I'm happy to announce that Amber Reu is the newest member of the DFHL, taking over the twice-vacated Winnipeg Jets.
As I mentioned the other day, Amber is a friend of Jenny's and mine, so we'll try to help her get up to speed. She also runs and ever-growing empire of book clubs that you should check out. And she's a Bruins fan but we try not to hold that against her.
I asked last week if there were any DFHL GMs interested in giving up their teams and jumping to the NSHL and our new Winnipeg GM, Colin, took me up on that offer. He's jumped over there to take over the newly-restored Chicago Stars as that league's offseason of relocation continues.
As we kick off the Season 41 playoffs, I'm happy to announce that Colin Brisco has taken over as our new Winnipeg Jets GM. Colin comes to us highly recommended as he's in another league with Aaron, Ryan, and Brian (Bick).
For those who may have missed it, voting for the All-Star Game rosters opened up after Sunday night's sim.
If we stick to our current schedule, voting will remain open until next Sunday (January 4) at noon, with the ASG played that night.
I'd like to formally welcome David Biskup as the new GM of the DFHL's Boston Bruins.
Dave comes recommended by several of our GMs. We know he's coming in at a bit of a crazy time with the Valid Roster Deadline having just passed and the Waiver Draft tomorrow so hopefully those connections will help him get up to speed.
The Valid Roster Deadline has passed. All teams who were expected to be under the applicable limits have valid rosters.
Not all teams were expected to make the deadline, though, as Ian Ramsey has been removed from the league due to inactivity. We do have a new GM potentially lined up for Boston but its hard to ask someone to jump in and immediately meet a roster deadline and get prepped for a draft so we're trying not to rush that.
It's been awhile since there was any feedback so I've gone ahead and scheduled this season's drafts. It's a little weirder than usual to try to work around some stuff on my side of things.
Entry Draft: September 4, 7:00 PM
Valid Roster Deadline: September 6, 12:00 PM
Waiver Draft: September 7, 1:00 PM
Re-rates are complete. As per usual when we re-rate during the NHL's offseason, I've had to make some guesses with regards to free agents, trying to stick to precedents from when this timing has come up previously.
With award winners having been announced, we're officially flipping the league calendar over to Season 41.
Up next is running re-rates for the league. I have a ratings set ready to go but there were issues when this was run for the NSHL so I'm trying to figure out how to avoid some of those.
That's a wrap on the DFHL's 40th Season. Congrats to Dave Laity and the Kansas City Scouts on their second Memorial Trophy Championship.
Also congrats to Ian Ramsay and the Boston Bruins on their run to the Finals.