OFFICIAL LGHL Season 16 - 17 Timelines

[Season 16 PSN] - 9 Weeks - 82 Games

• Off-Season - Feb 10th - 18th
• NHL Draft - Feb 18th
• NHL Bidding - Feb 20-21-22 - [Start 21:00 - End - 20:00]
• AHL Bidding - Feb 22-23-24 - [Start 21:00 - End - 20:00]
• CHL Bidding - Feb 24-25-26 - [Start 21:00 - End - 20:00]
• Random Assignment - Feb 27th
• Week 1 - Feb 28-1-2
• Week 2 - March - 7-8-9
• Week 3 - March 14-15-16
• Week 4 - March 21-22-23
• Week 5 - March 28-29-30
• Week 6 - April 4-5-6
• Week 7 - April 11-12-13
• Week 8 - April 18-19-20
• Week 9 - April 25-26-27
• Playoffs R1 - May 2-3-4
• Playoffs R2 - May 9-10-11
• Playoffs R3 - May 16-17-18
• Finals - May 23-24-25

[Season 17 PSN] - 9 Weeks - 82 games

• Off-Season - May 26th - June 3rd
• NHL Draft - June 3rd
• NHL Bidding - June 5-6-7 - [Start 21:00 - End - 20:00]
• AHL Bidding - June 7-8-9 - [Start 21:00 - End - 20:00]
• CHL Bidding - June 9-10-11- [Start 21:00 - End - 20:00]
• Random Assignment - June 12th
• Week 1 - June 13-14-15
• Week 2 - June 20-21-22
• Week 3 - June 27-28-29
• Week 4 - July 5-6-7
• Week 5 - July 11-12-13
• Week 6 - July 18-19-20
• Week 7 - July 25-26-27
• Week 8 - Aug 1-2-3
• Week 9 - Aug 8-9-10
• Playoffs R1 - Aug 15-16-17
• Playoffs R2 - Aug 22-23-24
• Playoffs R3 - Aug 29-20-21
• Finals - Sept 5-6-7-8

* The CHL is on this same timeline but following the traditional eight week season followed by a five-week playoff *

 

S16 Off-season Week 0 – Wednesday, Feb 10 thru Saturday, Feb 13

• Current S15 NHL Owners are given the opportunity to state their interest in returning for the coming season (S16). The deadline is set for Friday, January 22 at 20:00:00 ET.
• Staff will review the new Ownership applications and conduct interviews during the LGHL Playoffs and finalize by Wednesday, Feb 10.
• The Retirement window is open for all players and Seasonal ID flips to S16 (by Feb 10th).
  • Free-agent players who retire are eligible to un-retire ANYTIME during the season as long as the sign-up window is open.
  • Players who are under contract for this season and retire can ONLY UNRETIRE prior to the retirement deadline of 16:59:59 ET on Thursday, Feb 18. After the deadline, those players will not be eligible to return to the league until the following season.

• On Wed Feb 10: S16 NHL Owner league offers are submitted and owners are given tools. Owners can begin their mgmt selection and player contract opt-outs (roster drops).
  • Players NEED to be approved by Staff prior to being sent an offer to manage.
    • NHL Management Approval Thread --> LINK HERE
    • AHL Management Approval Thread --> LINK HERE
  • Players NEED to be signed up for the season in order to accept a management offer in our system.
  • The entire organization is allowed up to FIVE roster-contract drops. Please post in the respective threads below.
    • NHL Roster Correction Thread --> LINK HERE
    • AHL Roster Correction Thread --> LINK HERE
  • The Constitutional Review Period begins.

• On Thurs Feb 11: The Resign Period begins at 00:00:00 ET (105-hour window)
  • Teams can only resign TWO players on their roster (each league).
  • Players that were won in NHL bidding cannot be resigned in the AHL.
  • Randomly assigned players cannot be resigned.
  • Teams cannot trade for someone and then resign them.
    • NHL Resign Thread --> LINK HERE
    • AHL Resign Thread --> LINK HERE

S16 Off-season Week 1 – Sunday, Feb 14 thru Saturday, Feb 20

• On Sun Feb 14: The Resign Period approval posting ends at 17:59:59 ET
• On Mon Feb 15: The Resign Period ends at 08:59:59 ET
• On Mon Feb 15: @Tris10 dumps S15 rosters keeping only players under contract for S16+ (by 12:00:00 ET)
• On Mon Feb 15: The trade window opens (3-day window) at 17:00:00 ET (or after roster dumps)
• On Tues Feb 16: Roster-Contract Drops close (16:59:59 ET)
• On Thurs Feb 18: The retirement window closes at 16:59:59 ET
• On Thurs Feb 18: The trade window closes at 17:59:59 ET
• On Thurs Feb 18: S16 NHL Entry Draft at 20:00:00 ET
• On Fri Feb 19: S16 NHL Entry Draft contracts are issued
• On Fri Feb 19: The trade window re-opens (24-hour window)
• On Sat Feb 20: The trade window re-closes at 17:59:59 ET

S16 Off-season Week 2 – Sunday, Feb 21 thru Saturday, Feb 27

• On Sat Feb 20: S16 NHL Bidding begins at 21:00:00 ET until Mon Feb 22 (47-hour window)
• On Mon Feb 22: S16 AHL Bidding begins at 21:00:00 ET until Wed Feb 24 (47-hour window)
• On Wed Feb 24: S16 CHL Bidding begins at 21:00:00 ET until Fri Feb 26 (47-hour window)
• Random Assignments for the AHL and CHL will be issued on Sat Feb 27.
• Trade windows will open for each league once the contracts have been issued and accepted by the players. Until then, the trade window will be closed. The BOGs will determine a proper date for this. Trades involving NHL & AHL must have contracts issued on both ends.

S16 Opening Night - Sunday, February 28

• Opening night of LG Season 16!