Entry Draft and Free Agent Draft Official Dates and Details

[Florida Panthers]

Here is the schedule that we will be working with in regards to the OGSHL Entry Draft and the OGSHL Free Agent Draft.

NHL Entry Draft Date(real life): Friday, June 26th-Saturday, June 27th

OGSHL Entry Draft: Saturday, June 27th - Thursday July 16th
- Clocks will start at 9AM EST and run until 12AM EST daily, for 20 days total. (There will be no running clock for July 1st and July 4th due to the Canadian and American holidays)
- The Draft will be three hour clocks, making that 5 picks per day
- The Entry Draft is three rounds
- Clocks will run as follows. 1. 9AM-12PM 2. 12pm-3PM 3. 3PM-6PM 4. 6PM-9PM 5. 9PM-12AM and will then follow the same time frame for the next 5 picks etc.
- If you are unsure you can make a pick that day make sure to leave a list with either myself or Dallas Stars
- Keep in mind you do not have to wait until your designated timeslot to make your selection if it is your pick and you already know who you want to draft.

OGSHL Free Agency Draft:Monday July 20th - Sunday August 2nd
- Clocks will start at 9AM EST and run until 12AM EST daily, for 14 days
- The Draft will be one hour clocks, making that 15 picks per day
- The Free Agent Draft is 7 rounds
- Owners have the option to PASS on picks at any time they want in the draft. (For example if you are already at 45 players and there is nobody you want in the draft, you can pass on all remaining picks)
- This will include all prospects who were picked in rounds 4-7 in the real NHL entry draft that were not selected in the OGSHL Entry Draft
- The Order is based on the reverse order of standings (Florida has the 1st pick in the Free Agent Draft)
- All team buyouts must be either posted or sent in a PM to either Dallas Stars or Myself by July 18th at 11:59 PM

We decided to have the Entry Draft start 1 day after the real NHL Entry draft because we will already know who has been picked. As a reminder, nobody will be on the clock on July 1st and July 4th due to Canada Day and 4th of July

There will be a Free Agent Draft Doc that will be posted on the website for everyone to refer to when drafting in the Free Agent Draft.
There will also be a direct link to the real NHL Entry Draft order that will show which players were picked in each round.

As usual, if there are any questions or concerns feel free to post below.

[New York Islanders]

Are we going to start the regular season in August? Why are we making the clocks so short on these drafts? With our entry draft starting on a Saturday, people might not be around to make thier pick at like...7pm on a Saturday night.

[Florida Panthers]

Jun 4, 2015 11:07:48 GMT -5 New York Islanders said:

Are we going to start the regular season in August? Why are we making the clocks so short on these drafts? With our entry draft starting on a Saturday, people might not be around to make thier pick at like...7pm on a Saturday night.

The pre-season will start sometime probably around mid-late August and last until around the last week in September / First week in October. With a week break between pre-season and regular season.

We are open to the idea of adding more time to the clocks if that is what the majority of people would like to do. We were just doing it based on how the Inaugural Draft worked which saw 30 minute windows.

We ended up expanding the clocks as you said

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What about us Canadians who have July 1st as our holiday?

[Florida Panthers]

Jun 4, 2015 11:24:39 GMT -5 @vangm said:

What about us Canadians who have July 1st as our holiday?

Being that Dallas Stars is Canaidan he didn't mention this to me... odd lol.

[Dallas Stars]

LOL didn't even think about it

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Jun 4, 2015 11:27:00 GMT -5 Dallas Stars said:

LOL didn't even think about it

What kind of a Canadian are you. 

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I am on holidays to Florida from June 27 - July 4. I'll have to check in from time to time with a list for the Entry Draft I guess.
or trade all my picks.... Who wants three (3) 2nd round picks??
I'll move each pick for a prospect(s).

[Dallas Stars]

Jun 4, 2015 11:30:17 GMT -5 @vangm said:

Jun 4, 2015 11:27:00 GMT -5 Dallas Stars said:

LOL didn't even think about it

What kind of a Canadian are you. 

The kind that's expecting a child around the same time Won't be out partying this year haha

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I'm going to FLA for the GM meeting.... GM meeting for the OGSHL? Isn't it there this year?

and to celebrate both July 1st and July 4th just because I can..

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Any Canadian getting hammered this Canada Day and making picks will still make better picks than John Muckler ever did.

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Honestly tho, Brian Lee @ 9th overall. Jesus.

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Lol

[Florida Panthers]

IMPORTANT We have decided to make the Entry Draft have 3 hour windows which should supply teams with sufficient time to make trades if a player they want is suddenly taken off their board. This will allow for only 5 picks a day spreading the 3 round Entry Draft over 20 days (2 of them being holidays July 1st and July 4th which we will not use the clocks for) This means the clocks will work as follows. 9-12PM 12PM-3PM 3PM-6PM 6PM-9PM 9PM-12AM and will repeat that window frame for the whole Entry Draft.

The Free Agent Draft will remain at 1 hour clocks, but will now run from July 20th - August 2nd as these picks can't be traded.

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I'll be on a road trip down the East Coast starting the 27th, but I should have no problem getting in my pick via text or posting it on my phone. If all goes well with the picks in front of me, I should be able to pick on the first day even though I have the 6th pick.

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Will there be a list of eligible players for the entry draft?

[Dallas Stars]

Jun 16, 2015 11:50:11 GMT -5 @dirtyoars said:

Will there be a list of eligible players for the entry draft?

Yup! If you look at the doc, the second page will be updated before our draft starts with the real life selections

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Jun 16, 2015 11:57:53 GMT -5 Dallas Stars said:

Jun 16, 2015 11:50:11 GMT -5 @dirtyoars said:

Will there be a list of eligible players for the entry draft?

Yup! If you look at the doc, the second page will be updated before our draft starts with the real life selections

Of this page?: Draft

[Dallas Stars]

That doc is for the Free Agent Draft.

The second page of this doc will be updated once the players are selected in real life for the Entry Draft; docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aKyXwyLLkDxy1UG2uIeKJGHBfsdzABsx71G4zZXHMcc/pubhtml#

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Fuck sakes I didnt read this really till now and just realized I missed the buyout date. I had thought it was one week before free agency not two plus.