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HockeyGuy · 01-22-2015, 12:48 AM

I am a newbie and I have a ton of questions about setting up a custom league, so please bear with me.

I am looking to create a custom 28-team league with four divisions where the top four teams make the playoffs and the top team in each division plays the fourth-best team. How do I go about doing this?

Is it best to play an 82 or 52 game schedule?

What does the “schedule playoffs” box mean?

What is a setting for the trade frequency? I tried setting up a league previously and there were zero trades despite having the setting at 25.

How many minor league teams can each NHL franchise have? And how do I go about setting this up?

How do I sign free agents? This still confounds me. I have both the roster and salary cap space and yet I cannot sign a free agent. What am I missing?

Additionally, when I try to recall some players from the minors it says I have to offer them a contract, but when I do a message pops up saying “You don’t own the league rights.” What does that mean and how do I correct this?

01-22-2015, 12:48 AM	#1
HockeyGuy Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 37	Custom League Help I am a newbie and I have a ton of questions about setting up a custom league, so please bear with me. I am looking to create a custom 28-team league with four divisions where the top four teams make the playoffs and the top team in each division plays the fourth-best team. How do I go about doing this? Is it best to play an 82 or 52 game schedule? What does the “schedule playoffs” box mean? What is a setting for the trade frequency? I tried setting up a league previously and there were zero trades despite having the setting at 25. How many minor league teams can each NHL franchise have? And how do I go about setting this up? How do I sign free agents? This still confounds me. I have both the roster and salary cap space and yet I cannot sign a free agent. What am I missing? Additionally, when I try to recall some players from the minors it says I have to offer them a contract, but when I do a message pops up saying “You don’t own the league rights.” What does that mean and how do I correct this?