We're looking for a serious person with considerable hockey knowledge, to join our Premium Hockey Dynasty League on Fantrax for the upcoming season. Our league is very stable, and the orphan team is actually very good. The only reason this team is available is because my friend joined our league to try and learn more about hockey but has lost interest - the team is actually very stacked and competitive. (DM me to see screenshots of the team if you're interested).
Please only respond if you have the intent to be commited to the league for the long-term, and are responsive and active.
We are a 10-person league, missing one team to have a full league of committed and knowledgeable managers. We have a good group of people, and model our league as realistically as possible.
With the intention of realism, our league uses Salary Cap. Our salary cap mirrors the NHL salary cap, and increases every year to be in-line with the NHL. Every player has the same cap hit that they do in the NHL. This means that players are tied to their contract and are updated when their contracts change in the NHL when they re-sign new deals. Keep in-mind, if you have never played in a league with salary cap before, that a player's value is weighted by their fantasy point performance, as well as the contract that they are tied to, similar to how players are valued in real life. So for example, a player like Kaprizov who will have a cap hit of $17 million next season, might not be so attractive anymore. This adds a very real General Manager feel to our league.
Also, as a side bar - after running a few seasons, we realized that because we are in a salary league, a lot of superstar goalies were going unrostered simply because their fantasy output was never worth the cap hit when mid-tier goalies were getting similar production for half the cost. In order to avoid this, we decided to remove cap hit from goalies. All goalies have a salary cap hit of $0. However, because of this, you can only roster 2 goalies on your active roster at a time (excluding IR).
Here are some details on league rules:
The matchups are Points-Based H2H (total points as a tie breaker), with weekly lockups at first game on Mondays (injuries can be replaced mid-week, but only from your bench or your minors).
Pickups and drops are also weekly, starting on Mondays before puck drop.
Each team has a maximum roster size of 90 players. Within the maximum roster size, there is flexibility between Active, Bench, and Minors as long as you are below the max of 90. The individual maximums are the following:
- 20 Active Slots
- 10 Bench Slots
- 70 Minor Slots
There is an unlimited number of IR slots, but there is a 1-week leeway once the player becomes healthy, to either re-roster them or drop them.
We hold our Prospect Entry Drafts 1-2 weeks after the actual NHL Entry Draft takes place. Each team gets 7 draft picks (which are tradeable up to 5 years in the future). The placement of each team in the entry draft is determined as a weighted lottery based on final standings.
Our scoring system is as follows:
Goals = 6 (8 for Defensemen)
PPG (Additional to Base Goal Value) = 6 (8 for Defensemen)
SHG (Additional to Base Goal Value) = 3
GWG (Additional to Base Goal Value) = 1
Hat Tricks (Additional to Base Goal Value) = 3
Assists = 4 (6 for Defensemen)
PPA (Additional to Base Assist Value) = 4 (6 for Defensemen)
SHA (Additional to Base Assist Value) = 2
Shots = 0.5
Blocks = 1
Hits = 1
FOW = 0.2 (Centers Only)
+/- = +/-1
Wins = 5 (Goalies Only)
Saves = 0.6
Goals Against = -3
Shutouts = 5
Lastly, because of all these advanced settings, we are running a premium league on Fantrax. The league fee is split equally among all the league members. The league fee and prize pool fee are as follows:
League Fee: $15 USD (currently for 10 people)
Prize Pool Buy-In: $50 USD (subject to future increases)
The prize pool winnings are distributed as follows:
Regular Season Placement - 1st Place: $140 USD
Playoffs Placement - Champion: $140 USD
Regular Season Placement - 2nd Place: $80 USD
Playoffs Placement - Runner-Up: $80 USD
Regular Season Placement - 3rd Place: $30 USD
Playoffs Placement - Consolation Winner: $30 USD
Looking forward to hearing from you guys! We're excited to find someone that is willing to take the league seriously and enjoy the realistic management approach. Feel free to DM me with a response here or on discord (username: aceexalted), and I'll show you what the team looks like!