ABHL Draft

For those missing the draft you can follow along live (best viewed on desktop or google sheets app): Live draftboard

Rule Changes and Player Feedback

• More Salary reassessments for rookies/sub players - Not required this season

• Teams in the finals should get last and 2nd last pick. Acquired players must play at least one game with their new team before being traded again.  - GMs voted no

• Salary carry over from previous season - GMs voted no

• Change Playoff Format (Top 2 bye, 3 game series) - GMs voted to keep it the same

• Playoff Tiebreaker - Changed to '.5 points for top 2 regular season teams, wins, goal differential'

• Longer games/move games to Sunday - Not enough resources

• Archived stats on the website - maybe in the future

• Frequency of trades - GMs voted to keep it the same

• Limit trades for a player for the season - GMs voted to keep it the same

• Changed: Post-deadline roster cap violations carry an automatic 5-goal deficit for the team's first playoff game. Subsequent or ongoing infractions will trigger a 5-goal penalty for each following playoff game. Team must be compliant before next game.

• Removed: Top 2 teams cannot trade with each other

• Added: Teams cannot trade with each other back to back, they must make a trade with another team first

• The GM trade discount for high-salary players has been increased from 10% to 15%

Full Rules