Full rules

1. GMs must be active to be part of the CCHL. GMs are expected to submit lines on regular basis and reply to GMs. Lack of activity will be a cause for dismissal.
2. Chirping and having fun is expected but a level of respect is always expected. Know your audience. If you have a problem with someone message the commissioner.
3. This is a cash league, therefore you must be paid up before seasons starts.

Full rules

1. Each CCHL season costs $25 CAD. This is non-refundable once the season starts.
2. If you pay for future seasons these payments are also non-refundable.
3. The League will use a portion of the entry fees to pay for the website/simulator.

Full rules

1. The League will run two full sim seasons per year. Sim(s) occur at 8:30am EST (and 8:30pm EST when double-day sims).
2. Players will age naturally on their own birthdays.
3. Rerates will be completed by the simulator automatically at the start of the Offseason.
4. There will be one NHL rerate after every Even Season.
5. There will be one Farm rerate after every Odd Season.
6. The sim will be using the 1.5 engine as it is the most realistic in its results.
7. League entry fees are allocated to award winnings and admin fees.

Full rules

1. The Entry Draft will take place every offseason and will consist of 3 rounds.
2. The site https://www.draftpicklottery.com/lottery.php is used to determine the top three picks. Once the top three picks are determined, all other draft positions remain the same. Only the top three picks will be revealed.
3. Prospect ratings will be based on their last full year statistics from their respective League, using the Prospect Calculator found on the site under Tools > Prospect Calculator.
4. Entry Level Contracts (ELCs) are set at $950,000 for three years, unless the player is created based on NHL statistics, in which case the NHL salary applies.

Full rules

1. The Pro salary cap, salary floor and maximum annual player salary follow the CCHL CBA schedule:

   CCHL CBA salary schedule

   Seasons	Pro cap	Pro floor	Maximum player salary
   18	$88M	$66M	$14M
   19–20	$92.5M	$69M	$14.8M
   21–22	$97M	$72M	$15.5M
   23–24	$102.5M	$75M	$16.4M

2. The Farm salary cap is $38,000,000.
3. The minimum annual player salary is $950,000. Maximum annual player salaries are set by the CBA schedule above.

Full rules

1. Each team must carry at least 22 players on its Pro roster:
   • 12 Forwards
   • 6 Defensemen
   • 2 Goalies
   • 2 Scratches (healthy or injured)
2. Each team must carry 5 goalies.
3. Starting in Season 19, any player (skater or goaltender) making $3,750,000 or more may only play at the Pro level.
4. Teams may not have more than 55 contracts at any one time.
5. Pro teams have a max of 23 players.
6. Rosters minimum is 45.
7. Skaters at 73 OV or below are Farm eligible; 74 OV and above are Pro only. Goalies at 83 OV or below are Farm eligible; 84 OV and above are Pro only. Players reaching the Pro-only threshold graduate to the Pro level.

Full rules

1. FA will be done on the site under Transactions > Free Agents (Make Offer).
2. Free Agency will start with a 24-hr window where you can Offer Sheet any RFA if you have the compensation (see #6). Once bidding is over, teams have 24 hrs to match the Offer Sheet or accept compensation (after 24hrs without a response the commissioner will automatically match the Offer Sheet).
3. Next teams with eligible RFA’s will be contacted to see if teams wish to take their RFA’s to Arbitration (see RFA Arbitration) or release them to the Free Agency pool.
4. The age for RFA is 23 yrs old or younger.
5. RFA status is set at the beginning of the season. If a player is 23 on the 1st day of the Regular Season, he will retain his RFA status for the remainder of the season and heading into the next Offseason.
6. To make RFA bidding more available, the picks do NOT have to be your own. They will be your picks when available. Then it will be picks from the lowest seeded team available. RFA compensation will go as follows:
   • $1,034,249 annual cap hit or less - No compensation
   • $1,034,249 to $1,567,043 - 3rd round pick of next draft
   • $1,567,043 to $3,134,088 - 2nd round pick of next draft
   • $3,134,088 to $4,701,131 - 1st and 3rd round picks of next draft
   • $4,701,131 to $6,268,175 - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round picks of next draft
   • $6,268,175 to $7,835,219 - Two 1sts, 2nd, and 3rd round picks of next draft (The 1st's can be a mix of the next 2 drafts)
   • $7,835,219+ - Three 1sts, 2nd, and 3rd round picks of next draft. (The 1st's can be a mix of the next 3 drafts)
7. Any player 24 years and older is considered a UFA.
8. The maximum length of a contract is 6 years.
9. Players signed via free agency CANNOT be traded until the team's 41-game mark of that season.
10. As part of the trade rules, just like with everything else, you must disclose the player's contract status (extension offers) during trade negotiations.

Full rules

1. In the case a GM fails to sign a RFA they can take the player to arbitration. The league will look at the players’ age, overall rating, and comparable players’ salaries.
2. The league will then look at these factors and send an arbitration offer on a 1-year deal AND a 3-year deal. The team owning the rights to the RFA need to choose the 1-year deal or 3-year deal.
3. NOTE: If all 3 chances have NOT been exhausted the player will then automatically go to UFA. No exceptions. The players' name MUST appear on the follow page on the site. http://www.couchcoach.org/OutputUpcomingUFAs.php

Full rules

1. Trade Veto Procedure:
   1. If a General Manager (GM) believes a trade is unfair and detrimental to league integrity, they may challenge it by submitting a public appeal in the designated Trade Veto channel.
      • The challenging GM may post a statement explaining why the trade should be overturned. The GMs involved may post a rebuttal defending the transaction.
   2. A veto challenge must be submitted within 24 hours of the trade being posted in the Trade Channel. After this period, the trade becomes final and cannot be challenged.
   3. Each franchise is allotted one veto challenge per season. For this rule, a season begins at the start of the offseason and ends at the league trade deadline.
      • If the trade is overturned, the challenging franchise retains its veto challenge and may use it again that season.
      • If the challenge fails and the trade is upheld, the challenging franchise forfeits its veto challenge for the rest of the season.
   4. Once a trade has been formally challenged, all eligible GMs have 24 hours to cast a public vote.
   5. The GMs involved in the trade and the GM who initiated the challenge are ineligible to vote.
   6. At least twenty (20) eligible GMs must vote. If fewer than twenty votes are submitted within the voting period, the trade automatically stands.
   7. A trade is overturned only if at least sixty percent (60%) of votes cast support overturning it. Otherwise, the trade stands.
   8. All voting results are final and may not be appealed.
2. No Pro team may drop below 74 OV after a trade.
3. Trading can consist of Players, Prospects and Draft picks. (Future Considerations are not permitted.)
4. Each team will be limited to 9 trades a season. Except during the week before the trade deadline, you will have an additional 3. Offseason trades are unlimited.
5. Draft Picks may be traded up to 3 years in the future, but all picks must be paid for in advance.
6. You cannot trade for a player at the deadline, and then trade the player back to the original team until 41 games into the next season. You can trade him to other teams. But not the originating team.
7. Teams must disclose all information about players. Such as but not limited to UFA status, contracts that were signed at the age of 36+, contract negotiation status (how many attempts, details of attempts), etc.
8. Trades involving only Farm players, Prospects or Picks will not count towards the 9-trade limit.
9. You cannot trade a player for nothing.

Full rules

1. Any player 23 and younger can pass through without waivers. All players 24 and older must pass through waivers. If a player turns 24 after the start of the regular season, he will be considered waiver exempt.
2. If a player gets claimed off waivers, he goes to the PRO roster of the claiming team and must officially pass through waivers to be eligible for the minors. (See Note 1 below).
3. Waivers will NOT be in effect during the offseason.

Full rules

1. There is a maximum of three Buyouts per Team.
2. New GMs get 6 Buyouts in the Offseason (3 Free).
3. Players can be bought out at 50% of their remaining contract spread out over the remaining years of their contract (3yrs @ $4,000,000: Buyout = $2,000,000 for 3yrs cap hit).
4. Buyouts can only take place in the Offseason at the designated time.

Full rules

1. Position changes are allowed any time during the season and are unlimited. Request them in #Position_Changes.
2. Should a site list someone as a W, you can choose both RW and LW.
3. Acceptable websites that are accepted are:
   • www.sportsforecaster.com
   • www.nhl.com
   • www.capwages.com
   • www.eliteprospects.com
   • www.tsn.ca
4. You get the position of the one site you submit. You cannot combine sites. If one site lists as a C and another as a RW. You need to choose which site you want to use. If one site lists a player as a C/LW and another as C/RW. You need to choose. You cannot combine the 2 to make the player C/LW/RW.

Full rules

1. Forward lines can be set to a maximum of 35%
2. One player can be double shifted ONLY once and ONLY on the fourth line. So, a player can be on line 1 and 4, but not line 1 and 3. Anyone caught doing this in their line files will face fines equal to salary cap violations.
3. A team must play their 4th offensive line at least at 8%. You may play your defensive 4th line at 0%.

Full rules

1. Goalies will be restricted to their starts based on their Endurance rating for that season
   • 96-100 EN can start a max of 72 games per season
   • 86-95 EN can start a max of 66 games per season
   • <86 EN can start a max of 56 games per season
2. Starts are not the same thing as games played. They can come in for a pulled goalie and it will not count against their starts.
3. Once a team has been officially eliminated from the playoffs, all goalie limitations are removed. In fact, you will be expected to play your best goalie as often as possible.

Full rules

1. Team may only offer Cap Relief on 3 contracts at one time (starting Season 13).
2. Can only offer Cap Relief up to 50% of players’ salary.
3. You may offer Cap Relief for up to 3 seasons.
4. You cannot offer Cap Relief on final year of current contract (unless player has been extended).

Full rules

1. All retirements will take place immediately after the playoffs, and players will be removed from rosters. Percentage chance of retiring are:
   • 36 years old - 10%
   • 37 years old - 20%
   • 38 years old - 40%
   • 39 years old - 65%
   • 40 years old - 80%
   • 44 mandatory retirement
2. Any player of the age 36+ years old, who is signed in free agency or re-negotiates a multi-year contract during the season and decides to retire, will have a guaranteed contract. The team owning the player at retirement will be on the hook should they retire.
3. You can extend a 36+ year old player to a 1-year deal before the end of the season and if player retires in the offseason, you will NOT be on the hook to pay the contract.

Full rules

1. Players will have their overall decrease at the end of each EVEN season under the following criteria.
   • 36 yrs old - lose 1 OV point
   • 37-38 yrs old - lose 2 OV points
   • 39+ yrs old - lose 3 OV points
2. The point drop will take place after the seasons rerate happens.
3. Stats that will not go down during the point reduction are MO, PO, LD, and EX. All other stats are subject to reduction to achieve the reduction.

Full rules

1. The NHL Rerate Calculator can be found on the site under Tools. Type player into cell to see what their new ratings will be.
2. Once per calendar year (after every EVEN season), each team will be given one NHL rerate. You may choose any player from your Pro or Farm team to have their stats adjusted according to the most recent (completed) NHL seasons success.
3. The player will take the HIGHER salary of either their current NHL salary or their CCHL salary. (If you sign a player in Free Agency to 6yrs @ $14M, and you go to rerate said player in the offseason, they will take the higher salary even if their NHL salary is $5M.
4. You cannot trade your rerate until 41 games into the season.

Full rules

1. Farm rerate will occur after each Odd season.
2. The player must be under team control to be eligible for rerate (i.e. The player must be signed for the following season.
3. At the time of the rerate (after Sim rerates), the player must be Farm eligible: skaters at 73 OV or below, salary under $3,750,000. After the rerate, the player must still be Farm eligible. Goalies remain subject to the roster eligibility thresholds.
4. There is no age limit for a Farm rerate.
5. Only players drafted in a CCHL draft can be rerated. No players created by the SIM or signed in FA will be eligible for a rerate.
6. The prospect calculator will be used to determine the players' new ratings if not based on NHL stats. If NHL stats are to be used, the NHL Rerate Calculator will be used.
7. To be eligible for a rerate, a player must be with their respective team at the conclusion of the previous season. Players acquired during the off-season will not be eligible for a rerate.
8. If Farm rerate is based on NHL stats, they will get the higher of the two salaries (NHL vs CCHL).
9. Teams will not be permitted to sell/trade their rerate slots. Each team will rerate their own player. If a team does not have a player to rerate, or chooses not to use their rerate, they will forfeit their right to do so.
10. Teams cannot trade their rerated player until the 41-game mark of the season.

Full rules

1. Teams will be limited to the number of draft picks they can have at any one time:
   • 1st round picks: Max of (3)
   • 2nd round picks: Max of (4)
   • 3rd round picks: Unlimited

Full rules

1. All non-playoff teams will be entered into a lottery, which will take place at the end of Round 1.
2. List of eligible Prospects that can be selected and Time Slots will be provided before the draft.
3. Lottery odds will be set at:

   Lottery odds by finishing position

   Position	Odds	Balls
   Last	15.0%	30
   2nd	12.0%	24
   3rd	11.0%	24
   4th	9.5%	19
   5th	9.0%	18
   6th	8.0%	16
   7th	7.0%	14
   8th	6.0%	12
   9th	5.0%	10
   10th	4.0%	8
   11th	3.5%	7
   12th	3.0%	6
   13th	2.5%	5
   14th	2.0%	4
   15th	1.5%	3
   16th	1.0%	2

Full rules

1. Cash payouts take place in the offseason. Winnings of $25 or less automatically roll over.
2. Cash breakdown is as follows ($70 used for site fees):

Full rules

1. The sim rerates will automatically be done by the simulator at the beginning of the Offseason.
2. Goalies who are 25 years old or younger at the time of rerate and reach the following number of games started will get a boost in their EN rating:

3. Players and Goalies with less than 10 GP in the league will have their SIM rerates voided and will keep the same ratings.
4. An EX rating boost will be applied to all players on rosters that make it to the CCHL cup final. +4 EX for the winning team and +2 for the losing team.
5. Rerates will be published on the site under History>Seasons>Sim Rerates.
6. The max growth for the pro level will be set to 5 for each stat. And a max of 10 for the AHL level. With the rerate being the Modulate on Current Level setting.
7. SK and ST will not be re-rated for skaters, nor SK and SZ for goalies. For players 25 years old or younger, they will have their SK increased. Pro SK will increase by +1, Farm SK will increase by +2.
8. We will be using the modulated rerate based on the player's current stats.

Full rules

Full rules

1. You may only have 25 prospects (max) at any one time.
2. If you have more than 25 prospects, you will be forced to move as many as it takes until you are 25 or below.

Full rules

1. For prospect creation, use the statistical season listed for the corresponding CCHL offseason and draft pool.

   CCHL Draft breakdown / Prospect creation statistical season

   CCHL offseason	Draft pool	Statistical season
   S19	2026 EVENS	2025–26
   S20	2026 ODDS	2025–26
   S21	2027 EVENS	2026–27
   S22	2027 ODDS	2026–27
   S23	2028 EVENS	2027–28
   S24	2028 ODDS	2027–28