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TMHL Recent Rule Changes
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2023-2024 Pre-Season transactions
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Rule passed:
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May 23
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Entry Draft selection, time for 1st overall pick.
1st pick overall must be announced the second day after the completion of the NHL.
E.g., if the NHL draft is completed on a Saturday, then 1st pick must be announced on the following Monday.
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Remove Traded constraint for Amateurs and Pros
Treat all Amateurs/PROs the same, no matter who drafted them.
i.e. remove the AmatT and ProT restriction. A player with Amateur or Pro status
can have the 2 year PRO cycle (PROY then PRON) even if originally drafted by another and then obtained in a trade.
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Owner inactivity naming a starting roster at start of season
If a starting roster is not named at season start, one will be set by:
Sort regular roster by Points DESCending (highest to lowest) then Name ASCending (A - Z).
Assign starters top down in the list until a valid starting line-up is set.
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Owner inactivity for Dispersal Draft
Dispersal Draft - if a team is over the protection limit
and protected players are not named by deadline, then expose all Regulars to the draft.
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Owner inactivity for Waiver Draft
Waiver Draft - if a team is over any roster limits and cut players are not named by deadline,
then cut players in reverse order of when obtained that put them in an invalid state.
This is like what is done during the season. If it cannot be determined which single player did this,
then cut all in question for that transaction. E.g. if one player needs to be cut
but the last transaction in question is that 2 amateurs turned Pro the same week, then cut both players.
But if that transaction was in an email, cut last player mentioned in the email.
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https://tmhl.tripod.com/YrsPrior/Year2223/PreSeason/preseason_activity.htm
Rule passed:
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Position changes
x. Position changes for players are only allowed under the following conditions:
- Player changes from an amateur to a professional. i.e. Amat to PRO
- Player joins 16 player roster I.e. is promoted from Amateur/Pro list,
is obtained in a trade, is picked up mid-season as a free agent or waiver
- During offseason (excludes Amateurs)
xi. The position of a player can be taken from any of NHL.com, Yahoo.ca, or Yahoo.com, or his current position in the TMHL.
An article or fantasy section on these sites cannot be used for a position change.
On these sites, the position can only be taken from any one of:
- Statistics page or list
- Team roster page or list
- Player page
It is the owner’s responsibility to prove that a player’s position can be changed as requested.
i.e. when a position change is requested by an owner, must include a link to an allowable source showing the new position.
xii. The position of players available in the Amateur Draft will be taken from the list on NHL.com.
e.g. https://records.nhl.com/draft/draft-picks?year=2021
xiii. If a player is shown with more than one position, the Owner can choose any one of them.
If the position is noted as Forward, the TMHL position must be either Centre, Left or Right.
If the position is noted as Wing, the TMHL position must be either Left or Right. (Est 1991)
xiv. For players being signed to a new contract and for players available in the Free Agent Draft,
if his TMHL position is a forward position (i.e. Centre, Left or Right) but his official position is not (ie. D or G),
or his TMHL position is not a forward but his official position is,
then the player will be forced to his official position.
In this case, the league shall notify affected owners well before roster cuts are due. (Est. 2000, Amend 2001)
Example -
Adam Henrique was drafted as C https://records.nhl.com/draft/draft-picks?year=2008 (NHL #82)
He remains at C in the TMHL. His position on acceptable sites (actual sites may change):
C on NHL.com stats https://www.nhl.com/stats/
C on NHL.com team roster https://www.nhl.com/ducks/roster
C on NHL.com player page https://www.nhl.com/player/adam-henrique-8474641
C or L on Yahoo.com stats https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/stats/
LC on Yahoo.com team roster https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/anaheim/roster/
L on Yahoo.com player page https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/5238/
So, his position could change to L or remain at C.
Effective Immediately -- PASSED June 1
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Free Agent Groups
Bidding on each group ends on the Wednesday night 9:30 p.m.
(changed from the Thursday at 4:00 a.m.)
Effective 2023 Off Season -- PASSED October 1
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Roster Transaction Communication
ANY & ALL ROSTER MOVES OF ANY KIND
MUST BE COMMUNICATED TO ENTIRE LEAGUE VIA EMAIL.
Effective Immediately -- PASSED October 1
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https://tmhl.tripod.com/YrsPrior/Year2122/PreSeason/preseason_activity.htm
Rule passed:
Roster moves / signings
In the case that 2 or more owners announce the same signing by two different methods
AND at the same time, the signing will go to the team that is currently lower in the standings
(i.e. same method as determining a waiver claim).
e.g. Suppose Owner 1 sends email saying "Team1 signs free agent player X",
email says it was sent Tuesday at 1:23pm
And Owner 2 sends WhatsApp message saying "Team2 signs free agent player X",
WhatsApp message says it was sent Tuesday at 1:23pm
In this case, the free agent shall go to the team lower in standings at the time.
Effective 2021/2022 season -- PASSED June 21
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Position changes
The official position of a player will be taken NHL.com, on any one of
a) the list of official stats or
b) the player's page or
c) the player's team roster list PROVIDED THAT the player has played at least 1 NHL Regular season game for that team since joining the team.
Effective Immediately -- PASSED Oct 3
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https://tmhl.tripod.com/YrsPrior/Year1718/PreSeason/preseason_activity.htm
Sunday October 1
TMHL General Managers meeting
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Rule changes passed:
Amateur promotion
- ... Details to follow ....
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- the only rule that was passed was the roster proposal Howie sent out earlier. We'll send out the formal wording later.
Is this referring to the “Pro/ProN/ProY” thing?
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https://tmhl.tripod.com/YrsPrior/Year1617/PreSeason/preseason_activity.htm
Rule changes passed:
Player position changes
- Add NHL.com and thehockeynews.com as official sources for Player positions
Free Agent Draft
- Process will be completely "blind bidding". Emails can be sent to the main TMHL Admin
mailbox at any time for players up in the group. Emails will NOT be opened until after
the Thu 4am. Owners can send as many emails as they like while the group is up.
All bids from any owner will be considered in descending time order made.
- Ranking of Free Agents will be by TMHL Points instead of TMHL Points per Game
- Random "shuffling of groups" will be replaced: once each Group has been determined, each owner
in order of previous year's standings will be able to select one group and determine which week
it will be up for bid. Each owner will be given one day to reply, or the "default week" will stay.
E.g. suppose 5th owner to pick does not pick in time. Then pick will automatically be "Group E in Week 5".
But if Group E or Week 5 has already been chosen, the pick will Pass.
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https://tmhl.tripod.com/YrsPrior/Year1516/PreSeason/preseason_activity.htm
Rule changes:
- Agree to pay expenses (catch up on Trophy), divide out funds then pay out
- Tom and Howard will open account and then keep and pay out with Mass oversight
Tanking
- Do not make minimum of 75% of average, drop 10 spots in any round
- 8 votes for, 2 abstain
Drafting
- 2 business day starting with next with default of the highest drafted NHL amateur
ie: pick to be assigned at midnight on the 3rd day
- 10 votes for, 0 abstain
Season schedule
- Table to next year
Player position changes
- can be made to any eligible player at any time during the off-season
- 10 votes for, 0 abstain
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https://tmhl.tripod.com/YrsPrior/Year0910/PreSeason/preseason_activity.htm
Rule Change passed:
Effective immediately:
Instead of every owner's 2 teams having a salary cap of $16 Million each,
we will now have an OWNER level cap of $32 Million.
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https://tmhl.tripod.com/YrsPrior/Year0708/Activity.htm
Rule changes passed during the off-season:
--- Sep23 TMHL Fall Meeting ---
1) Effective 2008-2009 season, fees will be $60 per team,
payable before the start of the TMHL season.
2) A traded player or draft pick cannot return to the same owner
until one full TMHL season has passed. (This is not a change to
an existing rule, but it has not been enforced in the past,
as a traded player or draft pick was allowed to return to
the original team).
--- May 17 ---
1. Playoff tie-breaker – effective immediately
Previous: if tied in points, tiebreaker is goals, pp goals, sh goals and goalie wins
Change: tiebreaker will be goals, pp goals, sh goals, goalie wins then team seeding
2. Free agents – effective immediately
Previous: any free agent not selected for 2 years will be eliminated from the league
Change: any free agent / waiver not selected for 2 years will be eliminated from the league
(the team that cut the player still has to pay for the salary)
4. Waiver buy-out – effective immediately
Previous: once a player is waived, the decision to buy-out must be made and cannot be changed
Change: allow teams to buy out the obligation for the waived player anytime, not just at time of waiver
5. Player roster position – effective in 2008/09 season
Previous: player position is determined by the weekly issue of The Hockey News
Change: player position to be determined by either the hard copy of The Hockey News or the Toronto Sun
6. Weekly stats – effective in 2008/09 season
Previous: the official game stats will be the Tuesday Toronto Star, then The Hockey News
Change: the official games stats will be from the Tuesday Toronto Star, Tuesday Toronto Sun then The Hockey News
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https://tmhl.tripod.com/YrsPrior/Year0708/PreSeason/preseason_activity.htm
--- Sep23 TMHL Fall Meeting ---
Rule changes passed:
1) Effective 2008-2009 season, fees will be $60 per team,
payable before the start of the TMHL season.
2) A traded player or draft pick cannot return to the same owner
until one full TMHL season has passed. (This is not a change to
an existing rule, but it has not been enforced in the past,
as a traded player or draft pick was allowed to return to
the original team).
May 17
The following Rule Changes have been passed.
1. Playoff tie-breaker – effective immediately
Previous: if tied in points, tiebreaker is goals, pp goals, sh goals and goalie wins
Change: tiebreaker will be goals, pp goals, sh goals, goalie wins then team seeding
2. Free agents – effective immediately
Previous: any free agent not selected for 2 years will be eliminated from the league
Change: any free agent / waiver not selected for 2 years will be eliminated from the league
(the team that cut the player still has to pay for the salary)
4. Waiver buy-out – effective immediately
Previous: once a player is waived, the decision to buy-out must be made and cannot be changed
Change: allow teams to buy out the obligation for the waived player anytime, not just at time of waiver
5. Player roster position – effective in 2008/09 season
Previous: player position is determined by the weekly issue of The Hockey News
Change: player position to be determined by either the hard copy of The Hockey News or the Toronto Sun
6. Weekly stats – effective in 2008/09 season
Previous: the official game stats will be the Tuesday Toronto Star, then The Hockey News
Change: the official games stats will be from the Tuesday Toronto Star, Tuesday Toronto Sun then The Hockey News
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https://tmhl.tripod.com/YrsPrior/Year0607/PreSeason/preseason_activity.htm
June 14
The following Rule Changes have been passed.
1) Number of Amateurs on a roster
Current: Allowed maximum of 14 Amateurs.
Change : Number will drop to 10, but phased in by 1 each year. i.e.
a) Still allowed 14 Amateurs on opening night of 2006/2007 season (as per current rule).
b) Allowed 13 Amateurs on opening night of 2007/2008 season and for rest of season.
c) Allowed 12 2008/2009.
d) Allowed 11 2009/2010.
e) Allowed 10 2010/2011 season, and forever afterwards.
2) Buyouts
Current: Buyouts made after the trading deadline count towards the next season's salary.
Change : Teams will have until the last day of the TMHL playoffs to announce buyouts that will count towards the current season's salary.
3) Year end award for top owner points
Current: Top Owner in TMHL Points per $ salary receives 10 shares (out of the 245 total shares)
Change : Drop this award (now 235 total shares).
2) TMHL Entry Drafts NOTE: Effective for the 2010 Draft
Current: Amateur Draft 2 rounds, Regular Draft 1 round
Change : Single Entry Draft of 3 rounds, where each pick can either be an Amateur or a Regular.
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https://tmhl.tripod.com/YrsPrior/Year0506/PreSeason/preseason_activity.htm
October 3
The following Rule Change has been passed.
1. Team Fees & Fines
Previous:
Teams with point total below 70% of the league average
pay a financial penalty and drop in draft order.
Change:
In the 2005-2006 season, the limit will increase to 72.5%
In the 2006-2007 season, the limit will increase to 75%
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September 29
TMHL Annual Fall Meeting.
The following Rule Changes have been passed.
1. Trading Scope
No elements of a trade can be more than 5 seasons into the future.
Effective: immediately
E.g. during the 2005-2006 season, can only trade draft picks or salary up to 2010.
2. No longer need to protect 9 players at end of season.
Note: this implies there will no longer be a Parity Draft.
Effective: immediately
3. Free Agent Bidding.
If a team wins a player by a blind bid
and that team also had the high open bid on that player
(i.e. when open bidding was closed - i.e. Wed 4pm)
and there were no other valid blind bids on the player,
then the contract amount will be the high open bid + minimum increment.
Effective: immediately
E.g. Team1 has high open bid Wed 4pm on PlayerA for $500K.
Team1 later puts in a telephone bid of $2 million. No other blind bids
were made on PlayerA. Then Team1 gets PlayerA at $500K + increment = $550K.
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October 3
TMHL Annual Fall Meeting.
The following Rule Changes have been passed.
1. Free Agent Bidding.
The current high open bid shall be considered as "committed" to the team's salary
during open bidding.
Effective: immediately
E.g. Team1 has salary $15 milllion, currently has high open bid(s) totalling $1 million.
Then, Team1 cannot make any transactions that will add to salary,
until higher bid(s) override those bids.
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June 20
The following Rule Changes have been passed.
1. Salary policy change, D-1-vi – add new rule to player salary
The amateur can be signed to a rookie contract for a one-year duration
at a salary of his amateur salary rate plus $100,000.
Effective: immediately (applies to signings for 2004-2005 season)
2. Parity draft change, F-4-i – amendment to rule
Existing rule:
By the free agent deadline, teams must protect a maximum of 9 players under contract
to the team. All other players are considered exposed for the purpose of the
Parity Draft. (Est. 2000)
Change:
A player shall be considered exempt if they played 40 games (player) or 24 games
(goalie) but were not called up to “pro” status by the team.
Effective: following the 2004-2005 season
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https://tmhl.tripod.com/YrsPrior/Year0304/PreSeason/preseason_activity.htm
September 28
The following Rule Change was passed, effective this coming season.
Official source of players available in Amateur Drafts
Previous Rule:
F.2.1 This draft is limited to players drafted by NHL teams that summer.
(Est. 1986, amended 1991)
Changed To:
(Same source as official positions of Amateur players available i.e. ...)
The list of players available in the Amateur draft will be taken from the first available issue
of Hockey News showing a single list of all players selected in the NHL Entry Draft. This list
will be the only source of available players, and the position(s) at which they can be drafted.
Note that the Amateur Draft CANNOT be started until this list is available.
(Ed. note: For the 2003 Draft, the list would have been the single list on page 42 of the
July 2003 issue of The Hockey News, which was the one used as the official source of positions).
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