Under the LGHL page's section for LGIHL https://www.leaguegaming.com/forums...gaming-international-hockey-league-lgihl.364/
NHL and AHL are seperated. Not regular IHL. Two seperate leagues based on which league you were rostered on last season. You are also eligible whether you were on a playoff team or not. Owner sign ups are open as well. Roster selection will be a draft.
150 signups thus far so it'll be tight. If they do 8 teams in each and you draft 11 players (owner + 11 players = 12 player roster) that's 88 players needed per tournament level. 6 teams might be a better target to make sure the AHL has some ECUs (NHL would use AHL teams as ECUs I'd assume).
I just found out about the tourney like 2 days ago, so they just need to get people to let their discords and shit know to build the draft pool.