2023 Off-Season Calendar Dates and Deadlines

[Flames GM (Beamer)]

Draft Lottery

The official Draft Lottery odds for the 16 SCD franchises that missed the playoffs will be drawn on the Monday May 8, 2023 (the same time that the IRL NHL announces their odds). IRL NHL franchises are now matched up with the SCD franchises in the 2023 Draft Order thread.

SCD Awards

SCD Awards will take place on Monday June 26th. Each GM is asked to vote in all categories (consider you participation in this as an "Activity check"). An email invite will be sent to your email address by Sunday June 4th, so you should have plenty of time to vote for each category.

UFA Contract Extensions

All pending UFA players (and Franchise Tags on pending UFAs) need to have contract extensions and Franchise Tags in place by 11:59am EST on Friday June 30th. Important note, if a player has been franchise tagged twice previously, they CANNOT be tagged at all and will enter UFA.

SCD Entry Draft

Friday July 14th 12:00pm EST will be when the "clock starts" on the SCD Entry Draft . 4 Rounds - 1st round is 24 hours per pick (or less), Rounds 2 thru 4 is 12 hours per pick (or less). 

SCD Free Agency

UFA Signing period for positions listed in the SCD Master as Center, Defense and Goaltender begins Friday August 11th 12:00pm EST. Wingers begin 7 days afterwards.  ALL Waiver Wire claims also open on August 11th 12:00pm EST (all positions).

RFA Contract Extensions

RFA IRL contract extension needs to be in place by the start of that player's team's first game (start of IRL season is TBD). If no contract extension is in place, that RFA becomes UFA in SCD. e.g. If IRL Red Wings play on October 22nd, and CGY has a Detroit RFA player on his roster, that RFA needs to have a contract extension in place prior to the start of that Oct 21st game.

Please refer to the SCD Rulebook for parameters related to drafting, free agency, etc..