CCHL Expanding - Looking for a GM

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mattyoung7115
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CCHL Expanding - Looking for a GM

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Hi everyone,

The CCHL is a league that has been around for 20 years and half of our GMs are original members with 70% being involved for five years or more. We have been a 22 team league for our entire duration but have been planning a careful expansion with policy and rules for about a year and have decided to go for it this offseason. We will go from 22 to 24 teams, with one of the franchises already having been awarded which is why we only require one General Manager.

Why is the time right for expansion? For a variety of reasons but for the most part league stability looks good and with the 2022 and 2023 NHL Entry Drafts looking so strong, the teams could get franchise players in both drafts or at least one each in the 2023 draft if they chose to build through the draft. Our expansion draft will be before the free agency period as well so a team could potentially get some high-quality players via the bidding system as well

Some points to note:
1) We don't use an NHL salary cap because with 24 teams, the budget would be unrealistic but we have a comprehensive finance system that ensures teams must build through the draft or rebuild once player salaries get out of control because sustaining an unrealistic payroll won't work and your team will go broke.
2) We use a draft website to make our selections from a complete database. We have a pick time limit but the reality is our comprehensive draft is done in about 4 days because you can set your own list or draft from the convenience of your phone while still seeing players available.
3) You get to build your team from scratch rather than cleaning up another person's mess like a lot of teams can tend to be on here.

The reality is we are a great group of hockey people that have a very active membership and a bunch of great nuances that make our league unique and one of the best long-term leagues out there. I know it's easy to say, but our executive group goes over and above to make the league and our community a fun group to be involved with.

While we don't anticipate the expansion draft to be for a few months, we'd like to get the franchise locked down so we can have the team's named (we do not use NHL team names and like originality), name your Head Coach, announce divisional alignment for next season and so the new GMs can become more comfortable with the rules prior to the expansion draft.

Want to learn more? Email me [email protected] and let's discuss how you can join a great league and hockey community with worldwide membership.

Thanks,
Matt
CCHL Commish
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