Remember that we have 24 Player Rosters. 12 Forwards. 6 Defencemen. 2 Goalies. 4 Reserve/Bench. We are voting on how many of these players we can protect from the waiver draft.
Here are the rules of the waiver draft:
1. The league will hold a waiver draft just prior to Training Camp. The waiver draft will consist of 2 rounds. It will be a draft comprised of the non-playoff teams based on final standings.
2. All teams are required to protect X players from their active roster. Any unprotected player will then be eligible to be claimed in the waiver draft. Any team that wishes to protect 3 or more goalies may do so, but each goalie protected results in losing 1 protected player spot.
3. Every team must post a roster of protected and unprotected players in the Waiver Draft thread.
4. Waiver draft picks are NOT eligible for trade.
5. Propsects are automatically protected.
6. There will be a total roster freeze 1 week prior to the waiver draft. No trades, player claims or prospect claims will be permitted during this time.
7. A team may only lose a total of 2 players during the waiver draft. Once said team has been chosen from 2 times, those players will no longer be able to be selected.
"7. A team may only lose a total of 2 players during the waiver draft. Once said team has been chosen from 2 times, those players will no longer be able to be selected."
Let's say we agree on 18 players protected. That means there are 6 players in the waivers at the start of the next season (or at the waiver draft anyways). Why are we locking the number of players a single team can "lose" if they've basically put those 6 on waivers?
"7. A team may only lose a total of 2 players during the waiver draft. Once said team has been chosen from 2 times, those players will no longer be able to be selected."
Let's say we agree on 18 players protected. That means there are 6 players in the waivers at the start of the next season (or at the waiver draft anyways). Why are we locking the number of players a single team can "lose" if they've basically put those 6 on waivers?
No, the Waiver Draft is VERY DIFFERENT than a waiver process during the regular season.
The waiver draft takes place during the offseason after the entry draft and consists of two rounds. Every team puts up their unprotected players. Then the non-playoff teams are in a two round draft of all those unprotected players. But once one of the teams has had 2 players taken from their roster, all of their other unprotected players are now protected.
Sorry if there was confusion in my post. I understand the difference between waivers during the season and the off season. What I don't understand is why we're locking out available players from a team once that team has 2 players out of their 6 taken.
It's so one team doesn't get royally fucked and everything stays balanced. I'm also following NHL expansion policy where only two players were allowed to be taken from each team.
I said 18. I think 6 unprotected players is perfect. I think 4 isn't enough and 7 is too many.
I think this is sound reasoning. I think a roster of 18 protected in a league of this depth is more than fair!
This exactly. The league will be so deep that the players available will mostly be fringe players. The only teams that might have a decent player available would be te best teams and this is the exact point of the wavier draft....to balance the league.