Puck Hogs Local 242

References:

1. PHL242 league in Yahoo: http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/phl242 or  http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey/9754 (for this season)
2. Recruiting league is: http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/puckhogslocal242 or http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey/1625 (for this season)
3. PHL242 message board: http://www.frangioni.com/phl242/
4. Yahoo Fantasy Hockey Rules: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/hockey/rules/

League Composition:

1. # Teams: We will have a 20 team league
2. League Type: Our league will have a points based regular season and a head to head (H2H) playoff system. Season will commence as a points based league with the following schedule:

§         Regular Season: Oct 4, 2008 – Mar 22, 2008 (Feb 26, 2008: Trade Deadline)

§         Quarterfinals : Mar 23-Mar 29, 2009

§         Semifinals: Mar 30 – Apr 5, 2009

§         Finals: Apr 6 – April 12, 2009

Playoffs:

1. Main Bracket Seeding: Top eight teams will qualify for the playoffs (Winner’s Bracket):

§         Quarterfinals (First Round)

·         1 vs 8

·         2 vs 7

·         3 vs 6

·         4 vs 5

§         Semi-finals (Second Round). Note, teams will not reseed in semi-finals, brackets are fixed.

·         Winner 1/8 vs Winner 4/5

·         Winner 2/7 vs Winner 3/6

§         Finals: Remaining two teams

§         3^rd Place: Winner of semi-final losers

§         Final finishing order of playoff bracket losers will be based on total points in that round.

2. Toilet Bowl Seeding: Second eight teams (#9-#16) will qualify for the playoffs (Consolation (Toilet Bowl) Bracket)

§         Quarterfinals (First Round)

·         9 vs 16

·         10 vs 15

·         11 vs 14

·         12 vs 13

§         Semi-finals (Second Round). Note, teams will not reseed in semi-finals, brackets are fixed.

·         Winner 9/16 vs Winner 12/13

·         Winner 10/15 vs Winner 11/14

§         Finals: Remaining two teams

§         Final finishing order of playoff bracket losers will be based on total points in that round.

3. Points Tracking: As we will be a points based league in YFH for the entire season, we must track playoff brackets manually. We will post the brackets on the PHL242 Message Board. Yahoo will continue to track the scoring but we will note each team’s points at the beginning of that playoff week and subtract that beginning total from the week end total to get the true total for that week. We will compare the two teams playing head to head in that playoff round to determine that week’s winner. Example

§         Team 1 begins the first round (totals at the end of regular season) with 20,000 points and ends the first round (totals after last day of playoffs) with 20, 850 points. Team 1’s true Playoff Round 1 total is 850 points

§         Team 8 begins the first round (totals at the end of regular season) with 18,000 points and ends the first round (totals after last day of playoffs) with 18, 800 points. Team 1’s true Playoff Round 1 total is 800 points

§         Team 1 is declared the winner of that bracket by a score of 850 to 800.

§         We will continue the same system for all rounds using the previous rounds’ ending totals as the next round’s beginning totals

§         Note: yahoo will continue to keep track of all scoring; we will just handle this manual handicapping on the message board.

§         Drop/Adds: All drop/add rules will continue to apply during playoffs

§         Trades: Trading deadline will have passed so there will be no trades during playoffs

§         Commish will lock out all drop/add ability for all teams eliminated from playoffs. The only playoff losers allowed to continue drop/adds are those competing for the #3 position during the finals week. This rule is to prevent eliminated teams from affecting contending teams via drop/adds. All teams may drop/add throughout the playoffs subject to their drop/add limit as managed by yahoo.

4. Yahoo stat adjustments: Yahoo makes stat corrections weekly and these may impact the team the winning team of a playoff series.

§         If the margin of victory is greater than 100 points, the current winner shall be declared permanent and all playoff rules shall be followed.

§         If the margin is less than 100 points, both teams shall be allowed to continue playing in the playoffs subject to normal playoff rules until confirmation of stats on the following week’s cycle,

§         Upon confirmation of stats during yahoo’s next cycle, the winner of the previous round shall be the team competing in the following round just completed.

Team Composition/Scoring Categories/Scoring Points Modifiers/Waivers/Max Games

Please see the specific PHL242 rules in Yahoo and Yahoo’s generic fantasy hockey rules. Specific amendments follow:

1. I will do a one-time reset of all manager’s drop/add’s to zero on October 3, 2008.
2. Teams will have 25 drop/adds for the regular season. These moves are “use/lose” moves for the regular season. Commish will manually do the drop/add reset.
3. During playoffs, each team will have 3 drop/adds per playoff round. These moves will be “use/lose” for every playoff round.  Commish will manually do the drop/add reset.

Draft:  Our league will have a live draft on Saturday September 20, 2008 at 12pm PDT. See the PHL242 league in Yahoo for details on live draft participation. Managers may elect to pre-rank players and not participate in the live draft as needed.

League Entry Fee

1. $75 will be this year’s entry fee.
2. Please mail me a check or you may paypal me. If you choose paypal please add $2 for receiving fees. Currency is USD.
3. Please email me for a mailing address if you intend to pay by check:
   
   
   

Prizes

Prize schedule will be as follows. Note all, regular season awards (1%) only apply the PHL242 regular season, not the NHL regular season:

1^st Place: $700 (The Bucket)

2^nd Place: $350

3^rd Place: $175

Toilet Bowl Champ: $70

President’s Trophy (Most points at end of regular season): $70

Ron Jeremy Award (Most goals regular season): $15

Rusty Trombone Award (Most assists regular season): $15

Ogie Oglethorpe Award (Most PIMS regular season): $20

Denis Lemieux ownz, OWNZZZ!!! Award (Most wins regular season): $15 (1%)

Puck Hog Booby Prize (secret category only known by Commish (excluded from eligibility)): $15 (1%)

Web Site/Share Point annual fees $55

All prizes paid by Commish at conclusion of playoffs either by check or by paypal. Winners must contact Commish with preferred payment method

Trophies

All trophies travel COD. Current holder and future holder of the each trophy must make arrangements for transfer. For those trophies that don’t exist yet. Commish and winner will arrange for transportation.

The Bucket: Every winner of The Bucket will remove one “Asshole’s” hockey card from The Bucket to keep as a memento and add a new “Asshole” at their discretion. Winner must abide by the “9 Rules of The Bucket” posted inside.

Trades:

1. Managers are free to offer and make trades as explained in the Yahoo rules.
2. Anyone who wishes to protest a trade must publicly do so on the message board. All players may comment on the issue and/or begin a poll on the message board. Trades can be vetoed by a majority vote by the Trade Jury.
1. Trade Jury is composed of Adrian (Commish), Ralph, and McVeigh. Vote of the Trade Jury is final. If any trades are made by members of the Trade Jury, the remaining Jury member(s) will make the judgment (i.e. jury member involved in trade cannot vote).
2. Not all trades will have action by the Trade Jury, only those deemed questionable by any members.  
3. Trades will proceed according to Yahoo’s waiting period if there are no issues.
3. No odd player trades will be allowed (i.e. 2 for 1 or 3 for 2). These types of trades require the odd gaining manager to drop a player to maintain correct roster size. This makes judging fairness of a trade very difficult. Further, experience shows that most of these trade offers are rejected.
4. “Team Need” will not be considered when judging fairness of trades. Fairness will be judged on an absolute basis. Note “Team Need” usually revolves around goaltenders which are a most scarce commodity. As such, goaltender scarcity will factor into trade fairness, but a particular team’s need for goaltending (usually a result of an injury) will not.    

Special Circumstances

1. Player Dumping: This occurs when a manager (usually frustrated) dumps star players or possibly their entire roster to the waiver wire. In the unlikely event this occurs, Commish will freeze the manager and take control of manager’s team. All dumped players will be frozen and not available for pickup. Commish will then add players back to the team they were dumped from and lock out that team from competition for remainder of the season. Manager doing this will forfeit any prizes they were eligible for.
2. Unintentional Roster Moves: There are rare occasions when a manager “clicks the wrong button” when acting on a trade offer or dropping/adding a player. The league gives managers limited flexibility in recalling these errors:
1. Erroneous Trade Approval: If a manager erroneously approves a trade they did not wish to, that manager must send an email to the Commish and the trading partner (manager) within 15 minutes of the error. Commish automatically gets an email from yahoo on agreed trades so can easily compare timing of emails. The 15 minute limit is to prevent managers from acting on buyer’s remorse hours later or an injury/player announcement after execution of the trade date.
3. Hometown Jackass Rule: All Puck Hogs that live within a two hour drive of the officially sanctioned Puckapalooza event are required to attend and drink beer with the fellow Puck Hogs. Failure to do so will result in immediate suspension and removal from the league and forfeiture of all league fees.