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Post by Moncton Wildcats on Jun 27, 2012 7:44:44 GMT -5
1. Using real-life NHL salaries from 2011-12... Is the player's salary his cap hit? 2. Signing a player to a contract.... is the player's salary based on his 2011-12 salary for the lenght of his contract ? For example, let'S say Zach Parise made $6.5 million in 2011-2012 but signs for $7 million as a UFA this summer, will his salary be $7 million the second year of a 2-year contract? 3. 25 Man NHL Roster (19 starting roster + 6 on the bench + 6 IR)... Sorry, I just don't get the IR part at all. 4. Head-to-Head Points Based... is it defined by the following? - In each week's Head-to-Head matchup, teams will accrue Fantasy points based on the stat categories and modifiers selected by a league Commissioner and earned by players in their starting lineups for each day.
- Players on the bench for any given day will not accrue points, even if they play in an actual game.
- Points are not divided among different stat categories and scored separately. Instead, your team will have a cumulative point total for all players for that Fantasy week.
- The team that finishes the matchup with the highest point total gets credit for a win, while the opponent gets charged with a loss. If the two teams end up tied in points, both teams get credit for a tie in the standings.
Source: help.yahoo.com/kb/index?locale=en_US&y=PROD_SPORTS_FAN_HOCKEY&page=content&id=SLN68685. What source can we use to determine the position of a player? For example, Yahoo Sports sees Henrik Zetterberg as C but TSN.ca sees him as a LW/C. Source: www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=2050sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/2503Thanks
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Post by Lake Erie Monsters (Austin) on Jun 27, 2012 12:08:46 GMT -5
Also as far as the roster, I also would ask for a few modifications. I see that you have 3 C, 3 LW, 3 RW, and 3 F. I realize that the F gives more flexibility but in an effort to make it as realistic as possible, how about 4 C, 4 LW, 4 RW, 6 D, 1 G as the starting lineup just like a real NHL team. It will be as close to being a real GM as possible and I think that is the reason we all join salary cap dynasty leagues.
Thanks, Austin
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Post by Commish (Pete) on Jun 27, 2012 15:23:03 GMT -5
Good questions, I knew I'd miss something when I was writing the rules.
1. Yes, the cap hit is the salary. Bonuses don't count.
2. The player's salary is the same for every year of the contract. No back-loading or front-loading. New NHL contracts signed for 2012-13 and beyond don't affect this league.
3. The IR spots are for players on the real NHL injured reserve, or suspended players. They still count against the cap.
4. That is exactly how points-based works.
5. For position eligibility you should use the Fantrax player listing, they may be different than Espn & Yahoo. I don't know when or if they change during the season but I will find out. I see that for the start of the season Zetterberg is eligible at C/LW on Fantrax, which is realistic - he does play both positions.
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Post by Commish (Pete) on Jun 27, 2012 15:38:37 GMT -5
As to Austin's suggestion about the rosters, I'm OK with or without the F positions. It will cause you difficulties at times when the injuries pile up, but that's what real coaches have to deal with. I'm putting up a poll below the Questions board, if enough of you want to we'll go with 4C/4LW/4RW. This has to be decided before the draft starts.
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Post by burgmicester on Jun 27, 2012 18:28:41 GMT -5
Also as far as the roster, I also would ask for a few modifications. I see that you have 3 C, 3 LW, 3 RW, and 3 F. I realize that the F gives more flexibility but in an effort to make it as realistic as possible, how about 4 C, 4 LW, 4 RW, 6 D, 1 G as the starting lineup just like a real NHL team. It will be as close to being a real GM as possible and I think that is the reason we all join salary cap dynasty leagues. Thanks, Austin Austin: As a member of another league and having played one season, it is a little different in the fantasy world. In the real NHL, the coach can change the designation of LW, RW and C, but here we are stuck with the designation assigned. That F position is vitally important. Just my opinion.
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Post by Lake Erie Monsters (Austin) on Jun 27, 2012 19:18:09 GMT -5
Ok and just to clear things up Pete about the salary, it is the cap hit of last year, and NOT the amount of money they actually made last year, correct?
Sorry for so many things haha
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Post by burgmicester on Jun 27, 2012 19:43:33 GMT -5
Good questions, I knew I'd miss something when I was writing the rules. 1. Yes, the cap hit is the salary. Bonuses don't count. I'm a little confused on this myself. CapGeek has the salary and the bonus, but then lists the true team cap hit. It combines the two and averages the bonus on occasion or something like that. If we do not use the true Cap Hit (including the bonuses), then a player like Matt Duchene would only count $900,000 against the team salary cap and not the $3.2MM that Colorado was charged. Can you clarify? thanks.
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Post by burgmicester on Jun 27, 2012 19:51:57 GMT -5
Good questions, I knew I'd miss something when I was writing the rules. 3. The IR spots are for players on the real NHL injured reserve, or suspended players. They still count against the cap. [/quote Another question: If you have a guy like Sidney Crosby, and last year he was on the IR for nearly the entire year. His $9MM salary would count against the salary cap? This might really hurt some teams so that they cannot even be competitive. Any additional thoughts on this? Everyone has to live by the same rules so that is okay, but my thoughts are troubled on this rule. At one time year, I had 12 players on the IR. Our league doesn't count IR against the cap. If it did, I'm not sure I could have fielded a team for part of the year. Thanks, Pete.
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Post by Commish (Pete) on Jun 27, 2012 20:25:38 GMT -5
About the salaries- We just use the cap hit for 2011-12. I see that for some guys bonuses are included in that. We don't have to worry about that. On cap geek, just go to the teams 2011 salary page and use the cap hit column. So for Duchene his FHL salary is $3,200,000.
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Post by Commish (Pete) on Jun 27, 2012 20:35:04 GMT -5
I've thought about it and I'm going to change the rule so that IR guys don't count against the cap. That does make more sense.
I can also add more IR spots if necessary.
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Post by Moncton Wildcats on Jun 28, 2012 6:32:11 GMT -5
Are the IR players considered to be part of the 25-Man Roster?
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Post by Commish (Pete) on Jun 28, 2012 13:06:40 GMT -5
Are the IR players considered to be part of the 25-Man Roster? No they're not. Like most leagues you can promote or sign a player to replace them while they're on IR. I'm going to add to the rule that once the player comes off the NHL IR, you have til the end of the current matchup to get him off of your IR. This is so healthy players can't be stashed on a teams IR. Edit: You will have 1 week to take the player off of IR.
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Post by Lake Erie Monsters (Austin) on Jun 29, 2012 0:09:33 GMT -5
Hey Pete just a question about the contracts of our players. After the first contracts we give our players run out, do they become RFA's or UFA's?
As in are we going to have a chance to match a bid made by a team or do they just go to the highest bidder?
Thanks in advance, Lake Erie Monsters(Austin)
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Post by Commish (Pete) on Jun 29, 2012 3:09:49 GMT -5
The guys that you sign to an entry-level contract (less than 10 GP) become RFAs when their contract is up. The others become UFAs. This is pretty close to the NHL system.
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