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    Hello, all.

    I've got a 20 team H2H dynasty league held on Fantrax with one open spot currently available. We hold our annual prospect draft in mid June, the weekend before the actual NHL draft, so the incoming manager will be in the hot seat to make their own mark on the team right out of the gate.

    As mentioned we're a 20 team league going into our 7th season this fall, with about half of the original members still in place from our inaugural season in 2011-12. We pattern the vast majority of our rules off real NHL rules, so you'll find things such as a 23 player active pro roster (3C, 3LW, 3RW, 6D, 1Skater, 1G and 6 bench) with a 27 player farm system. Waiver eligibility criteria for promoting/demoting players between your pro and minor league rosters, along with an annual prospect draft in the summer consisting of 5 rounds. We have an extensive rule book, formatted into a highly organized and detailed league constitution. The constitution is updated every summer to include any changes/improvements collectively decided upon at our annual GM meeting which takes place the week after the NHL trade deadline. We use the GM meeting primarily to get everyone in one place at the same time to discuss issues and changes needed but also to provide a venue to jump start trade talks for our trade deadline, which happens a few days later.

    We utilize 12 statistics for our weekly matchups, which include;

    Goals, assists, points, special teams points, +/- (under review for replacement), hits, blocks and shorthanded time-on-ice for skaters.
    Wins, goals against average, saves and save percentage for goalies.

    We have 12 of 20 teams making the playoffs each season and the team in question finished 5th place out of the 20 teams this past season, being ousted in the 2nd round of the playoffs. I've included the full list of players within the franchise below and as you will see, the bones of the team are in very good shape. The main challenge will be dealing with an impending salary cap crunch as currently the team sits with only $140K in cap space, with some RFA/UFA players due for a big raise this summer. We use real life salary figures - not cap hits - and our salary cap is tied to the NHL, usually we use the NHL salary cap plus a 15% surplus and currently sit at $83.9M. So next season will likely be in the $84-86M range, it should go up a little bit but not nearly enough to accommodate what will be needed for this team.

    Below is the full team:

    Lowry, Adam C,LW - WPG
    Malkin, Evgeni C - PIT
    Ott, Steve C,LW,RW - MON
    Hoffman, Mike LW,RW - OTT
    Kelly, Chris C,LW - OTT
    VandeVelde, Chris C,LW - PHI
    Brouwer, Troy RW - CGY
    Kessel, Phil RW - PIT
    Stalberg, Viktor LW,RW - OTT
    Beauchemin, Francois D - COL
    Burns, Brent D - SJ
    Hunwick, Matt D - TOR
    Josi, Roman D - NSH
    Lovejoy, Ben D - NJ
    Schultz, Justin D - PIT
    Karlsson, Erik D - OTT
    Hickey, Thomas D - NYI
    Eberle, Jordan RW - EDM
    Glendening, Luke C,RW - DET
    Martin, Matt LW - TOR
    Polak, Roman D - TOR
    Graovac, Tyler C,LW - MIN
    Roy, Kevin C - ANA
    Sundqvist, Oskar C - PIT
    Bournival, Michael LW - TB
    Elson, Turner LW - COL
    Foligno, Marcus LW - BUF
    Gourde, Yanni C,LW - TB
    Kovalchuk, Ilya LW,RW - (N/A)
    Ladd, Andrew LW - NYI
    Leipsic, Brendan LW - TOR
    Zalewski, Michael LW - VAN
    Brassard, Austen RW - (N/A)
    DeBrincat, Alex RW - CHI
    Claesson, Fredrik D - OTT
    Cowen, Jared D - TOR
    Gustafsson, Erik D - CHI
    Kichton, Brenden D - WPG
    Kulak, Brett D - CGY
    Dubnyk, Devan G - MIN
    Fleury, Marc-Andre G - PIT
    Bibeau, Antoine G - TOR
    Boyle, Kevin G - ANA
    Hutton, Carter G - STL

    The league is ultimately managed by myself with assistance from a Co-Commissioner but it is more of a collaborative effort among all managers, with everyone getting an opportunity to have their say. It's cliche to say but genuinely you get out of the league what you put in. If you're looking for a highly competitive, armchair GM type fantasy league with close ties to the real NHL then you've come to the right place. If you're a casual fan who likes to put in an hour or two on weekends then you'll be well outside your element and unable to keep up, so please consider what you're really looking for.

    I haven't included all the details about the league here because it would be a very long post if I did, but if you like what you've read and are interested in joining us, please contact [email protected].

    We are not a first come, first serve league. As such upon receiving your application you'll be asked to respond to a questionnaire consisting of 10 questions that is designed to help us identify who would be the best fit for our league. We've been using it since league inception and it has resulted in a very good group of managers, so bare with us and just know the whole process is to ensure the success and longevity of the league.

    Thanks and good luck to everyone!

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    PM sent!
    30 team league, DYNASTY
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