There were no objections to the proposed offseason timeline so I've gone ahead and formally scheduled everything.
The S43 Entry Draft will begin at 2:00 PM on October 18. The Valid Lineup Deadline will be at noon on October 21. The S43 Waiver Draft will begin at 7:00 PM on October 25.
I'm happy to welcome James as the new general manager of the DFHL's Montreal Maroons.
James is an FHLSim vet, having operated the NASHL for about 20 years, so between him and Tyler we're adding a lot of experience this offseason.
Apologies for the delay but player re-rates are finally complete. The full list of players deemed ineligible for the coming season is posted to the forum, as per usual.
I saw a few of you send in player retirement requests and other roster moves after the initial re-rate work wrapped. I'll be taking care of those shortly.
Alright, with Season Forty-two award winners having been announced, we've officially wrapped that season and flipped the league calendar over to Season Forty-three.
Of immediate note, we are going to try out the changes to offseason waivers that I mentioned in the #general channel recently. This means that any players placed on waivers between now and the Valid Roster Deadline (which will be a Valid Lineup Deadline this season) will be queued up and announced after the Valid Lineup Deadline. I am not updating the rulebook to reflect this change at this time because I'm considering it an experiment; it might be a one-off.
I'm pleased to announce that Tyler Hetherington is the DFHL's newest GM, taking over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
If you missed his introductory post over in the forums, Tyler fits right in as he's got 20 years of experience in one FHLSim league and also runs the FCHL.
That's a wrap on Season Forty-two. Congrats to Peter Hewgill and the Cleveland Barons on their second consecutive Memorial Trophy Championship.
Congrats as well to Ryan Archer and the Boston Bruins for their run to the Finals and to everyone for another successful season.
Voting for the All-Star Game rosters is open (and has been open since Tuesday night). It is currently scheduled to remain open until noon on July 21.
Remember, voting for All-Star Game rosters is a required event.
Ryan has taken the opportunity to jump from Pittsburgh to Boston, which means that the Pirates are now available if any of our existing GMs would like to take them over. The Jets remain available as well. I'll give a few more days to see if anyone is interested in doing that and then I'll start looking for new GMs for our open teams.
I said this informally last night but congrats to Neil Burke and the New York Americans on claiming the Inauguration Cup for Season 42.
Per tradition, we'll be off on Saturday night and back on Sunday, though the sim schedule might be erratic for the next few days in general.
Last night's Entry Draft went off mostly smoothly and all eligible, rated players who were selected have been added to their respective team rosters.
I say "mostly" because it turns out there was a bug in the Draft Priority Group code which impacted things and has since been resolved.