Regular Season rules will not be changed after August 1st

Playoff rules will not be changed once the draft is held

Entrance fee
$50.00 must be paid by draft day - No exceptions!
$40 goes towards regular season,
$10 goes towards playoffs
NO REFUND once draft has started.

Officepools fees (regular and playoffs)
                 $ 45.00
Regular season winnings
1st place    $230.00
2nd place   $140.00  
3rd place    $ 85.00  
Playoff winnings
1st place    $ 65.00 
2nd place   $ 35.00
TOTAL   $600.00
*based on a 12 team league - amounts may vary depending on the number of teams involved.

$62 Million Salary Cap
*cap will go up the same percentage as the NHL*
(23 - 25 player per team)
9 forwards
5 defensemen
1 enforcer
1 rookie
2 goalies
5 - 7 reserve players (bench)
Reserve players are players that do not accumulate points but are still included in the $62m salary cap.
Rookies - To be considered a rookie, a player must not have played in 25 or more NHL games in any preceding seasons, nor in six or more NHL games in each of any two preceding seasons. Any player at least 26 years of age (by September 15th of that season) is not considered a rookie.

Rookie breakdown (same rule, different wording)
- total NHL games must be less than 25
- must not have played 6 NHL games or more during any 2 seasons (6 games or more in each of 2 seasons = minimum 12 NHL games played)
- must be under 26 years old (as of Sept 15th) 

MOVES:
Free Agents, Roster Moves and Trades

- All moves must be submitted by 7PM or the first game that day, whichever comes first
- No moves will be made if they put a team over the salary cap.
- In cases where players salaries are automatically adjusted, putting a team over the cap, managers will have one week to make a move that puts them back under the cap.
- The trade deadline will be the same date as the NHL’s trade deadline (???, 2009 at midnight)
- Any player dropped after the deadline will no longer be available to be picked up by any team

Free Agents:
Two per week from October 7th/08 (first Tuesday after season starts) until the NHL trade deadline
(Between Tuesday at 8am and Monday at midnight)
maximum 1 free agent per day
After the trade deadline, one free agent per week can be picked up (no off-season pickups)
(Between Tuesday at 8am and Monday at midnight)

**Players that are dropped will not be available to be picked up by any other team for 12 hours, and not available to the team that dropped said player for 24 hours**(NEW)


Roster Moves and trades:
Roster moves will be processed on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Trades will be processed every day, as long as a roster move is not required ... if a roster move is required, the trade cannot be processed until Tuesday or Friday.

Each manager involved in a trade must submit details of the trade through email.

No trades are permitted between the trade deadline and August 1st


Protecting Players
(Click here to see teams protected players)
During the off-season, each manager must submit a list of 10-12 (NEW) protected players by August 1st.

Failure to submit a list by August 1st will result in only 10 players with the most points being automatically protected

Each teams protected list must consist of the following
0 - 2 Goalies
1 - 3 Defense
any 3 defensive players (goalies and defense) can be protected ... except a maximum of 2 goalies
7 forwards (NEW)
0 - 2 rookies (any position, but must be qualified to be a rookie for the upcoming season) (NEW)

FORMULAS and DRAFT ORDER
(Rules, page 2)

PLAYOFFS (click for rules)
The top 9 (of 12) teams in the regular season make the Playoffs  
***If any team(s) drop out before draft day, only 8 teams will make the playoffs)