Efhl Rule Book, V2.0

Rebuilders� Reward Lottery

Each offseason, all teams outside of the playoffs will be entered into a lottery and will be given a chance to win a reward. This is to help those teams rebuild to bring more stability to the league.

Prizes
1st Place - 1 Camp Token, 1 Prospect Token, and 1 Re-rate Token
2nd Place - 1 Re-rate Token and 1 Prospect Token
3rd Place - 1 Token (Re-rate or Prospect)

Appeal Process
The EFHL will now be offering an appeal process to better it's relations with it's GMs. This process if for appealing any decision set forth by the EFHL staff. This includes player suspensions. Please send all appeals to the Commish in the following format.

PM Title: Ruling Appeal
PM Subject:
Full Ruling: (Staff ruling on forum)
Your Issue: (comments on ruling)
Your Resolution: (How the EFHL can fix the ruling differently)

**Please allow up to 24 hours for a response regarding all appeals**

Player Attributes
Player attributes are all those stats that go in to making up a characters profile. An 80 OV player is considered a superstar. Any player marked with * is considered a rookie.

Intensity (IT)
Often discussed in two separate skills. Goalies use intensity in a different form than skaters. For Skaters, the attribute applies to hits & checking. One could use toughness as an application as well. Players like Darcy Tucker & Scott Stevens are intense NHL players that usually have high IT ratings in the sim. The sim gives high marks for intensity and often, skilled, less intense players can get penalized in overall rating due to less intensity. All teams need some players with intensity, but too many is just as bad as too few? Goalies are measured differently. Intensity for a goalie is how in tune he is to a game. Often, how alert he is to the slightest nuances of what is happening around him and his ability to anticipate ahead of time. Think of goalies that have a knack for finding the puck through screens as an indicator of how IT can help a goalie. Curtis Joseph is often a player who gets a very high IT rating in the simulator. IT would be on the top 5 attributes for determining a quality goaltending and when the goalie skill stats are equal, this can be the difference maker. Lastly, for skaters, IT is usually determined by the HITs statistic, whereas for goalies, it is a subjective stat.

Speed (SP)
Speed is the first skill stat for goalies and skaters. It is often called a subjective stat. There is no NHL statistic in which it can be measured. The simulator seems to favour the super highly rated Speed players who are 80 & above. Anything above 60 is considered the NHL average or better skater. Speed is one of the Big Three for goalie skill stats. It pertains to how fast they can react for saves in both movement and glove/stick saves.

Strength (ST)
Strength could be a misnomer because it is really measured by the overall size of a player. And while size & strength are really two different things, it's the best measurement of statistics available. Since it’s nearly impossible to quantify strength without finding access to bench press records of NHL players, it would have to be subjective and subject to all sort of misinterpretations of reality. By using size, you have a good example of a solid stat. Reading scouting reports you see the word "size" mentioned often, they are less concerned with strength and rightfully so. A larger sized individual will wear down even a player of small stature and strength. Size does matter in the NHL and it is reflected by the ST stat in the simulator. The sim gives high marks for ST and it is a stats that will effect skater ratings extensively. If you get a highly rated player without small size, you know he is a skill monster. For goalies, ST can be a difference maker when the skill stats and IT are all equal.

Endurance (EN)
Endurance is an interesting stat. It seems to be less influential to the OV rating than you might imagine. Endurance is based on the average Ice Time per game a player receives in the NHL. It is far more important for Defensemen than forwards. Your #1 Defenseman must have high Endurance and it is suggested that at least two of your defensemen have endurance rating of 85 or above. The 99 rating for endurance equals 30 minutes of ice time for defensemen and 25 minutes per game for forwards. Every 15 seconds less than that lowers the rating one point. It?s pretty easy to protect players with low endurance and is really only a factor to your key defenseman and top special teams players.

Durability (DU)
Durability is a stat that hardly effects overall in any form. Durability is more of odds of injury than any other description I can think of. Low DU is possible to go through an entire season uninjured as well as 99DU player getting injured. With DU there is no sure thing, only that your odds of injury increase as DU decreases. The one fact about DU is that a player is likely to heal quicker, the higher his durability & endurance. DU is usually acquired by prorating the player’s number of games played divided by 82 and applying a similar decrease to the DU number from 99. Leagues & ratings that use a player’s historical durability rather than based on just last year are far more accurate ratings.

Discipline (DI)
Discipline is a player’s likelihood to end up in the box plain & simple. DI affects the OV rating in a minimal amount. The one thing that has always plagued me about DI, does it affect a player’s penchant for being out of position. Oddly enough, players who historically make mistakes, defensemen who pinch at bad times, etc., seemed to be saddled with lower DI than ones who possess uncanny hockey sense. If you were to try and quantify hockey sense in the simulator, it seems logical that DI would be part of the equation. Most rating use the PIM as a guide for arriving at a players DI giving credence for using it this more as a guideline for penalties, than mistakes.

Skating (SK)
Skating works hand & hand with Speed in that it is a subjective skill statistic. Skating refers to a player's agility. The ability to turn quickly, deke and make other moves in tight places. It takes quite a few points in SK to affect the overall statistic in a skater, but for a goalie, it’s paramount. Moving side to side and the ability to go down, get up, etc while making saves. Skating is one of the top 3 skill stats for goalies.

Passing (PA)
Passing is most important in evaluation to the centres. It stands to reason that players with high PA are going to rack up assists. Defensemen tend to be very effective when high PA is in concert with high DEF. All your power play defensemen should possess good to high PA numbers. PA is devised from the amount of assists produced by the player in the NHL with a different scale for defensemen & forwards.

Puck Control (PC)
Puck control affects OV rating across the board as much as single attribute in my estimation. PC is huge in wingers, who need the ability to effectively move in traffic. For defensemen you can drop all other skill stats to your heart’s content, but if there is a high PC rating, the OV will only drop so far. For goalies, this is a huge statistic. PC refers to the ability to control rebounds; right there is all you need to know about how important it is to goalies? The last of the big 3 skill stats for goalies. PC is a subjective attribute.

Defence (DF)
Defensive awareness is most prevalent for defensemen. It effects their ratings tremendously. DEF is useful for forwards you use on the PK & Checking lines. Centres with high DEF are especially effective, since their responsibility & positioning on the ice are of greater importance than a winger is. DEF is basically a subjective stat, some leagues have tried to use +/- as a resource, but since that is more reflective of a team atmosphere, and I advise great caution when applying DEF to Plus/Minus. The attribute has an average effect for forwards.

Scoring (SC)
Surprise! This has to do with ability to put the puck in the net, but you knew that already. The stat is devised from the goals scored stat produced by the player in the NHL. The scale for defensemen and forwards are different in regarding SC. This is a huge stat for forwards as you can imagine and it takes good defensemen and turns them into great ones.

Experience (EX)
Experience is based on the number of games a player has played with giving some extra weight to the playoff experience. It has a limited effect on the OV rating. Experience also has limited effect of on how well teams can break out of slumps or avoid getting in to them in the first place.

Leadership (LD)
Leadership is basically subjective and player ratings seem to be in line with common knowledge about a player's ability to provide leadership. Most of the captains of NHL teams have very high leadership ratings. The effect on the OV rating is limited. But when the sim option of Experience & Leadership is turned on, these players provide a higher level of play, especially in key games and playoffs.

Entry Level Contracts
These contracts are for prospects only. A prospect is either a player that is being created off your prospect list, or an unsigned player still recognized as a prospect by hockeysfuture.com. The contract restrictions for these players are as followed;

Max Contract Term: 3 years
Max Contract Salary: 900k per year

Note: Prospects that were originally unsigned will be placed on your prospect list but contract will not start until created.

Free Agent Frenzy

Each year after the EFHL Entry Draft, there will be a set date on when Free Agency will begin. At this time, teams can submit contract offers to UFAs and RFAs. You must send your offers to EFHL’s agent to be able to sign anyone. The Agent will decide on the best offers he has received, and post the signings in the respective forum. Maximum salary is $9,500,000, and the minimum salary is $450,000. There is a max of 7 years a player can sign a contract for.

NMC - No Movement Clauses may be offered to any player but remember, you must ask a player to waive his NMC to be traded, waived or sent to juniors.

NTC - No Trade Clauses may be offered to any player but remember, you must ask a player to waive his NTC to be traded. Unlike NMC, you can send a player with a NTC to juniors or waive though it will likely effect other players on the team or future FA signings.

UFA - Unrestricted Free Agents are any players above the age of 28 (including 28). A UFA has the right to sign on with any team once his contract is over with his previous team. UFA rights can NOT be traded.

RFA - Restricted Free Agents are players that are under the age of 27 (including 27). A RFAs previous team has the option to resign their RFA by the Free Agency deadline. RFAs will become UFAs on the first day of the season if they go unsigned. RFA rights CAN be traded. To be able to receive compensation for a RFA, you must submit a minimum contract of 1 year that is a %10 percent raise from his previous contract.

RFA Compensation Table
Amount - Compensation Due
$1,020,348 or below- None
Over $1,020,348 to $1,545,981- Third-round choice
Over $1,545,981 to $3,091,963- Second-round choice
Over $3,091,963 to $4,637,944- First-round and third-round choice
Over $4,637,944 to $6,183,925- First-round, second-round and third-round choice
Over $6,183,925 to $7,729,907- Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice
Over $7,729,907- Four first-round choices

Format (1 per offer per player)
Title:
Player Name (Team Name)

Contents:
Player Name:
Age:
UFA/RFA status:
Contract Offer: $$$ (years)
Reason to sign:

Injured Reserve
-A player out for 1 week or longer can be placed on the EFHL's Injured Reserve.
-A player on the IR will not count towards your cap until removed from the IR.
-A player may not remain on the IR if he is healthy and can play.
-Create a IR thread for your IR players in the designated forum.
-A player may not return to the ice until he is taken off the IR.
-Failure to take a player off the IR and have him play when he is healthy will result in a suspension. (salary will count towards cap)

NHL Re-Rates

The number of NHL re-rates allowed to be used by a team is 2. At the beginning of each year, each EFHL team will receive 2 tokens which must be used by the playoffs of the current EFHL season. GMs may propose an increase to an attribute using real life NHL statistics only (not scout reports).

Please Note:
1) Rookies must have played a total of 75 games in their career (45 for goalies)
2) Player must have played at least 50 games(30 for goalies) in current season to be re-rated on that current season. We will use the projections for the player over a full season.
3) If player has not played at least 50 games(30 for goalies), NHL rerate will be based on player's previous season totals.
4) If player has played 50+ games(30 for goalies) in current season, you must use those stats and not previous season.
5) What is uploaded is final. When I upload a players rerate, that is it.
6) A player can only be re-rated once per season.

Formulas

When Posting
When posting your NHL Rerates for skaters, please include Games Played, Goals, Assists, Points, PIM, Blocked Shots, Hits, ATOI, PP ATOI, SH ATOI, Height, Weight. NHL Seasons, and Playoff Games Played.

When posting you NHL Rerates for goalies, please include Games Played, PIM, GAA, SV%, NHL Seasons, Playoff Games Played, Height and Weight.

Please specify if the numbers are from current season of 50+ games played or previous full season.

Important sites
For all stats go to http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats.htm#?navid=nav-sts-indiv
For projections go to http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players