🚨 FREE AGENCY OPENS SUNDAY! 🚨

The bidding begins Sunday, October 25 at 3:00 PM EST!

Looking to fill that hole in your lineup or make the big signing that puts your team over the top? All available free agents can be found at:

League → Free Agency → Free Agents https://www.canadianelitehockeyleague.ca/FreeAgents.php

To keep track of the offers being submitted: 

League → Free Agency → Free Agent Offers https://www.canadianelitehockeyleague.ca/FreeAgentOffers.php

New to the process or need a refresher? Check out the Free Agency Walkthrough.

⚠️ A Few Important Reminders

Agent offers: Pulling an offer is entirely at the agent's discretion. Agents are under NO obligation to pull an offer, so don't bid unless you're prepared to end up with that contract.

77 OV+ players: Any player rated 77 OV or higher who is signed during Free Agency cannot be sent through the Waiver Draft and must remain on your Pro Roster for the Waiver Draft period.

Spend wisely, know your cap situation, and don't make an offer you're hoping an agent will bail you out of later!

Good luck to everyone and happy signing! 🏒

Reminder!

Rounds 3 and 4 of draft are tomorrow night (wednesday)

UPDATE!

First TWO rounds of the 2026 CEHL Draft is scheduled for Oct 15th 8PM

Please email me your picks list if you cannot make it. Will send out another update with a draft rule reminder.

Rerates are posted!

Yes the time has come.. All rerates are now posted and rosters have been updated. Expect Free Agency to open right the week after the first round of the Draft.

Rerates... Draft... and Raising Another Banner

It was another long season, and once again Mark Kostovski's Maple Leafs raised a banner. Led by a ridiculous 21-goal playoff performance from Matthews, Toronto put together an impressive championship run.

Now, down to business.

Draft

The first two rounds of the 2026 CEHL Draft will be held on Thursday, October 15th. A specific start time will be announced soon.

Rerates

Rerates are almost 99% complete, but things are a little different this year.

I've completely revamped how ratings are calculated and presented to the league. In most cases, overall ratings remain relatively similar, but attribute distributions have changed significantly. Using NHL EDGE data and advanced statistics, I've worked to create player profiles that better reflect different player types more in line with what the sim expects. 

Before anyone panics about major IT changes, don't worry! Most players saw significant rating drops under the new calculations, so don't focus too much on the raw numbers at first glance.

The initial rerates are now available on the new Rerate Review page under Other → Rerates, or directly here: CEHL Rerate Review

Rosters will be updated next week after goalie ratings are updated (not included yet), but please see the review sheet. There might be a few SK tweaks to make but generally these ratings are complete. 

I know this is a fairly significant change, but I hope everyone enjoys the new ratings system. For the most part, every attribute except SK is now calculated using a defined formula rather than subjective adjustments. Manual overrides still exist, but they apply to far fewer players than in previous years. The goal is to have the least amount of overrides possible and to make the process more transparent for everyone in the league.

GMs can now easily see:

• Which attributes changed
• How much they changed
• Any manual overrides that were applied
• Incoming Prospect creations and their potential ratings

Going forward, I'll also be updating the Rerate Review page monthly throughout the NHL regular season so you can track how players are trending and get an early look at what future rerates may look like. I may relook at doing partial rerates aswell so every season we have rerates. (undecided but will look into this)

If you click on any player, you'll find a detailed breakdown showing how each attribute was calculated, along with where that player ranks percentile-wise over the last three NHL seasons.

I realize change can be uncomfortable at first, but I believe this system is a major step forward in making rerates more accurate, consistent, and transparent. As always, feedback is welcome.

Much props to TO GM Mark K

 Dude worked, Dude grinded,  Dude executed 

Much respect to a Mark,   he earned it

Count stands. 17 for the west. 19 for the east

Draft Lottery Results

Not what everyone wanted to see.. but i could have been worse!…. Mark winning is worse right? Guys?

The top position goes to Boston (Blair) who has his second win of the top pick in recent memory. We will see if he can outlast Mark and Shawn to retain the pick.

Second goes to Detroit moving up 3 spots from 5th. Nothing to see here. It was well deserved.

Third position goes to Vancouver moving down 2 spots to claim his prize. Not what Ryan wanted but 3rd pick is still solid!

Better luck next year boys, hope you enjoyed the show.

2026 Lottery Draft

Lotto Draft will be held tomorrow (Sept 10th) on the main CEHL League news chat at 4PM EST.

I will be starting a video call and will share my screen for the 2026 Draft lottery.

Continue to test your luck at: https://www.canadianelitehockeyleague.ca/tools/draft/

Playoff Dreams Fading? There's Still Hope... Sort Of.

The CEHL playoffs have rolled into the second round, and for many teams, the dream of lifting the Cup is still alive. For others? Well... let's just say the off-season scouting meetings have started a little earlier than planned.

If your team has already been sent packing, feelings of jealousy, frustration, and perhaps a touch of irrational rage toward the remaining contenders are perfectly understandable. But don't despair. There is still one event capable of instantly changing a franchise's fortunes:

The CEHL Draft Lottery

We're excited to introduce the brand new CEHL Draft Lottery Simulator! (which will be used for the live draft lottery )

Try it here: https://www.canadianelitehockeyleague.ca/tools/draft/

You can also find it on the site under:

League → Draft → Lottery Draft Tool

Now you can run the lottery yourself and see if the hockey gods finally decide to smile upon your franchise... or if they continue their long-standing tradition of crushing your hopes and dreams.

Will your team jump into a top pick?
Will your rival somehow win despite already having enough luck for one lifetime?
Will you spend the next hour clicking "Simulate" until you finally get the result you wanted?

Probably.

Give it a try, test your luck, and start dreaming about the future. Because while championships are won on the ice, legends are often born at the draft table.

Additional details regarding the official CEHL Draft Lottery will be announced once Round 2 concludes.

And remember: if your team keeps falling in the lottery, that's not a bug. That's just the authentic CEHL experience.

Good luck... you're going to need it.

Just wanted to say ive never seen all 1st round match ups go 3-2 in the series at the same time

Playoffs are here. Thanks, Kevin, for the amazing Playoff Preview writeup. I won't try to match that haha.

First Game is TOMORROW NIGHT (Thursday August 13th)

Have your lines etc ready. and don't forget ticket prices!