Moving your pool
Up to 20 poolers. Poolers never pay. The commissioner pays for the Season Pass before starting the season.
The file
One line per player owned. The first line is the header:
pooler,courriel,joueur,equipe_lnh,position
pooler- The team name, 30 characters at most. All lines for a team carry the same name.
courriel- Optional, one address per team. With no email, you manage the team yourself.
joueur- The player's name. Accents and capitals don't matter.
equipe_lnh- The abbreviation (MTL) or the club name (Canadiens). It tells same-name players apart.
position- C, LW, RW, D or G. AG, AD, L, R, F and A are also read, and the slot can be left empty. EQ means an NHL team, if your lineup has a team slot.
Commas, semicolons or tabs: Excel in French works as is. You can also paste a spreadsheet table. The template to download is on the import screen, once the pool is created.
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Intact teams
Done in Excel, Google Sheets or your old tool. No new draft.
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Check before the import
Same-name players, typos, duplicate players: each error gets its line number and is fixed in one click. Nothing is imported while an error remains.
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Invitations tied to teams
Each pooler gets an invitation tied to their team. The commissioner manages poolers without an email. Points already earned are added at the start.
How to switch hockey pool sites
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1
Pool creation
Format, scoring, lineup, cap: the same rules as your old tool.
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File upload
On the pool's import screen, as a file or a pasted table.
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Correction, confirmation, invitations
Fix the errors, add the points already earned, pay for your Season Pass and confirm the import.
Guides by platform
Import reversibility
Before confirmation, no team is written to the pool. Your fixes go under "Fixed", where "Cancel" undoes them, and "Change file" starts over from scratch.
Confirmation can't be undone. The import places each team in the file with its players, records in the adjustments log the points or starting record you entered, and moves the pool into the season.
At the same time, each email in the file that doesn't have a spot in the pool yet receives an invitation tied to its team. Pending invitations for an address not in the file are revoked. After that, only invited people can join the pool.
A pool can only be imported once, and an imported pool has no "Reset the draft". To start over from a different file, create a new pool: it needs its own Season Pass, since the first pool's pass is used and isn't refundable. The first can be archived: nothing is erased, and "Reopen the pool" puts it back where it was.
In a points pool, a wrong starting score is fixed with "Adjust score", for the opposite amount, also visible in the log. In Head-to-Head, the starting record can't be changed after the import.
Guide: importing a pool → Guide: practice, reset and archive →
Frequently asked questions
- How much does it cost?
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Poolers never pay. You, the commissioner, pay one Season Pass per pool ($39, plus taxes): creating the pool, preparing your file, checking the rows and inviting your group are free, and the pass is paid before the import is applied. It covers up to twenty poolers, lineups, trades, waivers, standings and alerts, for the NHL year.
- What happens to points already earned?
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In a points pool, you enter each team's points already earned at the time of the import, with a short reason. Everyone sees them in the adjustments log. After that, games count from the day of the import.
- What about a Head-to-Head pool?
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That works. At import time, you enter each team's starting record (wins, losses, ties), with a short justification visible to everyone in the adjustments log. The schedule starts the week of the import: earlier weeks aren't replayed on Estrade and their points scored aren't carried over.
- What if a player can't be found?
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Estrade suggests similar names, and you can search yourself. A player who isn't in the NHL catalogue, such as a prospect in the American League, can't be imported, so remove the row.
- Do my poolers need an account?
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They receive an invitation by email and click the link: no password, no app to install. Their team is waiting for them. A pooler with no email? You manage their lineup and received trades, and you can invite them later.
- What about a team over the salary cap?
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The team is flagged, not refused. During the season, it can't make a trade or claim that keeps it over the cap.