I've actually created a board dedicated to the league. It would be more of a "Sim League." IMO this would be a super fascinating league.
http://s15.zetaboards.com/Ultimate_Sim_League/index/
I have tried to come up with rules to make player values increase/decrease in a way that we don't have to rely on NHL GMs... but yet we can't just get a guy super cheap any take advantage of that year after year. I think I've done a pretty good job... but would be willing to discuss ways to tweak things.
We would try for 31 teams but that seems lofty. I don't think I'd want to do less than 16-20 though. Everyone picks an NHL team name. I have dibs on the Habs.
We would start with a $75M (or whatever the NHL cap is) budget for the inaugural auction.
1. Inaugural Draft
League starts with a live auction
Everyone has a $75m auction budget
All player salaries are set by the auction price
2. Salaries/Contracts
As stated in (1.2) all salaries are based on auction price
Auction contracts are for one year.
If you want to sign a player beyond the one year you have to give them a raise based on their age on or before September 15th.
Draftee ELCs (entry level contracts for players taken in the annual entry draft)
Top 3 picks: 3 years @ 4% of their draft year cap ceiling
#4-10: 3 years @ 3% of their draft year cap ceiling
#11-31: 3 years @ 2% of their draft year cap ceiling
2nd-5th round: 3 years @ the league minimum each year
Ages 18-25
10% raise for a 2 year contract
12.5% for a 3 year contract
15% for a 4 year contract
20% for a 5 year contract
Ages 26-30
12.5% raise for a 2 year contract
15% for a 3 year contract
17.5% for a 4 year contract
22.5% for a 5 year contract
Ages 31-35
15% raise for a 2 year contract
17.5% for a 3 year contract
20% for a 4 year contract
22.5% for a 5 year contract
Ages 35+
0% raise for a 2 year contract
-10% for a 3 year contract
-15% for a 4 year contract
-20% for a 5 year contract
All contracts will be based on the player's age as of September 15th of the current season even if the player changes age brackets at some point during the contract.
Offer-sheets
All players coming off of their 3 year ELC are subject to offer-sheets.
There will be a 1 week offer-sheet period, beginning at 8am EST the day after the Stanley Cup finals are completed each season.
To present an "offer-sheet" you must PM (private message) the owner of said player with your offer. Your offer is the salary you are willing to pay that player on a 3 year contract. After 1 week all managers making offers will post their offers in the offer-sheet thread and the owner will confirm which was the highest offer received.
The player owner will have 2 days to announce his decision to match or not.
If he matches he will sign the player for 85% of the highest bid for 3 years with an option for an extra year for the full amount of the highest bid.
Offer-sheet Compensation
If a manager does not match, the highest bidder must pay the same compensation that the NHL has set out that season.
2017-18 Scale
$1,300,000 or below
None
Over $1,300,000 to $2,000,000
3rd round pick
Over $2,000,000 to $4,000,000
2nd round pick
Over $4,000,000 to $6,000,000
1st round and 3rd round pick
Over $6,000,000 to $8,000,000
1st round, 2nd round and 3rd round pick
Over $8,000,000 to $10,000,000
Two 1st round picks, 2nd round pick, 3rd round pick
Over $10,000,000
Four 1st round picks
Buyouts
There will be a 1 week buyout period, beginning at 8am the day after the Stanley Cup finals are completed each season. Every team is permitted a maximum of 3 buyouts per year. The penalty for a buyout is the total of 30% of the salary for the length of the contract.
All players who were bought out are become free agents and enter the FA pool.
3. Free Agency
All players not under contract to be dropped from your team at least 1 week before the FA auction (date to be determined each season)
Each year all free agents will be in the free agent auction
Each team will enter the auction with their remaining cap space
**All players not extended by Jan 1st of the final year of their contract WILL become free agents at season's end and will be put into the free agent auction.**
In Season drops and Waiver Wire
Players can dropped during the season, however the team dropping a player will retain all but $1M (to be changed in future years) of the player's salary cap hit for the entire length of the player's contract.
*If another team picks the player up off of waivers the new team inherits the entire contract. These players are eligible for contract extensions.
**If the player is picked up in a future FA auction, the orignal team is only responsible for the difference between the original contract and new contract minus $1M provided the contract is lower. (teams are responsible for tracking these players for themselves.)
Adding Players In Season
Any player picked up from the free agent list will have a salary of $650k in 2017-18 (NHL Minimum) and cannot be extended. They will re-enter the next FA auction.
4. Trades:
All trades will be immediately executed through Fantrax. However if there is a protest it will be reviewed and discussed. Only trades deemed to be extremely unfair or a result of collusion will be vetoed. If a trade is deemed to be a result of collusion both managers may be expelled from the league.
Salary retention: We will use NHL Rules...
The acquiring team must assume at least 50 percent of the remaining salary and cap charge of the SPC.
Such a contract can only be traded twice using provision 1 during the lifetime of the SPC.
Retained salary by the trading team cannot be more than 15 percent of the upper salary cap limit.
A maximum of 3 such contracts with salary retained in a trade can be on a team's books at any one time.
5. Rosters:
Weekly Lineup Changes
10 Forwards
5 Defensemen
1 Goalie
7 Bench
15 Minors in year 1
20 Minors in year 2
25 Minors in year 3
30 Minors in year 4 (capped at 30)
Minor league eligibility:
Any player who is under 27 years old and hasn't played 82 NHL games is eligible for the minors.
Playoff Rosters
Lineups can only be changed at the beginning of each round
6 Forwards
3 Defensemen
1 Goalie
6. Standings
***Loopholes will be closed immediately and any deals that exploit loopholes will be nulified.***
http://s15.zetaboards.com/Ultimate_Sim_League/index/
I have tried to come up with rules to make player values increase/decrease in a way that we don't have to rely on NHL GMs... but yet we can't just get a guy super cheap any take advantage of that year after year. I think I've done a pretty good job... but would be willing to discuss ways to tweak things.
We would try for 31 teams but that seems lofty. I don't think I'd want to do less than 16-20 though. Everyone picks an NHL team name. I have dibs on the Habs.
We would start with a $75M (or whatever the NHL cap is) budget for the inaugural auction.
1. Inaugural Draft
League starts with a live auction
Everyone has a $75m auction budget
All player salaries are set by the auction price
2. Salaries/Contracts
As stated in (1.2) all salaries are based on auction price
Auction contracts are for one year.
If you want to sign a player beyond the one year you have to give them a raise based on their age on or before September 15th.
Draftee ELCs (entry level contracts for players taken in the annual entry draft)
Top 3 picks: 3 years @ 4% of their draft year cap ceiling
#4-10: 3 years @ 3% of their draft year cap ceiling
#11-31: 3 years @ 2% of their draft year cap ceiling
2nd-5th round: 3 years @ the league minimum each year
Ages 18-25
10% raise for a 2 year contract
12.5% for a 3 year contract
15% for a 4 year contract
20% for a 5 year contract
Ages 26-30
12.5% raise for a 2 year contract
15% for a 3 year contract
17.5% for a 4 year contract
22.5% for a 5 year contract
Ages 31-35
15% raise for a 2 year contract
17.5% for a 3 year contract
20% for a 4 year contract
22.5% for a 5 year contract
Ages 35+
0% raise for a 2 year contract
-10% for a 3 year contract
-15% for a 4 year contract
-20% for a 5 year contract
All contracts will be based on the player's age as of September 15th of the current season even if the player changes age brackets at some point during the contract.
Offer-sheets
All players coming off of their 3 year ELC are subject to offer-sheets.
There will be a 1 week offer-sheet period, beginning at 8am EST the day after the Stanley Cup finals are completed each season.
To present an "offer-sheet" you must PM (private message) the owner of said player with your offer. Your offer is the salary you are willing to pay that player on a 3 year contract. After 1 week all managers making offers will post their offers in the offer-sheet thread and the owner will confirm which was the highest offer received.
The player owner will have 2 days to announce his decision to match or not.
If he matches he will sign the player for 85% of the highest bid for 3 years with an option for an extra year for the full amount of the highest bid.
Offer-sheet Compensation
If a manager does not match, the highest bidder must pay the same compensation that the NHL has set out that season.
2017-18 Scale
$1,300,000 or below
None
Over $1,300,000 to $2,000,000
3rd round pick
Over $2,000,000 to $4,000,000
2nd round pick
Over $4,000,000 to $6,000,000
1st round and 3rd round pick
Over $6,000,000 to $8,000,000
1st round, 2nd round and 3rd round pick
Over $8,000,000 to $10,000,000
Two 1st round picks, 2nd round pick, 3rd round pick
Over $10,000,000
Four 1st round picks
Buyouts
There will be a 1 week buyout period, beginning at 8am the day after the Stanley Cup finals are completed each season. Every team is permitted a maximum of 3 buyouts per year. The penalty for a buyout is the total of 30% of the salary for the length of the contract.
All players who were bought out are become free agents and enter the FA pool.
3. Free Agency
All players not under contract to be dropped from your team at least 1 week before the FA auction (date to be determined each season)
Each year all free agents will be in the free agent auction
Each team will enter the auction with their remaining cap space
**All players not extended by Jan 1st of the final year of their contract WILL become free agents at season's end and will be put into the free agent auction.**
In Season drops and Waiver Wire
Players can dropped during the season, however the team dropping a player will retain all but $1M (to be changed in future years) of the player's salary cap hit for the entire length of the player's contract.
*If another team picks the player up off of waivers the new team inherits the entire contract. These players are eligible for contract extensions.
**If the player is picked up in a future FA auction, the orignal team is only responsible for the difference between the original contract and new contract minus $1M provided the contract is lower. (teams are responsible for tracking these players for themselves.)
Adding Players In Season
Any player picked up from the free agent list will have a salary of $650k in 2017-18 (NHL Minimum) and cannot be extended. They will re-enter the next FA auction.
4. Trades:
All trades will be immediately executed through Fantrax. However if there is a protest it will be reviewed and discussed. Only trades deemed to be extremely unfair or a result of collusion will be vetoed. If a trade is deemed to be a result of collusion both managers may be expelled from the league.
Salary retention: We will use NHL Rules...
The acquiring team must assume at least 50 percent of the remaining salary and cap charge of the SPC.
Such a contract can only be traded twice using provision 1 during the lifetime of the SPC.
Retained salary by the trading team cannot be more than 15 percent of the upper salary cap limit.
A maximum of 3 such contracts with salary retained in a trade can be on a team's books at any one time.
5. Rosters:
Weekly Lineup Changes
10 Forwards
5 Defensemen
1 Goalie
7 Bench
15 Minors in year 1
20 Minors in year 2
25 Minors in year 3
30 Minors in year 4 (capped at 30)
Minor league eligibility:
Any player who is under 27 years old and hasn't played 82 NHL games is eligible for the minors.
Playoff Rosters
Lineups can only be changed at the beginning of each round
6 Forwards
3 Defensemen
1 Goalie
6. Standings
***Loopholes will be closed immediately and any deals that exploit loopholes will be nulified.***
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