Cookie Policy

Read how we utilize cookies and local browser storage to personalize and optimize your fantasy hockey strategy selections.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They allow the site to recognize your browser, remember configuration choices, and monitor traffic patterns. We also use local web storage technologies (such as `localStorage` and `sessionStorage`) which function similarly to cookies by storing data locally within your web browser.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

We categorize cookies based on their specific utility. You can customize your preferences for analytics and functional categories using our Cookie Settings panel:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are required for the core operations of our website, enabling secure login flows, page navigation, and basic security protections. Specifically, we utilize essential session cookies to operate our 18+ age gate overlay. If these cookies are blocked, the site will not function correctly. They cannot be disabled.

Analytics / Performance Cookies

These cookies gather anonymous data about how visitors interact with our fantasy leagues, sortable player stats, and guide pages. They help us understand which sections are visited most frequently and detect configuration loading errors, allowing us to optimize overall performance.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow our platform to remember settings choices you make, such as your saved team rosters, theme settings, and simulated AI chat widget dialogue history. These cookies ensure a personalized strategy interface without requiring you to re-input data on subsequent visits.

3. Specific Technologies Utilized

The key local storage and cookie parameters configured on our domain include:

  • nhl_age_verified: Set in `sessionStorage` upon successful confirmation at the entry gate, preventing the verification modal from reappearing during your active browser session.
  • nhl_cookies_accepted: Set in `localStorage` to save your consent selection status (all, essential, custom).
  • nhl_cookies_analytics & nhl_cookies_functional: Set in `localStorage` to save your specific category preference switches.

4. Managing Cookie Preferences

You have the right to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can adjust your choices at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" button on our cookie consent banner. Additionally, most web browsers allow you to configure cookie block policies through their general settings menu (typically under Privacy & Security). Please note that disabling functional cookies may limit your ability to save custom rosters in our Team Builder demo.