Any open threads regarding Keepers or Offseason Trades will be locked.
---(The roster freeze is so that the commissioners may complete their organization and posting of the draft board. We don't want a moving target in regards to keepers or draft picks changing teams.)
The draft officially begins at 8 am.
---The commissioners may post the Draft Thread and Draft Board sooner than 8 am.
---The owner with the first pick may select a player before 8 am if he chooses, but the 8-hour clock will not officially begin until 8 am.
Once the Draft Thread is posted:
---The Trade and Roster freeze has ended.
---Keepers are now officially on your roster, and their respective draft picks are used.
---Keepers officially count towards your roster limit of 19; e.g. most teams will immediately have 4-5 players on their roster.
---Keepers may be traded, just like any other player that has been drafted.
---From the moment that the Draft Thread is posted, until the draft ends, all trades shall be posted (and confirmed) in the draft thread.
Once the draft is posted, please review by Midnight Monday, and notify the commissioners if there are any errors or omissions. 16 hours is plenty of time to check your draft picks and keepers.
Any rules not explicitly stated here default to the ESPN Fantasy Hockey League Rules, if applicable.