All Time Standings

Another regular season has passed, our 6th, and below is a recap of our all time leading teams as far as season success. Interesting to note that we have never had a repeat winner of the regular season, 6 different teams have topped the standings. We have also never had a repeat winner of the RHL Championship and will not again this year as none of the teams currently in the final 4 have won before.

League Responds

Official RHL position statement

While I am sympathetic to the concerns of all my GM's, we cannot judge a manager's intentions purely based on their roster management skills. We seek managers with dynamic personalities and aggressive strategies to accomplish the greatest goal; The Manufacturer's Cup. As a previous league champion, the Nordique Franchise has and will continue to be a founding member.

Office of the Commissioner

Accusations!

What's this all about? Asks GM Atkinson on the recent Collusion article.

Mr. Atkinson,
Please do not act coy, this is a very serious matter which requires you to be straightforward and honest.
This matter has been a long time coming, and you know exactly what this email is all about.

Being the youngest General Manager in this league, I'm glad someone with a little more senority has finally stepped in and made mention to this, as I've chosen to keep my thoughts and feelings concealed, thusfar.

Your attempt to sabotage the RHL is utterly disrespectful not only to yourself, but also to the integrity of each and every other GM in the
league.

Surely you knew that by drafting the NHL's least popular and minimal point-production players after the third round, would conjure mistrust amongst your peers. Your feeble attempt to hide suspicion by trading away your first round pick for an eighth round pick and some free agents has most definitely not gone unnoticed.

In light of these revelations, I ask that you willingly step down as the Assistant Commissioner of the RHL.
My only hope is that there will be someone to step in and take on the role, as you've so poorly sullied the title and brought shame to the position.

Regards,
Donnie Jaikissoon
Malton Muggers - GM

Collusion

It has come to my attention that there has been discussion of attempting to sabotage the RHL standings. I would like to take this opportunity to make it known that any attempts to undermine the reputation of this fine league will be dealt with promptly and harshly. The upstanding general managers pay their dues and expect a level of fairness to compete which we provide. I would like nothing more than to continue the great success of this league and to have each one of you be a part of the growing saga that is the RHL. Stay tuned for more league announcements coming soon.

Commissioner
Trevor Filion


c.c. Sean Atkinson, Ass. Commissioner

Welcome to RHL 2009 - 2010

Introduction and Recap

Welcome back! We have completed five strong seasons of RHL hockey and are looking forward to an exciting 6th edition this season. Congratulations to the regular season champion Lindsay Wazooz as well as the RHL 2008-2009 Manufacturers Cup Champion Alliston 93 Leafs. I hope they enjoyed the rewards of such an incredible accomplishment.

We will again ice 12 teams with no indication of any ownership change for the first time in RHL history. Existing RHL owners are safe with their teams for as long as they contribute to the league and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their dedication. Below I have outlined important points for us to keep in mind and as a reminder to all teams. Thanks for returning and let’s have a great and successful season! --Trevor Filion, Commissioner RHL

Draft and Lineups

- Community Draft each player unique to your team (ie. Player cannot be picked twice) Thu Sep 24 8:00pm EDT

- 6 forwards, 4 defense, and 2 Goalies (dressed players) and 4 spares (bench players) to be selected in ANY order you choose. You should have a total of 16 players after the draft.

- BE PREPARED. We have 12 teams and we are looking at 192 players drafted. This means you must have a list of players handy and scratch off the ones drafted so you know who’s left (the Yahoo site has a list of players ranked if you want to use it and the players will be removed as drafted using the Yahoo draft). The draft will take approximately 1.5 hours!!

The League

- Head to Head style hockey pool

- Each forward and defense player you choose to dress in a given week will contribute to a total in each of these categories: Goals (G), Assists (A), Penalty Minutes (PIM), Plus/Minus (+/-), and Game Winning Goals, (GWG).

- Each goalie you choose to dress in a given week will contribute to a total in each of these categories: Wins (W) and Save Percentage (S%).

- You will play these players against an opposing member’s players for a whole week in which at the end, each category will be totaled. For each category you have a greater amount, you will receive a WIN and the opposing player will receive a LOSS (or vise versa), and for each category that finish that week even, you both will receive a TIE. The next week you will play another member and the Wins, losses and ties will cumulate throughout the season for a total.

- The top 6 teams in points will make the playoffs and any other teams remaining will go into a consolidation round for placement. **Note our league playoffs happen during the final weeks of the actual regular NHL season, not during the NHL playoffs.

Waivers

- You may release a player from your roster at which point any other team interested may take the player but you may not take him back until after the waiver period.

- The waiver period is 2 days, and if no one expresses interest in that player he becomes a free agent at which point anyone may pick him up. If someone has claimed that player he joins that team 4 -8 hours after the waiver period.

- If more than one team claims the same player, the team that is highest on the Waiver Priority List is given the rights to the player. The priority list is initially set based on the reverse of the draft order. However, each time you add a waived player to your roster, you are pushed to the back of the list. This "rolling" list stays in effect for the entire season.

Trades

- There will be no limit to the amount of trades you may do with other members; however each trade will be “on hold” for 1 day in order for the commissioner to review. After the waiting period is over the trade will be processed (may take 24hours).

- The trade deadline date is March 4^th 2010

IR

- In order to be eligible for the IR position, a player must be on the real-life injured reserve list.

- When a player is placed on the real-life IR that will show as one of the positions in his drop-down menu. To place that player on your team's IR, select the IR position choice and hit the Submit Changes button. Once you have done this, you will be able to pick up a new player from the Available Players list.

Help Files

- This is just a summary of our league which can be used as a quick reference guide. For more detailed help files, explanations, etc. please see the Yahoo pages http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/hockey/ .

- If you still have questions or concerns you may contact your league commissioner Trevor at fillshere@yahoo.ca or deputy commissioner Sean at seandanielatkinson@hotmail.com.