Apologies for the late announcement but we've had to make a tweak to tonight's draft. We'll be starting at 8:00 PM EDT, an hour later than originally planned.
The reason for this is that Ottawa Valley GM Guy Morin has decided to leave the league.
There wasn't a whole lot of pushback on the proposed dates for the rest of our offseason events so they've formally been added to the league calendar.
Supplemental Draft - August 18, 7:00 PM
Entry Draft - August 21, 7:00 PM
Valid Roster Deadline - August 24, 12:00 PM
Waiver Draft - August 24, 7:00 PM
Some of you have already been on top of this in Slack but I'd like to formally welcome Guy Morin as the new GM of the Ottawa Valley Wolfhounds.
With Guy in place, we've got a full slate of GMs once again and can move on with our offseason.
All of the players who were mistakenly moved to the property list during re-rates have been moved back. That doesn't mean that player eligibility is 100% accurate, though, so keep an eye out for any issues and let me know if you see them.
With award winners announced, that's a wrap on Season 23 and we've officially flipped the league calendar over to Season 24.
Our top priority is getting a new GM in place for the Ottawa Valley Wolfhounds. I've already started reaching out to members of the waiting list with regards to that so hopefully we'll get a response soon.
That's a wrap on Season 23 of the NSHL. Thanks everyone for another great season and congrats to Kevin and the Sault Surge on their run to the Finals.
Award voting is now open via the GM Tools. It will remain open until noon on June 26 and, as per usual, is a required action.
For those who missed it in the update with last night's sim, voting for the All-Star roster is now open via the GM Tools. This is to assemble the team that will face the Michigan Sentinels in the All-Star Game.
That's a wrap on our preseason. We're off tomorrow and then the regular season begins on Friday.
Just a heads-up, there are two teams that made it through the preseason without setting a valid game lineup. It's technically against the league rules to play a game with an invalid lineup (I usually let it slide if it's only a couple times during an injury or something like that) so please take care of that if you need to.
The Season 23 Entry Draft is complete and all eligible, rated players selected in the draft have been added to their respective rosters.
There's a list of rated players who were deemed to be ineligible in the S23 thread in the forums.
I'm happy to formally introduce @Robert Marchand as the new GM of the Portland Huskies!