Back in the old days, we used to create many different and interesting drafts, some of which would take hours and multiple attempts to get a team that you liked. I hope this will be one of those drafts.
First a couple of requirements:
ALL PLAYERS WILL HAVE A DEFENSIVE RATING IN THE 70s. Hence the 70’s League
ALL PLAYERS MUST HAVE A GAME PLAYED PERCENTAGE OF 75% OR HIGHER. (excluding the 3 scrubs and goalies)
General Rules
$110M cap
No WW, trades, ML, PI, Clones
Max out: 4
Relaxed Roster
FORWARDS
You will draft 4 different lines, a Top Line, Second Line, Grinding Line and a Checking Line. Each line will have differing drafting and playing requirements. One constant for all lines (Including PP and SH lines) is as follows: YOU CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN 1 PLAYER WITH A SHOOTING % AT 20% OR HIGHER PER LINE. You can play your lines anywhere (for instance, you can have your Top Line as Line 3 if you choose), however the lines as drafted will have to stay together as line requirements should prohibit the co-mingling of players from different lines. This will of course be on the honor system, but non-compliance will result in forfeiture of games.
Top Line
Salary: $30M
Draft anyone you want with player guidelines, however, there cannot be a difference of more than $3.0M between the highest priced player and the lowest priced player on that line.
Second Line
Salary: $20M
Draft anyone you want with player guidelines, however, there cannot be a difference of more than $1.5M between the highest priced player and the lowest priced player on that line.
Grinding Line
Salary: $15M
Draft anyone you want with player guidelines, however, there cannot be a difference of more than $1.0M between the highest priced player and the lowest priced player on that line.
Checking Line
Salary: $7M
Draft anyone you want with player guidelines, however, there cannot be a difference of more than $0.5M between the highest priced player and the lowest priced player on that line.
Power Play Lines
Only Players from the Top Line and Second Line are eligible. No Salary limits, however keep in mind that you can only have 1 player with a Shooting % of 20% or greater on each line.
Penalty Kill Lines
Only players from the Grinding Line or Checking Line are eligible. No Salary limits, but shooting % rule applies.
Scrubs
Choose any 3 $165,000 players with a Def rating in the 70’s
DEFENSEMAN
Salary: $30M
Draft 6 defensemen based on the dollar limits listed below.
ALL defensemen must play on at least 1 PP pairing or PK pairing.
There cannot be more than a $1M difference in player salaries for each pair, EXCLUDING PP and PK pairs.
Draft 1 D-man with salary between $7M & $8M
Draft 1 D-man with salary between $6M & $7M
Draft 1 D-man with salary between $5M & $6M
Draft 1 D-man with salary between $4M & $5M
Draft 1 D-man with salary between $3M & $4M
Draft 1 D-man with salary between $2M & $3M
GOALIES
SALARY: $10M
Draft any goalie you want, however there cannot be more than a $4.5M difference in salaries between the two.
You will notice that the Salaries when added together are greater than $110M. That is where the fun will come in as you will have to manage the $2M plus (don’t forget the 3 $165K scrubs!). I played around this weekend coming up with the exact limits and drafted a couple of teams. They looked interesting and different from the standard cookie cutter teams and would make for a different, and fun league. Thanks for looking and I hope we get enough to make this league a go.
I will reserve the right to add or alter any requirements as questions arise. Also, please don’t sign up requesting changes of any of the requirements or salary limits. The fun is drafting within the guidelines as set, not changing them to suit how you want to draft.
6/12/2016 8:41 PM (edited)