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DRAFT ORDER (not account for trades) FIRST ROUND 1 Toronto 2 Tampa Bay 3 Washington 4 Winnipeg 5 New York Rangers # 6 Boston 7 Minnesota 8 Carolina 9 Chicago 10 Los Angeles 11 Phoenix 12 Nashville ~ 13 Anaheim 14 San Jose 15 Ottawa 16 Philadelphia 17 Columbus 18 NY Islanders 19 New Jersey 20 Edmonton 21 Vancouver 22 Calgary 23 Dallas * 24 Pittsburgh * 25 Florida * 26 St. Louis * 27 Montreal + 28 Colorado + 29 Buffalo @ 30 Detroit ** SUBSEQUENT ROUNDS 1 Toronto 2 Tampa Bay 3 Washington 4 Winnipeg 5 Boston 6 Minnesota 7 Carolina 8 Chicago 9 New York Rangers # 10 Los Angeles 11 Nashville 12 Phoenix 13 Anaheim 14 San Jose 14 San Jose 15 Ottawa 16 Philadelphia 17 Columbus 18 NY Islanders 19 New Jersey 20 Edmonton 21 Vancouver 22 Calgary 23 Dallas * 24 Pittsburgh * 25 Florida * 26 St. Louis * 27 Montreal + 28 Colorado + 29 Buffalo @ 30 Detroit ** ~ First Round Only # Lottery winner * Division winner + Conference Finals runners up @ Stanley Cup runner up ** Stanley Cup Champion DRAFT INSTRUCTIONS 1. Draft Dates Rounds 1-3 of the 2011 HFNHL Entry Draft will be held LIVE on Saturday, June 18th at 10:00 AM EDT (GMT -5:00). The results of the live rounds of the draft will be posted (as an Excel file in the Yahoo "Files" section) shortly after the conclusion of Saturday's activities. Rounds 4-7 are not held live – GMs are required to submit a draft list for those rounds (destination TBD) by 11:59 PM EDT on Thursday, June 22rd. While it is acceptable for a list to simply state "Choose the highest NA player available from the CSB rankings", a more detailed list is ALWAYS preferred. Lists should be sent to Brock Otten at wiger_33@hotmail.com AND Matt Gledhill at matt_gledhill@yahoo.com. 2. Live Draft Location The draft will be held in the HFNHL's chat room ( http://www.hfnhl.com/chat.html ). The chat room will also be open prior to the draft for teams wishing to discuss trades (in fact, in past years there has been significant chat activity in the days leading up to the draft). We advise that all GMs take the opportunity to check into the chat room at some point in the days prior to the draft to ensure you can connect. 3. Responsibility of GMs IF YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND, you must submit a list detailing your preferred selections (Email to Brock Otten at wiger_33@hotmail.com AND Matt Gledhill at matt_gledhill@yahoo.com) no later than 11:59 PM (EDT) on Friday, June 18th. You may give another GM written permission to draft for you, in the form of an e-mail to the Commissioner cc’d to your delegate. However, it is still *strongly* suggested that you provide a draft list, as you will be held responsible should the designated GM fail to attend and draft for you. (Frankly, it’s recommended that all GMs submit a list or instructions – even if they plan to attend - as a precaution in the event of unforeseen complications, such as connection issues, car accident, a giant asteroid hitting the earth, etc.). Please note that Assistant GMs must also receive permission to make selections for their team, via advance notification to the Commissioner. In the event that the Commissioner is himself unable to attend the draft, another league member will be appointed to handle draft instructions, etc. 4. Failure to Fulfill GM Responsibilities Short of regularly submitting lines, there's nothing more vital to a GM's duties than participating in the entry draft. Should you fail to have your team represented at the live draft, either in person or through clear instructions provided on time, you will face termination from your GM position. The same is true of failure to submit instructions regarding rounds 4-7 of the draft (even if you decide to forgo your remaining picks, you must do so through active instruction, not default). Picks for absent teams will be made based upon the CSB skater rankings (NA player will be chosen in the event of a tie with a Euro player in the rankings). *Remember: any GM who does not show and make no arrangements for their draft will forfeit their team*. 5. Draft Eligibility – General Prospects eligible to be drafted include those on the CSB final rankings ( http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftprospectbrowse.htm ). More generally, all North American players born on or between January 1, 1991 and September 15, 1993 who have not already been drafted by an HFNHL team (North American players with birthdates in 1990 or prior are Unrestricted Free Agents, assuming of course that their rights are not already held by another HFNHL team, and will be available to be signed during the Free Agency period that takes place later in the summer). International players must be born between January 1, 1989 and September 15, 1993 (you can no longer draft overage Europeans). Simplest way to sort out if an International player (who has played in NA) should be considered under the NA or International draft eligibility criteria is as follows: - If *not* already drafted by an NHL team, base it on where they played this past season - If already drafted by an NHL team, base it on where they were playing in the season prior to being drafted by the NHL. 6. Draft Eligibility – NHL vs. HFNHL Be aware that there are several players that are still available to be drafted in the NHL (or are shown as eligible on the 2009 CSS Draft list) that have already been drafted in the HFNHL. The reverse is also true: players drafted in the NHL may not have been drafted in the HFNHL. A review of the final CSB list to indicate those listed players that have already been drafted has been provided HERE, but it is not guaranteed to be 100% complete, so it is ultimately up to the individual GM to determine whether the player they wish to draft is in fact available. *Picks made on players who have already been drafted will be forfeited.* 7. Draft Eligibility – Opt-outs Prospects are no longer able to opt-out of the entry draft any player with a birthdate in the window is eligible. For unranked players, it is up to the GM to provide evidence that the player’s birth-date makes them eligible.