Official Q&A Thread

[Rob]

When is the deadline for extensions?  Also when will the draft start?

There's a couple teams who have not joined Fantrax yet that I'm waiting to hear back from.  I want to make sure we have all teams ready to go before we set the draft.  If they don't respond soon we have a couple people on the waiting list to take the teams.  Once everyone's on board I'll set a date for the draft.  I'm hoping to start in the next couple weeks.  I'll give you all 1 weeks notice before the draft starts.  The extension deadline is 1 day before the draft begins. 

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[papps]

Here's the changes I am proposing:

I think these changes give everyone the flexibility they need.  After thinking it over a bit I'm not a fan of giving free drops or yearly reductions.  Some teams are in better shape than others financially, but these are the teams we all picked.  Part of the fun is digging a franchise out of the hole, in some cases.   Making it too cheap to drop contracts will water down the league I think.

I think if it is 2m instead of 1m it would be better.  I agree there aren't many contracts that are under 1m that this would effect.

[Whomp]

Do I have to have 30 players on my roster?

Can I carry prospects on my roster at 200K a pop?

[Rob]

Do I have to have 30 players on my roster?

Nope, you can carry fewer than 30.

Can I carry prospects on my roster at 200K a pop?

Yup!

[izaman3]

I had a question about position eligibility. How will they be updated, does Fantrax do it automatically? Also, will there be dual positional players? I know for instance, that Datsyuk and Zetterberg are usually C/LW's because they play both roles frequently during the year. It'd help to know what positions my player can fall under, because it help with my draft strategy and identifying my needs.

[Rob]

I had a question about position eligibility. How will they be updated, does Fantrax do it automatically? Also, will there be dual positional players? I know for instance, that Datsyuk and Zetterberg are usually C/LW's because they play both roles frequently during the year. It'd help to know what positions my player can fall under, because it help with my draft strategy and identifying my needs.

Great question and I wish I had the answer.  I've been trying to figure out how Fantrax determines position eligibility for weeks.  After searching every nook and crany of the site I finally emailed the admins.  The response I got was that their stats provider, Stats Inc., determines eligibility subjectively.  So, at some point this summer I'm assuming they will edit player eligibility.  When it will be done?  No clue.  How it will be determined?  No clue.....  I'd really love to know if Seguin will be eligible for the wing next year but we'll just have to wait and see. 

[BeanTown]

It really sucks because some players that were dual eligible last yr are not anymore, it's like they did a complete overhaul and set to single positions. I always though it took them to play a certain amount on another position to be added to dual (Games or TOI im not sure) but they usually dont re-set them like they did this yr. Really threw my roster for a loop in a few other leagues as I drafted players for their dual eligibility!!!

[papps]

Are we going to be able to see the contracts for the players eligible for the contraction draft?  Can we get a thread listing the players with their contracts or at least a link to where we can find the contracts ourselves?  I think this would be great to research before the draft starts.

[BeanTown]

papps, hockeybuzz.com is a great resource! They have every contract listed by team!!

[Rob]

papps, hockeybuzz.com is a great resource! They have every contract listed by team!!

Yup, hockeybuzz is what I use as well.  Since you inherit the players' contract at the time of the pick I didn't list out the contracts.  If a FA is signed our info would be wrong and I didn't want to edit it for every NHL signing.