Due to 72 game season and 21 week scoring period instead of 23 (this was last full season 2018-2019) I think we need to adjust playoffs slightly.

Please review and quick yes or no vote. If you vote no happy to hear feedback what you think might be better.

While a 2 weeks finals would be nice it would be at expense of cutting the regular season shorter or adjusting the amount of teams making it. Neither of these things is something I like but figured make it fair allow for feedback before finalize (tentatively matchups are set with final 4 weeks playoffs to align with proposal)

Proposed playoff change for this year only

Playoffs

14 out of 20 teams will make the playoffs:
- The top-5 seeds in each conference
- 4 Wild-Card spots, which are the 4 next best teams regardless of conference
- The 1st Seed in each Conference will be rewarded with a 1st Round BYE

The Playoffs last a total of 4 weeks (with only 1 week finals matchup).

Round 1 Matchups (Scoring period 18 - April 19th to April 25th):
1st West - Bye  /  1st East - Bye
2nd W vs. WC 3 /  2nd E vs. WC 4
3rd W vs. WC 2  /  3rd E vs. WC 1
4th W vs. 5th W  /  4th E vs. 5th E

Round 2: Highest seeds play lowest seeds (Scoring period 19 - April 26th to May 2nd)
Example Round 2 Matchups:
1st W vs. 4th W  /  1st E vs. 5th E
2nd W vs. 3rd W  /  2nd E vs. 3rd E

Round 3: Conference Finals (Scoring period 20 - May 3rd to May 9th)
ie. 1st W vs. 2nd W  /  2nd E vs. 5th E

Round 4: Finals (Single week matchup - Scoring period 21 - May 10th to May 16th)
ie. 1st W vs 2nd E

3.3m Gleague

RC

Based on some inconsistencies brought with initial set up and to ensure we have a uniform rule for all players, I believe the below would be fair changes. Please feel free to weigh in and I have the poll as a simple yes or no. Ideally this can pass but if there is strong objection open to modifying and discussing further, just want things to be conistent. If this does passes changes will be made all together nd will update rules accordingly on games played, plus keep in mind this is mostly a 1 time cleanup.

Reviewing discussion thread and some talk with a few teams via PM in very simple terms we are looking at this:

Players with 0-29 NHL games played start with full rookie contracts
Players with 30+ NHL games played start with actual contract

So players who at this point in time have 0-29 NHL games played in their career would be on a full rookie contract and then once they cross 30 the contract changes to current season + the 2 years and then RFA status like league rules state. Any player right now who has more then 30 NHL games in prior years would start with whatever their actual contract currently is in the NHL.

Note: if you see * beside your player this means they require a call up or free drop. Also if this officially passes from the time it does, I will give 1 week deadline on these guys so you can also consider trades as a way to open spots/cap if needed.

Hopefully below covers everything and most teams not effected much with a few exceptions:


Anaheim (Updated)
C Sam Carrick, $0.7m (R) (34GP) -> $0.7m (2020-2021)*
C Isac Lundestrom, $0.7m (R) (30GP) -> $0.9m (2020-2021) [RFA] *
LW/RW Maxime Comtois, $0.7m (R) (39GP) -> $0.8m (2020-2021) [RFA]*
D Brendan Guhle, $0.7m (R) (59GP) -> $0.8m (2021-2022)*


Boston (Updated)
D Calle Rosen, $0.8m (2020-2021) (20GP) -> Not on ELC in real life so no adjustment
C/LW Morgan Frost, $0.9m (2021-2022) [RFA] (20GP) -> $0.9m (R)
RW Julien Gauthier, $0.9m (2020-2021) [RFA] (17GP) -> $0.9m (R)
D Ville Heinola, $0.9m (2022-2023) [RFA] (8GP) -> $0.9m (R)
D Timothy Liljegren, $0.9m (2021-2022) [RFA] (11GP) -> $0.9m (R)
G Jake Oettinger, $0.9m (2021-2022) [RFA] (0GP) -> $0.9m (R)


Carolina
None

Colorado (updated)
C/LW Lias Andersson, $0.7m (R) (66GP) -> $0.9m (2020-2021) [RFA] * Already on NHL roster
RW Kiefer Sherwood, $0.7m (R) (60GP) -> $0.8m (2020-2021) (no RFA) *
D Anton Lindholm, $0.7m (R) (66GP) -> $0.7m (2020-2021) (no RFA) *


Edmonton
None

Las Vegas (Updated)
RW Matt Luff, $0.7m (R) (51GP) -> $0.7m (2020-2021) [RFA]*
D Libor Hajek, $0.7m (R) (33GP) -> $0.8m (2020-2021) [RFA]*
G Matiss Kivlenieks, $0.7m (2020-2021) [RFA] (6GP)-> $0.7m (R)


Los Angeles (Updated)
D Nicolas Hague, $0.7m (R) (38GP) -> $0.8m (2021-2022) [RFA] * Already on NHL roster
C/LW Barrett Hayton, $0.9m (2021-2022) [RFA] (20GP) -> $0.9m (R)
G Ilya Samsonov, $0.9m (2020-2021) [RFA] (26GP) -> $0.9m (R)


Minnesota (Updated)
LW Kirill Kaprizov, $0.9m (2020-2021) [RFA] (0GP) -> $0.9m (R)


Montreal
C/LW Joseph Blandisi, $0.7m (R) (101GP) -> $0.7m (2020-2021) (no RFA) * Already on NHL roster
D Alexander Romanov, $0.9m (2021-2022) [RFA] (0GP) -> $0.9m (R)
D Cale Fleury, $0.7m (2022-2023) [RFA] (41GP) -> $0.8m (2020-2021) [RFA] * Change to RFA, already on NHL roster
D Gustav Olofsson, $0.7m (R) (59GP) -> $0.8m (2020-2021) [RFA]*


Nashville (Updated)
RW Eeli Tolvanen, $0.9m (2020-2021) [RFA] (7GP) -> $0.9m (R)


New York (Updated)
D Zach Whitecloud, $0.7m (2021-2022) [RFA] (17GP) -> $0.7m (R)
G Igor Shesterkin, $0.9m (2020-2021) [RFA] (12GP) -> $0.9m (R)


Pittsburgh  (Updated)
D Juuso Valimaki, $0.9m (2020-2021) [RFA] (24GP) -> $0.9m (R)


San Jose (Updated)
C/LW Lean Bergmann, $0.8m (2021-2022) [RFA] (12GP) -> $0.8m (R)
C/LW/RW Noah Gregor, $0.8m (2020-2021) [RFA] (28GP) -> $0.8m (R)


Tampa Bay
None

Toronto (Updated)
D Rasmus Sandin, $0.9m (2021-2022) [RFA] (28GP) -> $0.9m (R)
C/LW Nicholas Robertson, $0.8m (2022-2023) [RFA] (0GP) -> $0.8m (R)
RW Owen Tippett, $0.9m (2021-2022) [RFA] (7GP) -> $0.9m (R)


Vancouver (Updated)
C Josh Norris, $0.9m (2021-2022) [RFA] (3GP) -> $0.9m (R)


These guys were labeled incorrectly as RFA during set up and will be updated to remove but posting so you can see before I do so (this is technically not for discussion, we are only allow true rookie/ELC contracts to hit RFA not real life RFA arbitration rights):

- C/LW Pierre Engvall, $1.3m (2021-2022) [RFA]
- C Joel Eriksson Ek, $1.5m (2020-2021) [RFA]
- RW Pavel Buchnevich, $3.3m (2020-2021) [RFA]
- LW/RW Artturi Lehkonen, $2.4m (2020-2021) [RFA]
- RW Brock Boeser, $5.9m (2021-2022) [RFA]

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