7 team keeper league.
General
This is an ongoing pool.� This means that the players you choose in the first draft could feasibly be on your team in the year 2020.� Everything possible is being done to ensure that everyone in this pool is extremely knowledgeable about hockey, and extremely serious about hockey pools.� I don�t want people quitting after three years just because they�ve done poorly.� Suck it up and rebuild.� Sure it costs money, but it�s not about the money, it�s about fun (and bragging rights).
1.��� Entry fee for regular season is $110 per year.� This must be paid on or before draft day in cash.� Playoffs cost $50.00, there is 5.00 fee for each trade and $3.00 to call a prospect up from your prospect list.
2.��� Every three years, the owners will review the entry fee.� Only by unanimous vote, will the fee be increased.�
3.��� No refunds, obviously.
4.��� Ideally, everyone will be in this pool for decades, but there will be times when people quit.� When this happens, anyone interested in joining the pool will submit bids to the convener, sealed in an envelope, by a deadline.� The minimum bid is $100; any excess earnings will go to the owner that put the team up for sale.
5.��� One point is given for a goal, and one point is given for an assist, 1 pt for a game winning & 1 point for a shootout goal. Goalies score 2 pts for a win, 1 pt for shootout or OT loss & 1pt for a shutout, plus any goals or assists. The team with the most points at the end of the regular season or playoffs wins.� Tiebreaker #1 is most goals by the 14 members of the pro team.� Tiebreaker 2 is game winning goals. No prizes will be split unless the unlikely event that both of the above end in a tie.
6.��� Every year, prior to the draft, owners can submit proposals for rule adjustments or additions.� A unanimous vote would pass the proposal.
Awards, Prize Money
1st Place 50%
2nd Place 30%
3rd Place 20%
Drafting
The draft will be held every year at the home of whoever volunteers.� This could mean a trip every June just before the NHL Draft, there will also be a two round mid season draft on the first Tuesday in January.�
1.��� Appearance at the Entry Draft and Mid Season Draft is mandatory.� There is absolutely no excuse for weddings or a ball tournament.� Exceptions will be made a) if you die or b) a funeral or c) a serious accident.� If b or c happen, simply forward your list to me, I will draft your players for you according to that list.� If you are unable to do that, you must do by telephone. The reason I say this is to ensure everyone is serious about the pool.� We all want competition and we won�t get it if someone does not take it as seriously as the rest.
2.��� The entry draft will be held on the Tuesday prior to the NHL Draft at 7pm.� If there is a conflict on that day, they can notify me a month in advance and I will try to make other arrangements to hold the draft with perfect attendance.� If the draft date cannot be changed, a list can be given to another owner.�
3.��� To decide the order of the draft , selections will go in the order of finish in the regular season.� The last place team will have the #1 overall pick (unless traded).� The first place team will have the #7 overall pick (unless traded).� All of the above subject to the draft lottery.
4.���A five-minute timeout may be called at any time during the draft by the owner who has possession of the draft pick at that time for TRADING PURPOSES ONLY.�
5.��� Players are eligible to be drafted in the Supplemental Draft only if they are drafted or signed by an NHL team.� Players eligible for the amateur draft are only those currently eligible for the NHL Entry Draft.
6. Any player traded cannot be returned to the original team until the current season plus one complete season ends.
7. The June draft will consist of four rounds of amateurs and four rounds of Supplemental draft picks, plus one additional round for non-cash winning teams from the regular season
8.��� Not all draft picks need to be used.� If an owner does not have a spot on their roster for another player, and they cannot trade the pick, they may simply �pass�.
9.��� In the event that an entire season is wiped out due to a strike or a lockout, the draft will proceed as usual.� The draft order will be the same as the summer before, and picks that have been traded will remain traded.� Bottom line � a strike/lockout changes nothing with respect to the draft.
10. Once you draft a player you own his rights for life�or until you trade or release him.
11. A draft lottery will be used for the Amateur and Supplemental drafts with weighting as follows�
7th place finisher 30 chips
6th place finisher 15 chips
5th place finisher 10 chips
4th place finisher 5 chips
Trading
1.��� Any assets may be traded at anytime during the year until the mid season trade deadline of the first Tuesday in January.� Assets are players, and draft picks.� 2 for 1 trades, 3 for 1 trades, 3 for 2 trades, etc are all legal.
2. Playoff trades may be made right up until the NHL trade deadline, these players will then change teams at the end of the regular season.
3.��� No trades can be made from 9:01pm on the day of the trade deadline, until midnight (12am) of the day that the Stanley Cup is won.� However, there is UNLIMITED trading from midnight of the day the Cup is won.
4.��� Players traded during the regular season bring their points with them.� For example, player A has 40 points and is traded for player B and a draft pick, and player B has 30 points.� The team getting player A will receive his 40 points and thus will move up 10 points in the standings, provided both players were on his pro team.
5.��� �Buddy� trades will not be accepted.� If anyone believes that a trade is FAR too lopsided, they may lodge a complaint with me.� If that complaint is seconded, a vote will take place.� A vote of 75% or greater will be sufficient to nullify the trade.� THE COMPLAINT MUST BE LODGED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF THE TRADE.� Owners win deals and lose deals - it happens.� Sometimes owners lose deals badly.� This rule is in place only for extreme situations.� It is to prevent two friends from stacking one of the teams and splitting the prize money.� It is also to prevent an owner who is planning on quitting the pool at season�s end from helping someone out by giving them a �deal�.
6.��� If an owner quits the pool at the end of the season, their last two trades will be investigated, even though the 48-hour deadline is long over.� By a 75% percent vote, if either of the trades are deemed unfair, or that the players involved were �unloaded� at a price too cheap, the team or teams involved will be penalized by losing some, or all of their draft picks.� This will be done by a vote of 75%.� If a penalized team does not have any draft picks that year; picks for the following year will be used.
7.��� If a trade is made involving an injured or traded (in the NHL) player, and the owner receiving said player was not aware of it, too bad.� This is a serious pool, and it is the responsibility of the owner to know everything about the trade that they are making.� In the event that one owner misleads another owner � for example they claim that a player is healthy when, in fact, they are not � then the victimized owner must appeal within 24 hours of the trade.� This is a very rare circumstance, and is only successful if the owner can convince me that he was intentionally misled.� In which case, compensation that is agreed upon by both owners will be awarded.� If neither owner can agree, all the owners in the pool will vote on whether to nullify the deal by a 75% vote.
8.��� A three-way deal counts as one trade for each of the three owners.� This is so rare I have never actually seen it done, but just wanted this in writing.� Each owner must give and receive at least one asset for this to be deemed a three-way deal.� Furthermore, each owner must have dealings with the other two owners in some fashion.
Rosters
1.��� Rosters consist of 20 pro team players and 40 farm team players.� The 20 players with the highest point total will be counted for your final roster.�Twelve forwards, six defensemen and two goalies will count in final score. Draft position is based on the total of your pro team. If your roster is full and you want to add a player via call-up or trade then a player/s must be released to make room.
2. Prospect roster size is limited to the spots available on the page�please release your trash.
3. Players may remain on your prospect list until they have played 100 regular season games or they make your pro roster after 20 games. At that time you will be notified and you either must call them up or release them to waivers. You may then have to release another player to make space depending on the number or pro players you are using.
4. Playoff rosters will consist of any players on your pro roster that make the NHL playoffs�prospects do not count
Other
1.��� Be very careful with the trades you make, and be very smart with your draft picks.� I know from experience that once your team goes in the tank after bad trades and stupid picks, it takes four or five years to get back out and compete once again.
2.��� *IMPORTANT:� Try and return all phone calls and all emails within 48 hours if possible.� Even for offers that seem stupid, at least give owners the courtesy of a two-minute phone call or email.� Nobody likes waiting for answers, and it may affect other deals they are considering which are time sensitive.� If the offer requires further thought, email the person with a brief note: �I�ll think about this for the next ## days and get back to you�.� If hitting �reply� and typing that sentence is too time consuming, then join a Toronto Star pool where you just have to check boxes once per year.
Retirement�it has become customary to retire teams of deceased poolers�therefore Detroit & Boston are inelligle team names.
Have FUN�.