Extreme Hockey Constitution

The Dynasty Challenge – Extreme Hockey is a hardcore 32 team dynasty hockey league. The league will be hosted on Fantrax and all league fees and payouts will be administered through Fantrax Treasurer.

 Franchise Fees & Payouts

Franchise fees will be $56 per season ($50 entry fee plus $6 for league administration fees). All teams will be locked for offseason activities until franchise fees are paid. Payouts will be as follows:

1st Place  $500
2nd Place $250
Playoff Win $25 x 16
Playoff Berth $25 x 16
Regular Season Division Winner $25 x 4

 League Setup

Eastern Conference   Western Conference
             
Atlantic Division   Metropolitan Division   Central Division   Pacific Division
Boston Bruins   Carolina Hurricanes   Arizona Coyotes   Anaheim Ducks
Buffalo Sabres   Columbus Blue Jackets   Chicago Blackhawks   Calgary Flames
Detroit Red Wings   New Jersey Devils   Colorado Avalanche   Edmonton Oilers
Florida Panthers   New York Islanders   Dallas Stars   Los Angeles Kings
Montreal Canadiens   New York Rangers   Minnesota Wild   San Jose Sharks
Ottawa Senators   Philadelphia Flyers   Nashville Predators   Seattle Kraken
Tampa Bay Lightning   Pittsburgh Penguins   St. Louis Blues   Vancouver Canucks
Toronto Maple Leafs   Washington Capitals   Winnipeg Jets   Vegas Golden Knights

 Roster

POSITIONS # OF ACTIVE ROSTER SPOTS MAX (POSITION LIMITS)
C 2 6
LW 1 6
RW 1 6
W 2 10
D 3 7
G 1 3
BENCH 13  
MINORS 20  
IR 5  

Players with FRANCHISE or ROOKIE contracts who have less than 82 career games played, designated with a green “M” are eligible to be held in minors (players claimed on waivers or free agency are not eligible). Players that are in the Minor Leagues do not count against the Max Position Limits.

 Scoring

Skater Points   Goalie Points
Goals 4   Wins 10
Assists 3   Losses -5
Shots on Goal 0.5   Saves 0 – 25 saves = 0.25 per save
Short Handed Goals 2     26 – 35 saves = 0.50 per save
Power Play Points 1     36+ saves = 0.75 per save
Face Offs Won 0.5   Goals Against 0 – 3 goals in a game = -1 per GA
Face Offs Lost -0.5     4+ goals in a game = -2 per GA
Blocks C / W = 1   Shutouts 10
  D = 1.25      
Hits 1      
Penalty Minutes -0.25      
Takeaways 1      
Hat Tricks 10      

 Inaugural Draft

The Inaugural Draft will run on Fantrax and will be a standard snake draft which will go 23 rounds. The initial draft order will be randomly selected. Eligible players will be any player who is signed to a professional contract and has played an NHL game. All drafted players will be assigned a “FRANCHISE” contract. During the initial draft there will be no trading. Since this will be a very long draft, trading of picks will only slow the process, this will force franchise owners to focus on drafting. (Don’t worry, once the draft is complete anything is on the table for trading!). The draft will run from 9:00am EST until 12:00am EST then, the clock will pause until the next day (owners may continue to make picks but clock will be stopped overnight). Each pick will have a 3 hour time limit. It is important to keep the draft moving, so please make good use of your player queue.

As this will be a very deep league, it is important that we try to keep things balanced to ensure that all 31 teams finish the draft with a complete roster that is not full of holes. Therefore, all teams must fill all of their Skater active positions (Offense & Defense) before selecting a 2nd Goalie. If you choose to carry a 3rd Goalie, you must have a backups at each active position before you can select one.

In an effort to standardize and put some control around initial player contracts, each drafted player will have a predetermined base salary. The salary will be determined by their position (Skater or Goalie) as well as draft position ranking. Managers will then be able to set contract lengths for each player drafted ranging from 1 – 5 years with following restrictions:

Contract Length # of Contracts
5 Year Contract 5
4 Year Contract 4
3 Year Contract 5
2 Year Contract 4
1 Year Contract 5
Skater Draft Position Salary   Goalie Draft Position Salary
1 $16,000,000   1 $12,000,000
2 $15,000,000   2 $11,000,000
3 $14,000,000   3 $10,000,000
4 $13,000,000   4 $9,000,000
5 $12,000,000   5 $8,000,000
6 $11,000,000   6 $7,000,000
7 $10,900,000   7 $6,900,000
8 $10,800,000   8 $6,800,000
9 $10,700,000   9 $6,700,000
10 $10,600,000   10 $6,600,000
11 $10,500,000   11 $6,500,000
12 $10,400,000   12 $6,400,000
13 $10,300,000   13 $6,300,000
14 $10,200,000   14 $6,200,000
15 $10,100,000   15 $6,100,000
16 $10,000,000   16 $6,000,000
17 $9,900,000   17 $5,900,000
18 $9,800,000   18 $5,800,000
19 $9,700,000   19 $5,700,000
20 $9,600,000   20 $5,600,000
21 $9,500,000   21 $5,500,000
22 $9,400,000   22 $5,400,000
23 $9,300,000   23 $5,300,000
24 $9,200,000   24 $5,200,000
25 $9,100,000   25 $5,100,000
26 $9,000,000   26 $5,000,000
27 $8,900,000   27 $4,900,000
28 $8,800,000   28 $4,800,000
29 $8,700,000   29 $4,700,000
30 $8,600,000   30 $4,600,000
31 $8,500,000   31 $4,500,000
32 $8,400,000   32 $4,400,000
33 $8,300,000   33 $4,300,000
34 $8,200,000   34 $4,200,000
35 $8,100,000   35 $4,100,000
36 $8,000,000   36 $4,000,000
37 $7,950,000   37 $3,900,000
38 $7,900,000   38 $3,800,000
39 $7,850,000   39 $3,700,000
40 $7,800,000   40 $3,600,000
41 $7,750,000   41 $3,500,000
42 $7,700,000   42 $3,400,000
43 $7,650,000   43 $3,300,000
44 $7,600,000   44 $3,200,000
45 $7,550,000   45 $3,100,000
46 $7,500,000   46 $3,000,000
47 $7,450,000   47 $2,900,000
48 $7,400,000   48 $2,800,000
49 $7,350,000   49 $2,700,000
50 $7,300,000   50 $2,600,000
51 $7,250,000   51 $2,500,000
52 $7,200,000   52 $2,400,000
53 $7,150,000   53 $2,300,000
54 $7,100,000   54 $2,200,000
55 $7,050,000   55 $2,100,000
56 $7,000,000   56 $2,000,000
57 $6,975,000   57 $1,900,000
58 $6,950,000   58 $1,800,000
59 $6,925,000   59 $1,700,000
60 $6,900,000   60 $1,600,000
61 $6,875,000   61 $1,500,000
62 $6,850,000   62 $1,400,000
63 $6,825,000   63 $1,300,000
64 $6,800,000   64 $1,200,000
65 $6,775,000   65 $1,100,000
66 $6,750,000   66 $1,000,000
67 $6,725,000   67 – 76 $750,000
68 $6,700,000   77+ $500,000
69 $6,675,000      
70 $6,650,000      
71 $6,625,000      
72 $6,600,000      
73 $6,575,000      
74 $6,550,000      
75 $6,525,000      
76 $6,500,000      
77 $6,475,000      
78 $6,450,000      
79 $6,425,000      
80 $6,400,000      
81 $6,375,000      
82 $6,350,000      
83 $6,325,000      
84 $6,300,000      
85 $6,275,000      
86 $6,250,000      
87 $6,225,000      
88 $6,200,000      
89 $6,175,000      
90 $6,150,000      
91 $6,125,000      
92 $6,100,000      
93 $6,075,000      
94 $6,050,000      
95 $6,025,000      
96 – 100 $6,000,000      
101 – 105 $5,950,000      
106 – 110 $5,900,000      
111 – 115 $5,850,000      
116 – 120 $5,800,000      
121 – 125 $5,750,000      
126 – 130 $5,700,000      
131 – 135 $5,650,000      
136 – 140 $5,600,000      
141 – 145 $5,550,000      
146 – 150 $5,500,000      
151 – 155 $5,450,000      
156 – 160 $5,400,000      
161- 165 $5,350,000      
166 – 170 $5,300,000      
171 – 175 $5,250,000      
176 – 180 $5,200,000      
181 – 185 $5,150,000      
186 – 190 $5,100,000      
191 – 195 $5,050,000      
196 – 200 $5,000,000      
201 – 210 $4,750,000      
211 – 220 $4,500,000      
221 – 230 $4,250,000      
231 – 235 $4,000,000      
236 – 238 $3,950,000      
239 – 241 $3,900,000      
242 – 244 $3,850,000      
245 – 247 $3,800,000      
248 – 250 $3,750,000      
251 – 253 $3,700,000      
254 – 256 $3,650,000      
257 – 259 $3,600,000      
260 – 262 $3,550,000      
263 – 265 $3,500,000      
266 – 268 $3,450,000      
269 – 271 $3,400,000      
272 – 274 $3,350,000      
275 – 277 $3,300,000      
278 – 280 $3,250,000      
281 – 283 $3,200,000      
284 – 286 $3,150,000      
287 – 289 $3,100,000      
290 – 292 $3,050,000      
293 – 297 $3,000,000      
298 – 307 $2,750,000      
308 – 317 $2,500,000      
318 – 327 $2,250,000      
328 – 337 $2,000,000      
338 – 346 $1,500,000      
347 – 371 $1,000,000      
372 – 421 $750,000      
422+ $500,000      

At the conclusion of the Inaugural draft there will be a 6 round Rookie Draft. Draft order will also be randomly selected by Fantrax. Eligible players will be anyone with less than 82 career games played.

 Regular Season Schedule

The Regular Season will be run with two weekly scoring periods (Monday - Thursday and Friday - Sunday). Most scoring periods will consist of double header matchups with a few triple header matchups with the goal of fitting in enough matchups to equal the NHL schedule.

 Playoff Schedule

The playoffs will mirror the NHL playoff format in terms of number of teams and who makes the playoffs. Scoring periods will look to be a full week in length with the possibility of round one being a shortened period like the regular season matchups if the schedule does not permit the full week length.

 Salary Cap

There will be a salary cap which will match the NHL salary cap. The salary cap will be used for signing players to contracts and any unused cap space will be used to sign free agents and make in-season waiver claims. Players on your active roster and injured reserve count against the cap, players in the minors do not.

Season Year Salary Cap
1 2019-2020 $81,500,000
2 2021 $81,500,000
3 2021-2022 $81,500,000
4 2022-2023 $82,500,000

 Contracts

  • “ROOKIE” Contracts – will be assigned to players drafted in the annual Rookie Draft and will be based on draft position. Each ROOKIE Contract will be a 3-year guaranteed deal. At the end of the ROOKIE Contract, the player will either receive an ARBITRATION offer or become a RESTRICTED FREE AGENT.

ROOKIE Contract Starting Salaries:

ROUND SALARY CONTRACT
1st Round See Table Below 3 Years
2nd Round $925,000 3 Years
3rd Round $850,000 3 Years
4th Round $750,000 3 Years
5th Round $650,000 3 Years

1st Round Pick Values:

PICK # PICK VALUE
1 $3,775,000
2 $3,750,000
3 $3,700,000
4 $3,650,000
5 $3,600,000
6 $3,550,000
7 $3,500,000
8 $3,400,000
9 $3,300,000
10 $3,200,000
11 $3,100,000
12 $3,000,000
13 $2,900,000
14 $2,800,000
15 $2,700,000
16 $2,600,000
17 $2,500,000
18 $2,400,000
19 $2,300,000
20 $2,200,000
21 $2,100,000
22 $2,000,000
23 $1,900,000
24 $1,800,000
25 $1,700,000
26 $1,600,000
27 $1,500,000
28 $1,400,000
29 $1,300,000
30 $1,200,000
31 $1,100,000
32 $1,000,000

  • “ARBITRATION” Contract – will be assigned to a player who was previously on a ROOKIE contract and was offered Arbitration by the owner. Each season an owner may offer two players on an expiring ROOKIE Contract an ARBITRATION Contract. An ARBITRATION Contract will last for a maximum of 3 years and will be labeled 11th, 12th, and 13th, but will renew each year and salary will be performance based. The owner will be able to release a player on an ARBITRATION Contract at the end of each season without penalty. At the end of the 3rd year (13th) the player will either be upgraded to a FRANCHISE contract or become a FREE AGENT.

SKATER PLAYER RANKING CONTRACT % INCREASE GOALIE PLAYER RANKING CONTRACT % INCREASE
Top 10 150% Top 5 150%
Top 25 125% Top 10 125%
Top 50 110% Top 25 110%
51+ 105% 26+ 105%

  • “RESTRICTED FREE-AGENT” Contract – will be assigned to a player coming off their ROOKIE Contract who was not offered an ARBITRATION Contract. Once a tender offer is made by the original team, other managers can make bids on the Restricted Free-Agent Pool, this will be done via regular bidding through fantrax during the Restricted Free Agency Period. At the conclusion of the period the original team will have the option to match the highest bid, or give up the rights to the highest bidder at which point the winning team must give the stated compensation to the original owner. Bidding owners must have a draft pick of equal or greater value in order to make an eligible bid, pick will always be the most recent year the winning team has. A player who is bid on will get a 3 year FREE AGENT deal. If a player is not bid on they will revert to the original team on a 1 year RESTRICTED FREE AGENT deal at the minimum bid salary. At the end of a RESTRICTED FREE-AGENT Contract the player will always elect to test the open market making them an unrestricted FREE-AGENT. Owners can make the following type of tenders (Each RESTRICTED FREE-AGENT Deal will be for 3 years).

  • 1st Round Tender – Drafted in Round 1 OR Top 50 Skater or Top 10 Goalie

  • 2nd Round Tender – Drafted in Round 2 OR Top 100 Skater or Top 25 Goalie

  • Original Round Tender – Drafted in Rounds 3 - 5 and not in Top 100 Skaters or 25 Goalies

  • “FREE-AGENT” Contract – will be assigned to a player who is signed during off-season free agency. Once Free Agency opens, all managers will be able to submit bids for eligible free agents. All winning bids will become the player’s salary on a guaranteed 3 year deal. At the conclusion of a FREE AGENT contract, the player becomes an unrestricted free agent once again.

  • “WAIVER” Contract - assigned to players that are signed during the season. Each year owners will be able to convert one WAIVER contract into a 2 year FREE-AGENT contract at 120% of their current salary.

  • “FRANCHISE” Contract – will automatically be assigned to all players drafted in the inaugural draft. Initial contract values and length are predetermined and based on draft position. Upon the conclusion of a FRANCHISE contract an owner will be able to extend the player for 1 to 5 years. The Player’s salary will be based on previous season’s performance and the ending salary of their previous contract. An owner may offer one 5-year contract, two 4-year contracts, three 3-year contracts and unlimited 1- and 2-year contracts.

CONTRACT LENGTH CONTRACT % INCREASE
1 130%
2 125%
3 120%
4 115%
5 110%

 Rookie Draft

Each year there will be a 5 round rookie draft. Eligible players will be anyone who has played in less than 82 career NHL games designated by a green “M” on Fantrax. All drafted players will be assigned an initial “ROOKIE” Contract. Any player with a ROOKIE Contract who has played in 82 games or less will be eligible to be held on the Minor League Roster. A lottery is done for the first 4 picks, then will be based on reverse order of standings after that.

PREVIOUS SEASON FINISH % ODDS OF 1ST PICK
32nd Place 15%
31st Place 15%
30th Place 15%
29th Place 10%
28th Place 10%
27th Place 7%
26th Place 6%
25th Place 5%
24th Place 3%
23rd Place 2%
22nd Place 2%
21st Place 2%
20th Place 2%
19th Place 2%
18th Place 2%
17th Place 2%

 Free Agency

Each season during the off-season there will be a Free-Agency period. During the first phase of Free-Agency team owners will be able to resign their own players. At the beginning of the Free-Agency period owners will be sent their eligible players and contracts. Once decisions are made on which players will be re-signed an owner will post their extensions on the League Message Board under the appropriate thread. Teams will not be allowed to go over the salary cap to sign their players. Any players that go unsigned will be entered into the general Free Agency pool.

Phase two of Free Agency will be where all owners can bid on eligible Free Agents (any player with at least 1 career NHL game played). An announcement will be made regarding the dates where this phase will open up. Owners will then submit their blind bids on the Free Agents they choose to bid on. The winning bid will go to the highest bidder and become the player’s salary on a 3 year deal. Bids will be processed twice per week during the Free Agency period. Player’s signed to a FREE AGENT contract are NOT eligible to be held in the minors regardless of whether they meet the eligibility requirements or not.

 Trading

Trading will be an important part of the league as there will be 32 teams meaning that the free agent pool should not be very deep. Trading of players and draft picks are allowed (outside of the inaugural draft). In addition, cash considerations are an asset that owners can use when trading. Once a trade has been agreed to, the owners involved in the trade must post the trade along with an explanation as to why they are making the trade. Once all owners have posted, the trade will be reviewed by the “Trade Review Committee” to make sure it is an eligible and fair trade and does not jeopardize the overall competitiveness of the league. Here are some things to keep in mind when trading:

  • Owners are not allowed to go over the Salary Cap

  • Cash considerations are allowed to help offset a player’s contract and keep teams within the salary cap. An owner will only be able to offer considerations up to 50% of the value of the player’s contract. When cash considerations are involved owners must be specific in their comments about how much cash is involved and over what time period (i.e. current season or remainder of the contract (may span multiple seasons).

  • Salary coverage will follow the player in the event a player who was traded with salary coverage gets traded again.

  • Owners must maintain a minimum Future Pick Value (FPV) of 50 when trading away picks, this is done to protect the Franchise in the event an owner leaves the league and a new owner takes over. Teams may also only accumulate a maximum Future Pick Value (FPV) of 200 when acquiring additional picks via trades. This is also to protect the Franchise from trading away too much current value, potentially making the team uncompetitive and hurting the overall competitiveness of the league. FPV is determined by future season’s draft picks. Below is a table of the values of each round’s picks.

Year   Future Pick   FPV
2020   1st Round   20
2020   2nd Round   10
2020   3rd Round   10
2020   4th Round   5
2020   5th Round   5
2021   1st Round   10
2021   2nd Round   10
2021   3rd Round   5
2021   4th Round   2.5
2021   5th Round   2.5
2022   1st Round   10
2022   2nd Round   2.5
2022   3rd Round   2.5
2022   4th Round   2.5
2022   5th Round   2.5
Total FPV       100

 Trade Review Committee

The Trade Review Committee will consist of 2 members from each of the 4 divisions for a total of 8 voting members. The commissioner will be part of the committee and serve as a stand-in voter when a member of the committee is involved in a trade or to be the tie-breaking vote if a vote is sitting at 4-4. The purpose of the Trade Committee is to ensure that none of the restrictions (salary cap, FPV, position limits, etc.) are triggered if a trade is processed and to maintain the integrity of the league. One thing to keep in mind is committee members not only have a responsibility of ensuring fairness, but also to protect the “Franchise”. What we don’t want to have happen is for a team to trade away too many assets and then bail leaving a replacement owner in a bad situation, but also making their team uncompetitive which hurts the other teams in the league. There are some built in restrictions that will help with this but some of it will be subjective as no system is perfect.

 Owner Conduct

In order to maintain the integrity of the league there are certain expectations that will be cast upon the franchise owners. We understand that this type of league will require a lot of time and energy and to make things easier a franchise owner will be permitted to add a co-manager to assist in the management of the franchise. One thing that will absolutely not be tolerated is tanking. This will be a very competitive league and one team deciding to tank will have an impact on every other manager and as a result this policy will be strictly enforced. We understand that in a dynasty league there will be some owners who are more focused on building for the future. There is nothing wrong with rebuilding and that is very different than tanking. There are a few built in rules and policies that should help, such as protection of picks (Future Pick Value) and Minimum Salary requirements. In addition, when making trades managers are required to post explanations about why they are making the deal. This should help the Trade Review Committee understand what is trying to be accomplished. Lastly, there will be certain roster restrictions which are detailed in the roster settings section. Managers are required to set their lineups and maintain an active roster that is capable of meeting certain minimum requirements for each scoring period. Those teams who consistently fail to meet these requirements will be penalized and if it continues will lose their team without refund and a replacement owner will be asked to take over.

 Rule Changes

Season 2

  • Beginning with Season 2 (2020-2021) players with a FRANCHISE contract who hold Minors eligibility can be held on your Minors roster. WAIVER and FREE AGENTS will continue to not be allowed.

  • Beginning with Season 2 (2020-2021) If a player is dropped and claimed by another team during the waiver period, the claiming team will assume their contract and dropping team is no longer on the hook. If the player goes unclaimed the dropping team will remain responsible for the full contract.

Season 3

  • Beginning with Season 3 (2021-2022) minors slot increased from 15 to 20

  • Clarified that salary coverage should follow the player in all trades, as it is not automatically done on Fantrax this may not have happened unless specified in some previous trades, but if not done creates additional cap for teams.