Drafting Players

The draft begins when the thread for your group is posted; the first person in the draft order may make their pick immediately. Once the pick is made, that person must then send a PM to the next person in the draft order advising them that it is their turn to choose a player. You must not settle for an @ alert in your pick post; many people turn these alerts off, you MUST send an actual PM. Not sending this PM is considered a dick move and will land you on the shit-list of the group manager, the league manager and the person you didn't PM, so make sure you do it.

Each player has 18 hours to make their pick. When the 18 hours is up, the next person is not automatically on the clock; they may wait for the fantasy manager to declare the previous person is skipped and to officially start the clock, or they may make their pick immediately, so long as they note that the 18 hours has passed. If you are skipped, you may come back and make up the pick immediately.

Included in the information in your pick should be the full name of the player you have picked, and the position they play. You do not need to list their team (although some people do anyway because it looks nicer to have all the pips).

You need to make sure that you draft 3 forwards, 2 defensemen and 1 goaltender; if you pick too many, the group manager or league manager will ask you to pick again, and that pick will not have priority over previous picks. Check the roster thread forums for information on what position a player plays.

You must also make sure that you do not pick any players who have already been picked in your group- if you accidentally repeat a pick, again, the group manager or league manager will ask you to pick again, and your pick will not have priority over previous picks. The group manager will periodically update the list of players that have been picked in the draft to assist you there.

The draft will finish when all participants in the group have picked 6 players; we will always aim to try and have this done before the first sim of the season. If it isn't finished by the second SHL sim, all participants in the group will be invited to immediately submit all of their remaining picks, first in, first served, without regard to the existing draft order. After the 3rd sim has happened, no more picks will be accepted.