LT
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HF GM Games Fantasy Mock Draft #3
A new version of our mock drafts with some twists on the rules.
Salary Cap
- 55M (floor) - 70M (ceiling)
- Limited
- Each GM is allowed to trade up to 3 picks and 3 players
- Picks can only be traded after the 3rd round
- Player trades can only be made after the draft has concluded
- 2019-2020 cap hits will be used, excluding bonuses (i.e., use what you see on CapFriendly)
- Players must have an active contract and have played at least one game in the last two seasons
- To win the Stanley Cup this year
- There will be secondary awards for "Best Future" (team with the best future) and "Best Drafting GM" (the GM you think drafted the best value overall)
- GMs can self-impose restrictions if they so choose (examples include NCAA alumni only, Swedish only, 25 and under only, and more)
- Any GM who takes on a reasonable (as determined by consensus and LT) restriction will be given an extra $5M ($75M total) in cap space to work with. The cap floor will not apply to any GM who takes on a restriction.
- If the restriction is broken at any time by a single pick/trade/player, that GM will lose $15M in cap space ($60M total) and be disqualified from secondary awards
- Once all teams are filled but before the draft begins, the full playoff bracket will be posted
- All 32 teams will make the playoffs with randomly assigned first round opponents
- GMs will vote on each matchup to determine who will advance (vote for who you think would win each matchup, not who you think is the best - this provides more nuance to building a quality team)
- The secondary awards will be voted on separately
- At the conclusion of the draft, GMs will send in their top 5 teams for each secondary award
- These will be tallied by the commissioner (who is ineligible to win either award) and a winner for each will be determined
- The draft will last 20 rounds; Each GM will select 12 forwards, 6 defenders, and 2 goaltenders
- Clock will run from 10:00 AM EST to 12:00 AM EST (except for first day)
- We will have a 2 hour clock for Rounds 1-3
- The clock will be shortened to 1 hour for Rounds 4-14
- The clock will be shortened to 30 minutes for Rounds 15-20
- Missed picks will result in auto-skips until all missed picks are made up
- Any GM who misses 3 picks will have their clock for all remaining picks cut in half
- Any GM who misses 5 picks will have all future picks auto-skipped
- Any GM who misses 10 picks will automatically forfeit their first round playoff matchup and be disqualified from secondary awards
- Going over the cap or not reaching the cap floor will result in an automatic first round loss and a disqualification from secondary awards
- You must keep track of your own cap situation and keep this updated in the Roster thread; failure to do so may result in penalties and cap audits
