Inaugural Process

[Canucks GM & Co-Commish (Tony)]

Welcome to Knuckle Puck Dynasty. 

Thank you for joining, once the league is full here is the breakdown of the process we will use to begin the league and the details behind it.

Team Draft

Step one will be to conduct a Team Draft. The order for this draft will be chosen randomly using a random order generating website. In this draft you will select one (1) real NHL team. In drafting an NHL team you will then take on their team name, their roster in which you will own any player in their organization (NHL & AHL) with 20 or more NHL games played, their complete in real life contract status (years and cap hit) and 20 "prospects" (defined as any player with LESS then 20 career NHL games) to keep. Prospects can be a combination of players already under contract by your drafted team, or who have their rights owned by your drafted team.

Prospect Submission

Following the Team Draft, you will be asked to submit your list of 20 prospects associated with your drafted team. A time frame on this process will be communicated once the Team Draft has been completed.

2020 Entry/Prospects Draft

After Prospect Submission has been completed, we will then conduct a ten (10) round Entry/Prospects Draft. Players eligible for this draft will consist of players eligible for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft and any prospects not selected by drafted teams during Prospect Submission. The order for the 2020 Entry/Prospects Draft will be the reverse order of the Team Draft. The Entry/Prospects Draft will be a standard draft and will not follow a snake format.

Free Amnesty

When submitting your list of 20 prospects, you will also be allowed one (1) complimentary amnesty buyout, in addition to the one (1) normal amnesty buyout each GM gets as outlined in the league rules. With this amnesty clause, you will be allowed to terminate one (1) contract without penalty. This must be done at the time of prospect submission. If you do not use it at this time, you lose the one complimentary buyout. 

UFA Draft

After the steps above have been completed, we will hold a one (1) round UFA draft. Any player who has 20+ career NHL games and is a UFA after the 2019-20 season will be eligible for this draft. The order for this draft will be the same as the 2020 Entry/Prospects Draft.

Team Draft & Entry/Prospect Draft Trading

Trading of Team Draft positions as well as Entry/Prospect Draft picks will be allowed during both drafts. In terms of Entry/Prospect Draft picks being traded, normal rules for future year's Entry Draft picks does apply, meaning only 2020 and 2021 Entry Draft Picks can be traded at this time.

An example of this would be if Team 1 had the 2nd Team Draft pick and Team 18 had the 31st Team Draft pick. Team 18 could trade their 2020 1st round pick (1st overall), 2021 1st round pick and 31st Team Draft Pick to Team 1 for their 2nd Team Draft Pick, 2020 3rd round pick and 2021 5th round pick.