The Official Holdover Post

Hockey Pool season is just around the corner so it is time to buy your “Pool Guide” of choice and pick your holdovers.

The deadline for picking your holdovers for this years Superdraft is by noon Sunday September 27th. Please post your holdovers in the comments section of this post. This will give everyone enough time to plan for the draft which will happen about one week later depending on everyone’s schedule. Post your picks early if you won't be around at the deadline - you don't have to wait until the last day.

Rules: You can hold over 5 players from your roster last year. You can't hold over the same player 2 years in a row. You can only hold over 2 players who placed in the top 50 for points (65pts or more in the 08/09 season). I think that is it...

NOTE: for some reason our teams have been wiped from Officepools. So if you’re like me and can’t remember who was on your roster don’t panic Greg or Barry will figure it out (I hope).

As for the Draft – Saturday October 3rd is the preferred date. Mark your calendars and cancel any trips or family events you might have planned. Draft will start at 8pm at my house – this will coincide with the Flames vs. Oilers game on Hockey Night in Canada. If for some reason a bunch of you can’t make it we can look at alternate dates (Wednesday, Thursday or Friday night could work). Hockey season starts on October 1st and we will need active rosters in by the following Monday. Let me know if you can't make it to the draft and what day works better for you. If you’re out of town make sure you have access to the internet or pick someone smarter than Greg to pick your team for you.

Salary Cap will be kept the same as last year ($51 million) assuming we have all 12 teams back this year. If people drop out or we get extra teams that number could change.

More details will follow once Greg gets his shit together.