Rosters before league reset:

Teams

Team
F
D
G
Anaheim Ducks
Cogliano, Andrew - ANA
Palmieri, Kyle - ANA
Selanne, Teemu - (N/A) 
Koivu, Saku - ANA
Ryan, Bobby - ANA
Etem, Emerson - ANA
Smith-Pelly, Devante - ANA
Rakell, Rickard - ANA
McMillan, Brandon - ANA
Perry, Corey - ANA
Getzlaf, Ryan - ANA
Vatanen, Sami - ANA
Beauchemin, Francois - ANA
Foster, Kurtis - ANA
Lydman, Toni - ANA
Visnovsky, Lubomir - ANA
Fowler, Cam - ANA
Sbisa, Luca - ANA
Hiller, Jonas - ANA
Gibson, John - ANA
Boston Bruins
Campbell, Gregory - BOS
Spooner, Ryan - BOS
Lucic, Milan - BOS
Pouliot, Benoit - BOS
Horton, Nathan - BOS 
Caron, Jordan - BOS
Peverley, Rich - BOS
Knight, Jared - BOS
Bergeron, Patrice - BOS
Marchand, Brad - BOS
Seguin, Tyler - BOS
Krejci, David - BOS
Boychuk, Johnny - BOS
Chara, Zdeno - BOS
McQuaid, Adam - BOS
Corvo, Joe - BOS
Hamilton, Dougie - BOS
Seidenberg, Dennis - BOS
Rask, Tuukka - BOS 
Thomas, Tim - BOS 
Buffalo Sabres
Armia, Joel - BUF
Stafford, Drew - BUF
Vanek, Thomas - BUF
Kassian, Zack - BUF
Ennis, Tyler - BUF
Adam, Luke - BUF
Gerbe, Nathan - BUF
Pominville, Jason - BUF
Roy, Derek - BUF
Boyes, Brad - BUF
Tropp, Corey - BUF
Foligno, Marcus - BUF
Leino, Ville - BUF
Myers, Tyler - BUF
Ehrhoff, Christian - BUF
Sekera, Andrej - BUF
Gragnani, Marc-Andre - BUF
Leopold, Jordan - BUF
Miller, Ryan - BUF
Enroth, Jhonas - BUF
Carolina Hurricanes
Staal, Eric - CAR 
Sutter, Brandon - CAR
Ponikarovsky, Alexei - CAR
Nash, Riley - CAR
Boychuk, Zach - CAR
Dalpe, Zac - CAR
Jokinen, Jussi - CAR
Skinner, Jeff - CAR
Tlusty, Jiri - CAR
LaRose, Chad - CAR
Bowman, Drayson - CAR
Ruutu, Tuomo - CAR
Pitkanen, Joni - CAR
Faulk, Justin - CAR
McBain, Jamie - CAR
Sanguinetti, Bobby - CAR
Kaberle, Tomas - CAR
Gleason, Tim - CAR
Ward, Cam - CAR
Boucher, Brian - CAR
Chicago Blackhawks
Kane, Patrick - CHI  
Toews, Jonathan - CHI
Sharp, Patrick - CHI
Pirri, Brandon - CHI
Hossa, Marian - CHI
Kruger, Marcus - CHI
Frolik, Michael - CHI
Bickell, Bryan - CHI
McNeill, Mark - CHI
Beach, Kyle - CHI
Brunette, Andrew - CHI
Morin, Jeremy - CHI
Bolland, Dave - CHI
Leddy, Nick - CHI
Seabrook, Brent - CHI
Hjalmarsson, Niklas - CHI
Keith, Duncan - CHI
Crawford, Corey - CHI
Emery, Ray - (N/A) 
Salak, Alexander - CHI
Colorado Avalanche
Kobasew, Chuck - COL
Landeskog, Gabriel - COL
Hishon, Joey - COL
Yip, Brandon - COL
McLeod, Cody - COL
Mueller, Peter - COL 
Jones, David - COL
Hejduk, Milan - COL
Galiardi, T.J. - COL
Duchene, Matt - COL
Stastny, Paul - COL
Barrie, Tyson - COL
Johnson, Erik - COL
Quincey, Kyle - COL
Elliott, Stefan - COL
Siemens, Duncan - COL
Hejda, Jan - COL
Giguere, Jean-Sebastien - COL
Pickard, Calvin - COL
Varlamov, Semyon - COL
Edmonton Oilers
Omark, Linus - EDM
Eberle, Jordan - EDM
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan - EDM
Hemsky, Ales - EDM
Hall, Taylor - EDM 
Gagner, Sam - EDM 
Paajarvi, Magnus - EDM
Smyth, Ryan - EDM
Teubert, Colten - EDM
Gilbert, Tom - EDM
Whitney, Ryan - EDM 
Dubnyk, Devan - EDM
LA Kings
Penner, Dustin - LA
Williams, Justin - LA
Toffoli, Tyler - LA
Parse, Scott - LA
Stoll, Jarret - LA
Kopitar, Anze - LA
Brown, Dustin - LA
Richards, Mike - LA
Gagne, Simon - LA
Vey, Linden - LA
Clifford, Kyle - LA
Loktionov, Andrei - LA
Kozun, Brandon - LA
Johnson, Jack - LA
Doughty, Drew - LA
Voynov, Viatcheslav - LA
Martinez, Alec - LA
Forbort, Derek - LA
Bernier, Jonathan - LA
Quick, Jonathan - LA
Montreal Canadiens



NY Islanders



NY Rangers
Kreider, Chris - NYR
Callahan, Ryan - NYR
Stepan, Derek - NYR
Anisimov, Artem - NYR
Wolski, Wojtek - NYR
Richards, Brad - NYR
Dubinsky, Brandon - NYR
Avery, Sean - NYR
Gaborik, Marian - NYR
Zuccarello, Mats - NYR
Boyle, Brian - NYR
Prust, Brandon - NYR
Erixon, Tim - NYR 
Staal, Marc - NYR
McDonagh, Ryan - NYR
Girardi, Dan - NYR
Sauer, Mike - NYR
Del Zotto, Michael - NYR
Lundqvist, Henrik - NYR
Biron, Martin - NYR
Philadelphia Flyers



Pittsburgh Penguins
Malkin, Evgeni - PIT
Tangradi, Eric - PIT
Jeffrey, Dustin - PIT 
Dupuis, Pascal - PIT
Staal, Jordan - PIT
Kuhnhackl, Tom - PIT
Sullivan, Steve - PIT
Kunitz, Chris - PIT
Neal, James - PIT
Kennedy, Tyler - PIT
Crosby, Sidney - PIT  
Bennett, Beau - PIT
Cooke, Matt - PIT
Michalek, Zbynek - PIT
Martin, Paul - PIT
Letang, Kris - PIT
Orpik, Brooks - PIT
Despres, Simon - PIT 
Fleury, Marc-Andre - PIT
Johnson, Brent - PIT
San Jose Sharks
Clowe, Ryane - SJ
Hamilton, Freddie - SJ
Coyle, Charlie - MIN
Marleau, Patrick - SJ
Havlat, Martin - SJ
Pavelski, Joe - SJ
Thornton, Joe - SJ
Ferriero, Benn - SJ
Handzus, Michal - SJ
Couture, Logan - SJ 
Mitchell, Torrey - SJ
Viedensky, Marek - SJ
Vlasic, Marc-Edouard - SJ
Murray, Douglas - SJ
Demers, Jason - SJ
Braun, Justin - SJ
Boyle, Dan - SJ
Stalock, Alex - SJ
Niittymaki, Antero - SJ
Niemi, Antti - SJ
St. Louis Blues
Stewart, Chris - STL
Schwartz, Jaden - STL 
Grachev, Evgeny - STL
Perron, David - STL 
D'Agostini, Matt - STL
Berglund, Patrik - STL
Sobotka, Vladimir - STL
Steen, Alex - STL
Oshie, T.J. - STL
Tarasenko, Vladimir - STL 
McDonald, Andy - STL
Backes, David - STL
Colaiacovo, Carlo - STL
Nikitin, Nikita - STL
Cole, Ian - STL
Jackman, Barret - STL
Shattenkirk, Kevin - STL
Pietrangelo, Alex - STL
Allen, Jake - STL
Halak, Jaroslav - STL
Tampa Bay Lightning
Downie, Steve - TB
Purcell, Teddy - TB
Kucherov, Nikita - TB
Malone, Ryan - TB 
Lecavalier, Vincent - TB
St. Louis, Martin - TB
Stamkos, Steven - TB 
Connolly, Brett - TB
Hedman, Victor - TB
Roloson, Dwayne - TB
Tokarski, Dustin - TB 
Toronto Maple Leafs
Lombardi, Matthew - TOR 
Bozak, Tyler - TOR
Armstrong, Colby - TOR
Biggs, Tyler - TOR
Kulemin, Nikolai - TOR
Grabovski, Mikhail - TOR
Colborne, Joe - TOR
Kessel, Phil - TOR
Kadri, Nazem - TOR
Caputi, Luca - TOR
Lupul, Joffrey - TOR
MacArthur, Clarke - TOR
Connolly, Tim - TOR 
Gunnarsson, Carl - TOR
Schenn, Luke - TOR
Gardiner, Jake - TOR
Liles, John-Michael - TOR
Phaneuf, Dion - TOR
Gustavsson, Jonas - TOR
Reimer, James - TOR
Vancouver Canucks
Samuelsson, Mikael - VAN 
Kesler, Ryan - VAN 
Raymond, Mason - VAN
Rodin, Anton - VAN
Sedin, Henrik - VAN
Jensen, Nicklas - VAN
Hodgson, Cody - VAN
Burrows, Alexandre - VAN
Schroeder, Jordan - VAN
Edler, Alexander - VAN
Bieksa, Kevin - VAN
Connauton, Kevin - VAN
Hamhuis, Dan - VAN
Schneider, Cory - VAN
Lack, Eddie - VAN
Luongo, Roberto - VAN
Washington Capitals
Johansson, Marcus - WAS
Ovechkin, Alex - WAS
Laich, Brooks - WAS
Knuble, Mike - WAS
Semin, Alexander - WAS
Brouwer, Troy - WAS
Kuznetsov, Evgeny - WAS
Ward, Joel - WAS
Galiev, Stanislav - WAS 
Backstrom, Nicklas - WAS
Alzner, Karl - WAS
Green, Mike - WAS 
Orlov, Dmitry - WAS
Wideman, Dennis - WAS
Carlson, John - WAS
Hamrlik, Roman - WAS
Holtby, Braden - WAS
Neuvirth, Michal - WAS 
Vokoun, Tomas - WAS 
Winnipeg Jets
Fehr, Eric - ATL 
Ladd, Andrew - ATL
Klingberg, Carl - ATL
Cormier, Patrice - ATL
Burmistrov, Alex - ATL
Antropov, Nik - ATL
Thorburn, Chris - ATL
Little, Bryan - ATL
Wheeler, Blake - ATL
Telegin, Ivan - ATL
Kane, Evander - ATL 
Slater, Jim - ATL
Oduya, Johnny - ATL
Postma, Paul - ATL
Enstrom, Tobias - ATL
Bogosian, Zach - ATL 
Byfuglien, Dustin - ATL 
Kulda, Arturs - ATL
Mason, Chris - ATL
Pavelec, Ondrej - ATL

Welcome to the NEW Ultimate Dynasty Hockey League

Imagine becoming the GM of your favourite NHL team.  Now imagine Bettman getting canned and the NHL contracts by 10 and is now having a dispersal draft. Now imagine that you like fantasy hockey and that the NHL is actually called the UDHL.

The UDHL is a new, unique, FREE and very deep keeper pool and we are looking for dedicated and savvy owners for our inaugural season.

In a nutshell:
1) Adopt an NHL team and inherit any 20 of their players/prospects.
2) The UDHL will have 20 Teams, so the inaugural draft is essentially an 8-round Dispersal Draft taken from the 10 unselected NHL teams.
3) 20 teams, 28 players per team (including prospects).  Roster Sizes: Fx12, Dx6, Gx1 Bench/Farm 9. Keep a total of 24 players per year. (17 + 7 prospects).  A yearly 1-round slow forum-based amateur draft held in the summer right after the NHL entry draft.  Yearly 4-round waiver/free-agent draft prior to each season consisting of all unprotected players.  Hosted on Fantrax.

Point System:Forwards/Defensemen

Scoring for F/D is approximately 90% Points and 10% 'secondary categories'.

Main category for F and D is straight Points:
1G = 1A = 1 Point

Secondary categories:
PIM: .02 (= 1 point per 50 PIM)
Shorthanded Points: 0.2 (= 1 point per 5 Shorthanded Points)
Game-Winning Goals: 0.1 (= 1 point per 10 GWG)
Fights: 0.1 (= 1 point per 10 fights)
Hits: 0.02 (= 1 point per 50 hits)
Blocked Shots: 0.04 (= 1 point per 25 blocked shots)
+/-: .02 (= +1 or -1 points for every +20 or -20 rating)
A player with average statistics in the secondary categories will typically get an extra 5 points total by the end of the year.  A player ranking near the top of multiple secondary categories could attain closer to 10 points.

Goalies

Main categories for goalies:
W = 1 Point, SO = 1 Point

Secondary goalie categories:
OT Loss 0.2
GP 0.1
Goal = Assist = 1 Point
Saves 0.1
Goals Against -0.9 .
The Saves and Goals against points works out to goalies receiving points for maintaining 0.900 save% or better.

Altogether the top 10 goalies typically score in the 80-100 point range, and most starting goalies have more than 50 points.

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All the finer league details can be seen under the CBA(Rules) section on our website ulthockey.blogspot.com.  I have run some keeper leagues for years and have tweaked the blueprint of a successful leagues as the model for this league but with lots more emphasis if prospect development. But considering the nature of the league start-up, this one will be free.

If you are interested, there are 2 ways to join:

1) Join the league and claim a team immediately.  But getting your choice of your starting NHL team comes at a price.  Once you pick your NHL team you will be placed last available slot in our inaugural draft order.  So if you were the first to select your NHL team, you will pick #20, #40, #60, etc.., if you selected the second team you would draft 19, 39, 59, ect.  The draft will be non-snaking.

2) If a GM would prefer to be closer to the #1 overall pick for our inaugural draft, they can hold their place for a team in the league and then wait until all spots are filled.  These GMs will be placed into the 'lottery list'.  Once all spots in the league are filled a randomized lottery will determine the draft order for the GMs on the 'lottery list'.  After the draft lottery is complete, the last-place GM will get to pick their NHL team first, the second-last place GM will get to pick their team, second, etc., until all GMs have selected their NHL-starting team.


Contact me or leave a comment on this post to claim your team or be placed on the draft Lottery List!

Cheers,

Commissioner Pete