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Roadmap

Roadmap & sneak peeks

Where the project is and where it's going. This page updates as we ship.

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Live now Shipped

Playable today at hockeypool.hockeysiml.com

  • The Hockey PoolBox pools and snake drafts, scored on the real NHL, with standings updated within about 15 minutes of each game.
  • Make it yoursCommissioner-set scoring, custom box players, your choice of prediction sections, challenge messages and invites.
  • Fair & secureEmail sign-in, entries private until the season locks, anti-abuse checks and an operator view.

In testing On our test sites

Testers are playing these now

  • The Simulation League 🏒A full simulated NHL with real rosters, a real salary cap, trades, a draft, playoffs and a GM Room.
  • A page for every leagueEach league gets its own address with its own GMs, trades and standings, and a step-by-step guide for its commissioner.
  • Season controlsChoose how fast your league plays, or push it one day at a time yourself.
  • Minor LeaguesJunior and college prospects tracked on their real stat lines, at hockeysimml.com.
  • The free open trialOne shared league, free to join, opening 4 hours before the real NHL's 2026-27 opening night. Claim a club, play 4 games, and if every club is taken you're added to a waiting list and notified the moment a seat opens.
  • Team performance emailsYour commissioner can turn on a daily, weekly or monthly email with your team's record — the monthly one also names your best and worst performer.

Building now In progress

Rolling out over the coming weeks

  • Buy a league$20 a team, billed yearly, so a full 32-team league is $640 a year. Bronze (1 year) and Silver (5 years) lock the price.
  • Team valueA league starts at a floor value that can only grow, and teams gain prestige from the President’s Cup, the first pick, a Cup win and trophy winners.
  • ExpansionAdd teams to a league as it grows, with each era expanding its own way.
  • Your own sign-inEmail links and authenticator-app codes, so every league stays protected without per-seat costs.

On the horizon Ideas

Shaped by what creators & players ask for. Send us a suggestion

  • Mobile app 📱iOS and Android so your leagues and pools live in your pocket.
  • New pool formatsSurvivor pools, playoff brackets, goalie-only. The suggestion box drives this list.
  • Creator toolsBranding, deeper stats, and more ways to reward your players.
  • Seat sales inside the appPlanned for later, after a legal review. Until then commissioners sell seats directly.

The vision Where it is all heading

Start your league in any era.

Open a league in any pro season from 1917 to today, and play its real history — the right clubs, the right players, and the rules and the money of that year. Every player is rated by an algorithm built from their real statistical record. Where the record runs out — the early years, the missing seasons — the same model fills the gap with a clearly-marked estimate: a considered inference, never an invented number.

  • Real erasEvery season, all the way back to the earliest days of the pro game. Live the deadline days, the dynasties, and the rebuilds as they actually stood.
  • Real rostersEra-accurate line-ups and depth. The stars, the grinders, and the prospects who belong to the year you choose.
  • Honest ratingsAttributes are derived from real stats by a transparent model. An unknown is shown as a model estimate, not dressed up as fact.

We simply love hockey, and we hope this is the first season of many. Got an idea? The suggestion box in your pool goes straight to us. Updated 21 September 2026.