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FoCH Rulebook
9. Trades
Teams are free to make trades at any time, with the exception of the period of time when 4 full weeks* remain in the regular season until the end of the playoffs, and from the period of midnight of the day before the opening of the NHL regular season until the beginning of the draft.
*= A week is considered to begin at the beginning of the first NHL game of the scoring week, which starts on Monday.
If a trade were to put a team over the 28-man roster limit then the team must make its cut or move part of the trade. No trade will be official unless and until any relevant cuts are announced at the time of the trade.
Any and all trades must be announced to the league within a reasonable period of time by a separate email either as noted in Section 8 above or in a separate email later in the week.
10. Free Agents
Each team will receive $30 for free agent acquisition during the course of the regular season.
Free agent eligibility is defined as only those players currently on an active roster in the NHL. Players listed on the injured list of an approved source cannot be nominated for free agent pickup
Teams may sign free agents at any time during the regular season. All free agents must be nominated by the start of the first NHL game of the scoring week, which starts on Monday. All free agent nominations will be submitted by email. Bids will be made via email to the league Free Agent Monitor by midnight on Thursday.
Once a free agent is nominated all teams may submit a bid for the player. The player will go the team with the high bid, and in the case of two teams both submitting an equal high bid, the player will go to the team which nominated him. If the nominating team is not one of the high bid teams, then the player will go to the team with the lower position in the standings.
A team that nominates a player automatically bids $1 for that player. Bids must be made in whole dollar amounts.
If a free agent acquisition puts a team over the 28-man limit then that team must cut down to 28 by the start of the following scoring week (provided they have been informed of the acquisition) by notifying the league. If they do not specify a cut then the free agent will be considered to be the player cut, AND the team will still assume the cost of the free agent signing. Until the cut is announced, the free agent may not be activated.
If the player is automatically cut due to complete and total inaction by the start of the next scoring week on the part of the team which acquired the player, then the player is awarded to the team which had the next highest bid, which can then activate him the following scoring week.
No players signed as free agents are eligible to be kept by the signing team for the following season and are eligible for the following year’s draft.
11. Waivers
All players must clear waivers.
Teams are allowed to claim players in reverse order of standing. For the first three weeks of the season, the finish from the previous season is used to determine claiming order. Beginning in week 4 the current season’s standings will be used.
The team cutting the player will not be able to claim that player.
Players cut during the season must be claimed by midnight of the following Thursday or they return to the available player pool.