Re: Advice on how to integrate farm team
The one I was in (a Yahoo League that eventually folded) had the following rules/guidelines in red below. It was done manually by the Commissioner using the Commissioner's Notes feature.
Any skater with less than 50 games played or any goalie with less than 20 games started can be added to this list during the season.
Once the game limits are reached, the players do not need to called up right away, but must be added to your team prior to the beginning of the following season. Any prospects not recalled before the first game is played will be placed on waivers.
If a player is called up from your prospect list once the games limit is passed, they CANNOT be returned to your list. If the games limit is not passed however, they can be called up and demoted as you see fit.
If a player on the prospect list who has passed the games limit is dealt, they can remain on the prospect list for the acquiring team at that point.
Any player currently signed or drafted by an NHL team is eligible, provided we have completed our prospect and turnover draft for that season. Prospects cannot be signed between the last game of the regular season and the completion of our drafts.
If a player on the KHL list returns to the league during the current season, they must be to the active roster within one week of their first game played or that player will be placed on waivers. If a player on the KHL list signs to return to the NHL during the offseason, they must be added before the first regular season NHL game. They do not need to be counted as part of the salary cap keeper limit for that offseason.
Yahoo League #1 - H2H Keep 21
[F] Tkachuk, Barkov, A Svechnikov, Kaprizov, DeBrincat, Scheifele, RNH, Suzuki, Laine, Kakko, Cozens
[D] Makar, Hughes, Nurse, Chabot, Byram
[G] Hart, Shesterkin, Lehner, Helle
Yahoo League #2 - H2H Keep 22
[F] MacKinnon, Guentzel, DeBrincat, EP40, Gaudreau, Barzal, Hughes, Laine, Garland, Norris, Batherson, Farabee
[D] Hedman, MacAvoy, Nurse, Chabot, Pionk, Byram
[G] Nedeljkovic, Smith, Gustavsson, Murray