2022 Preseason
Posted: Sat. Dec. 17, 2022 12:01 am
Training camp is beginning! All players were moved to your NHL rosters on Thursday night in preparation of preseason games.
We will start a condensed preseason schedule on Monday, December 19! I'd hoped to start games on Saturday but that was going to be just too soon and I don't even have the schedule built until Friday overnight.
Each team will have four NHL preseason games and two AHL preseason games. The AHL games will begin after Christmas, on Tuesday, December 27.
Just like last year, though it's not ideal that we are starting this late, the bright side is that not being held accountable for setting valid lineups during preseason (roster issues must always be addressed though!) coincides well with the upcoming holidays!
GMs are encouraged to goof around with their lineups and experiment with different combinations, just as a real team would during the preseason. Many teams were out of compliance on opening night last year because they blew off the preseason. Use it as a learning experience and a refresher for what is and is not allowed!
Plus please remember that even though only roster deadlines are enforced in preseason, not doing your lineups means that I have to do them for you. That is very frustrating. I'd rather use that time to focus on other league matters. There are a few teams who inexplicably still do not have enough players to meet the league minimum or ice an AHL roster. If I have to sign players for you, you will not be happy about it!
All injuries and suspensions incurred during the preseason do carry over into the regular season. There is one suspension which will carry over from last season but suspended players will be available for you to use during the preseason.
All players are now officially considered as "in training camp" with their NHL clubs. You may reassign players to the AHL as you wish, but you MUST be able to dress a full 20-man farm lineup before your first AHL game. That essentially means before Monday, December 26. If you have players that you plan to send down for the AHL preseason who must clear through waivers first, please do this before Christmas so that they will be eligible to play these games if they are not claimed!!
In addition and as always, remember to copy your rosters to the future days, especially when you reassign players!! If you send a player down through waivers on Day 1 in the sim client, he clears waivers, but then he is called up on one of the future days, he will have to clear waivers again if you send him back down!
*******Test note for 2022 preseason******* (Test full regular season sim output BEFORE preseason begins to ensure sliders are properly set and ratings are stable)
We will start a condensed preseason schedule on Monday, December 19! I'd hoped to start games on Saturday but that was going to be just too soon and I don't even have the schedule built until Friday overnight.
Each team will have four NHL preseason games and two AHL preseason games. The AHL games will begin after Christmas, on Tuesday, December 27.
Just like last year, though it's not ideal that we are starting this late, the bright side is that not being held accountable for setting valid lineups during preseason (roster issues must always be addressed though!) coincides well with the upcoming holidays!
GMs are encouraged to goof around with their lineups and experiment with different combinations, just as a real team would during the preseason. Many teams were out of compliance on opening night last year because they blew off the preseason. Use it as a learning experience and a refresher for what is and is not allowed!
Plus please remember that even though only roster deadlines are enforced in preseason, not doing your lineups means that I have to do them for you. That is very frustrating. I'd rather use that time to focus on other league matters. There are a few teams who inexplicably still do not have enough players to meet the league minimum or ice an AHL roster. If I have to sign players for you, you will not be happy about it!
All injuries and suspensions incurred during the preseason do carry over into the regular season. There is one suspension which will carry over from last season but suspended players will be available for you to use during the preseason.
All players are now officially considered as "in training camp" with their NHL clubs. You may reassign players to the AHL as you wish, but you MUST be able to dress a full 20-man farm lineup before your first AHL game. That essentially means before Monday, December 26. If you have players that you plan to send down for the AHL preseason who must clear through waivers first, please do this before Christmas so that they will be eligible to play these games if they are not claimed!!
In addition and as always, remember to copy your rosters to the future days, especially when you reassign players!! If you send a player down through waivers on Day 1 in the sim client, he clears waivers, but then he is called up on one of the future days, he will have to clear waivers again if you send him back down!
*******Test note for 2022 preseason******* (Test full regular season sim output BEFORE preseason begins to ensure sliders are properly set and ratings are stable)