INTRODUCTION
The following document is the official constitution of the
Canadian Fantasy Hockey League, hereon referred
to as the CFHL. The CFHL is only for the true, elite hockey fan
who not only follows their team but
wants to experience the hands on action of running their very own
hockey team.
LEAGUE SETUP
The CFHL will be run using the HLS2 simulator and Tim Chan's
League Manager.
The league shall consist of 24 teams which shall be divided into
two conferences.
Furthermore, each conference shall then be divided into two
divisions. No team may change divisions
during the seasons.
All stated times will be treated as if they were in Vancouver, BC
or Los Angeles (PST). That time shall be
considered CFHL time.
TEAM SETUP
Each team shall be run by a General Manager selected by the
commissioner. It is required that each team
be based in an actual location. Each team shall have a 35-man
roster.
GAMES
Each team shall play a total of 84 games each season. They shall
play eight games against each team in
their division and two games against every other team in the
CFHL.
LINES
Games will be simmed approx. twice a week, with 3 or 4 games
being simmed on those days.
Every GM MUST send in lines for every one of those days. You will
be allowed to miss once or twice,
but if you don't send in your lines almost every time or every
second game you will be removed from the league
TRADES
Just as in real life, trading is one of the most important aspect
of the league. As in most other fantasy
leagues and the NHL, you can trade almost anything. You may
trade:
DRAFT PICKS
You may trade as many draft picks as you desire but you may not
trade draft picks for any drafts that
will occur five years after the deal. For example, you could
deal:
1st rounder in 98, 2nd rounder in 99, 3rd rounder in 00
but not:
1st rounder in 98 to 01, 2nd rounder in 02-05
This is based along the philosophy that it would be unfair for
any future owners of your teams to not
have draft picks for the next 20 years.
PLAYERS
The most obvious asset you can deal is the players. This is
pretty straightforward, deal as many as you
like, no limits!
Once completed, BOTH sides must send confirmation to the
trademaster. The following procedure must
happen within a 48 hour period of the trade being completed for
it to be ruled unfair. Within the 48 hours
of the trade being posted to the web pages, three separate
parties must register complaints to the
commissioner. If that has happened and the commissioner agrees,
it shall be taken to a disciplinary
hearing. The two parties will have to reason the trade and if the
committee disagrees by a majority vote,
each side shall be fined and the trade shall be void.
The salaries shall be decided by Tim Chan's League Manager.
ENTRY DRAFT
Each year, the league will hold a 3 round entry draft. During
this draft any player not on the roster of any
CFHL team and is in the NHL, AHL, IHL or has been signed or
drafted by an NHL franchise is eligeable.
Any player not meeting such criteria will not be available to
play in the CFHL. The draft shall occur with
the team with the worst record that season drafting first and the
best drafting last for each round.
ELIGEABILITY
Any player who plays in the NHL, IHL or AHL or has been drafted
or signed by an NHL franchise is
eligeable to play in the CFHL. Any player who is in the juniours
shall not play until the time when they
are promoted or drafted. Furthermore, IHL and AHL players may
ONLY be drafted. They may not be
signed during the regular season. Any player who is having a
contract dispute with their team will still
be eligeable even though they do not have an NHL contract,
provided they played at least one game the
previous season in the NHL.
EDITOR OF THE CFHL RINKSIDE
This person should be a very responsible and dedicated person. I
have many ideas for a newspaper that
I will share with the appropriate editor. They are responsible
for assembling a team of reporters and
producing a newspaper once a week. They must have access to a web
page and have some journalistic
skill. It is their job to see all stories are in and they must
have one edition per week, and are granted
vacation time.
ALL STAR GAME
The League All-Stars shall be voted on by the General Managers
and compete in two different
competitions. Every other CFHL season there shall be a North
America v. Europe game and the other
seasons shall be a Canadian Confernce v. World Conference game.