2018 Free Agency and Offseason

Post by **SharksGM** » Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:48 am

Dear GMs,

With the end of the draft, free agency is upon us. Here is the news bulletin:

- You may now begin making offers to your own free agents. Consult the rules for more details.
- TL;DR: For each player, consult column C (UFA?), select the appropriate column from A/B (RFA/UFA), then apply any bonus for players signing their second contract
- The rollover will occur on Saturday, August 18. If you have any POT boosters to sign, you really should do it before then.
- The file will be updated with all of the draftees and trades later today (I have to get all of the draft positions and prospect teams right).
- Various parts of the site have been updated. The lines updating page works again, if you feel like submitting lines that will be ignored.
- We have a large number of vacancies.

Stay tuned for more.

Calculator

Post by **SharksGM** » Thu Aug 09, 2018 11:23 pm

The file is updated to right after the draft. Everyone should have the correct draftees drafted in the right spot. If you find any errors, let me know.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:13 am

From draft pick trades, I'm missing...
2019 VAN 3rd

2019 WPG 4th
2019 VAN 5th

Also, you replied to the Goodrow deal saying neither Woll nor Primeau boosted but that deal and the Davidson deal don't seem to have been entered yet.

Post by **SharksGM** » Fri Aug 10, 2018 9:59 am

Vik (Habs) wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:13 am From draft pick trades, I'm missing...
2019 VAN 3rd

2019 WPG 4th
2019 VAN 5th

Also, you replied to the Goodrow deal saying neither Woll nor Primeau boosted but that deal and the Davidson deal don't seem to have been entered yet.

I did update the .ehm files with those trades but I suppose I forgot to update the zip and then reverted to a slightly older one after my first attempt at entering the draft failed. Oh well, I'll enter them again.

VancouverCanucksGM · Post by **VancouverCanucksGM** » Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:59 pm

Were there any boosters?

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Fri Aug 10, 2018 5:27 pm

VancouverCanucksGM wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:59 pm Were there any boosters?

Haven't got there yet.

RangersGM · Post by **RangersGM** » Sat Aug 11, 2018 1:44 pm

Chris asked me to let you guys know he'll be back and posting his contracts in the next day or two.

Post by **SharksGM** » Sat Aug 11, 2018 2:39 pm

I edited the calculator to put the current salary columns first, so there should be no confusion as to which to use.

Bernyhawks · Post by **Bernyhawks** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:50 pm

Any set date on when FA Frenzy will start?

Need to plan ahead

Post by **SharksGM** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:40 am

Bernyhawks wrote: ↑Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:50 pm Any set date on when FA Frenzy will start?

Need to plan ahead

I have to input a lot of trades/signings and update past the 21st first, then we'll have a few more days to re-sign FAs before starting UFA.

Post by **SharksGM** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 5:17 pm

All of the pending signings and trades have been input. Please check that everything is as you expect it. I'll advance the file past the 21st tomorrow night to give you time to sign any remaining boosters/fix any mistakes that I made. Once that's done, we'll have another few days to make any signings and make moves for the orphaned teams before heading to UFA (exact date TBA).

Also, I think all of the GM Office pages should be working now. I finally figured out what was broken on the roster page and it turns out there was a typo in the 'Change Organization Status' thing. If you did that anytime in the last month (I think PHI did a couple earlier), they won't have gone through. Sorry.

The Press Box page should also work again, although the errors are not working perfectly yet. Images must be PNG/JPEG < 2MB in size.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Sat Aug 18, 2018 6:10 pm

Barclay Goodrow got a CON drop (should be 53).

Post by **SharksGM** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:31 pm

Vik (Habs) wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 6:10 pm Barclay Goodrow got a CON drop (should be 53).

I forgot about this but did everything else on the to-do list. The file is now updated to the 21st. There were lots of boosts.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:58 pm

SharksGM wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:31 pmThere were lots of boosts.

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ANH	Ilya Karpukhin		68	78
CAR	Ivan Muranov		62	72
CAR	Ruslan Ishkakov		67	77
CBJ	Joshua Burnside		55	65
CGY	Kirill Marchenko	66	76
CGY	Morgan Barron		64	74
LA	Jonatan Berggren	68	78
MTL	Alexander Khovanov	64	74
MTL	Klim Kostin		67	77
MTL	Robbie Stucker		67	77
MTL	Dmitri Samorukov	64	74
NJ	Paul Cotter		59	69
NJ	Samuel Fagemo		59	69
NJ	Logan Hutsko		58	78
NYI	Kevin Elgestål		52	62
NYI	Ryan Chyzowski		77	67
NYR	Timothy Liljegren	69	79
NYR	Allan McShane		56	66
NYR	Liam Kirk		56	66
NYR	Jack Perbix		68	78
NYR	Jan Jeník		59	69
SJ	Semyon Der-Arguchintsev	68	78
SJ	Jack McBain		63	73
SJ	Ryan Merkley		69	79
SJ	Maxwell Gildon		68	78
TB	Alexis Binner		54	74
VAN	K'Andre Miller		66	76
WPG	Alex Formenton		64	74
WPG	Nate Schnarr		64	74
WPG	Adam Thilander		64	74
WPG	Kasper Kotkansalo	64	74
WPG	Griffin Mendel		65	75

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:36 pm

Got around to checking contracts. Found the following (for any non-Dan folks reading this, there's an extra year on contract length since this is before the rollover).

Adam Fox should be 680k.
Alex Pietrangelo should be 6.95M.
Brandon Carlo should be 5 years.
Brendan Smith should be 3 years.
Eric Comrie should be 4 years.
Evgeni Zakurin should either be 700k for current term or 1.05M for 4 years.
Jake Virtanen should be 4 years.
Jake Walman should be 3 years.
Mikael Salmivirta was supposed to be qualified, not signed.

And apparently not being in the spreadsheet doesn't mean you're getting the minimum anymore? Seems to be true for the following:
Anton Cederholm
Brandon Prophet

Post by **SharksGM** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:39 pm

Vik (Habs) wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:36 pm And apparently not being in the spreadsheet doesn't mean you're getting the minimum anymore? Seems to be true for the following:
Anton Cederholm
Brandon Prophet

RFA's won't accept pay cuts (except from rounding).

Vik (Habs) wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:36 pm Mikael Salmivirta was supposed to be qualified, not signed.

But I didn't re-sign him...

I fixed the rest.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 11:40 pm

SharksGM wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:39 pm
Vik (Habs) wrote: ↑Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:36 pm Mikael Salmivirta was supposed to be qualified, not signed.
But I didn't re-sign him...

After making a special point of saying it was only a qualifying offer, I went ahead and put it in my spreadsheet as a signing and didn't bother to look at which witch was which before adding it to the list.

VancouverCanucksGM · Post by **VancouverCanucksGM** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 3:28 am

K'Andre Miller boosted, glad he paid off.

DevilsGM · Post by **DevilsGM** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 6:15 pm

Was definitely an off the board pick at the time but you got a good roll of the dice there, congrats.

Post by **SharksGM** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:55 pm

UFA will begin on Friday at noon (the 24th).

Be there or be square. More importantly, sign your free agents by then.

Post by **SharksGM** » Wed Aug 22, 2018 11:12 pm

DevilsGM wrote: ↑Mon Aug 20, 2018 6:15 pm Was definitely an off the board pick at the time but you got a good roll of the dice there, congrats.

The next best defenseman available there was Wilde (who was a steal at #20) and Miller will be better. Speaking of which, I was supposed to update the strengths for Miller, Kravtsov and someone else that I had not intended to make such a weakling.

RangersGM · Post by **RangersGM** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 1:27 am

SharksGM wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 11:12 pm Speaking of which, I was supposed to update the strengths for Miller, Kravtsov and someone else that I had not intended to make such a weakling.

I think the third guy was Wahlstrom.

Kings GM · Post by **Kings GM** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 11:38 am

Serron Noel

Post by **SharksGM** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 12:58 am

File updated to July 29th (just before the season rollover). UFA starts tomorrow. Get ready.

Edmonton Mike · Post by **Edmonton Mike** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 6:04 am

Will the UFA list in GMO be updated by 12PM? Sure would be helpful for people stuck at work, like myself.

Bernyhawks · Post by **Bernyhawks** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 8:12 am

Edmonton Mike wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 6:04 am Will the UFA list in GMO be updated by 12PM? Sure would be helpful for people stuck at work, like myself.

Second that!

Post by **SharksGM** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:24 am

http://www.ehechockey.com/ufa.php?pending=1 is always up-to-date.

Keep in mind some of the old farts are retiring and many of the young ones are qualified RFAs.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 12:18 pm

Shouldn't we have the file to the start of free agency before we start making offers?

We haven't even had rulings on retirements yet.

RangersGM · Post by **RangersGM** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 2:54 pm

Vik (Habs) wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 12:18 pm We haven't even had rulings on retirements yet.

Yeah, there's a couple guys I'm really not sure if I can make an offer on, but I would like to.

AnaheimGM · Post by **AnaheimGM** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:30 pm

Jack Skille shoulb be UFA. He decided to use a PO? It's not suppose to happen, right? I don't want his 2 millions dollars contract anymore!

Post by **SharksGM** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:53 pm

RangersGM wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 2:54 pm
Vik (Habs) wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 12:18 pm We haven't even had rulings on retirements yet.
Yeah, there's a couple guys I'm really not sure if I can make an offer on, but I would like to.

If they're under 42 and don't have the retiring flag set, you can sign them. I'll take the ~180 worst OV unsigned players over 31 (priority for those over 38) and set them to retire before updating the file in a few days.

AnaheimGM wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:30 pm Jack Skille shoulb be UFA. He decided to use a PO? It's not suppose to happen, right? I don't want his 2 millions dollars contract anymore!

He had one on his previous contract and it was never removed. I'll undo it, chill.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 2:08 am

Just remembered that I hadn't gotten round to checking the recent file yet.

Alexis Vanier should be 3 years (unless the post in the contracts thread was the error).
Dustin Tokarski should be 2 years.
Charlie Coyle exercised an option he shouldn't've had (a la Skille).

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:05 am

Found that I still had the file I used to come up with rough numbers last season so fixed the file and gave qualified RFAs their qualifying offers, advanced the game, and ran it.

If you want to see what these are based on, check here. And do remember that these are very rough numbers (my being at 25 skaters with only 1 goalie signed is an example of the fun).

Nashville already at 51 contracts is an issue though.

1st # = current non-junior contracts
2nd # = players factored into salary
3rd # = salaries of those players
4th # = salaries + minimum salaries to get up to roster minimum (22 skaters)

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	NYR	47	20	63190000	64390000	
	NYI	37	19	60810000	62610000	
	L.A	41	16	58300000	61900000	
	NSH	51	19	59260000	61060000	
	BUF	40	18	58640200	61040200	
	VAN	42	20	59816000	61016000	
	CBJ	35	19	58440000	60240000	
	MTL	43	25	59162800	59162800	
	TOR	36	20	56670000	57870000	
	PHI	29	16	53696000	57296000

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	PIT	31	17	54000000	57000000	
	EDM	27	12	50963000	56963000	
	OTT	35	13	51311000	56711000	
	CHI	24	11	49950000	56550000	
	ARI	36	13	50634000	56034000	
	COL	39	18	53550000	55950000	
	ANA	42	17	52826000	55826000	
	S.J	41	15	50964000	55164000	
	N.J	48	19	53020000	54820000	
	DET	32	15	50300000	54500000

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	T.B	38	8	45940000	54340000	
	FLA	35	13	48780000	54180000	
	CGY	37	15	49488000	53688000	
	CAR	46	16	49600000	53200000	
	DAL	43	20	51750000	52950000	
	MIN	30	13	47390000	52790000	
	WSH	36	20	51060000	52260000	
	STL	35	18	47310000	49710000	
	BOS	27	16	45522000	49122000	
	WPG	36	14	43314000	48114000

Post by **SharksGM** » Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:43 am

I updated the file with most of the completed UFA signings. Qualified RFAs will appear as UFAs so you must consult the list here to verify the status of young free agents before bidding.

Edmonton Mike · Post by **Edmonton Mike** » Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:42 pm

Jason Pominville needs to have his contract changed from 0 to 2 years.

Post by **SharksGM** » Thu Aug 30, 2018 12:20 am

Edmonton Mike wrote: ↑Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:42 pm Jason Pominville needs to have his contract changed from 0 to 2 years.

Fixed. I entered some more contracts into the file on the site but haven't updated EHEC.zip yet as there's more to do.

Post by **SharksGM** » Sun Sep 02, 2018 12:40 am

File updated again. Sorry, I didn't have the patience to enter more UFAs, though most of the bids are complete now. The preseason starts on September 5 so I'll get them in before then. I won't input lines before the 4th so you can update them if you want but don't expect to see them entered.

We are now past September 1st so the minimum offer on qualified RFAs is now just a 20% raise. The UFA bidding rules apply too, so you need to exceed the minimum offer (20% raise @ 1 year) to bid. RFAs who are unsigned after September 15th will sign their QOs then; pretend that they're holding out until then.

Post by **SharksGM** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:50 pm

I updated the file (players.ehm) on the website (but not the zip because I'm lazy). I decided that we'll start simming tomorrow and do two days at a time for the preseason since I don't want to do 15 games every 3 days. Get those lines in if you haven't already.

Edmonton Mike · Post by **Edmonton Mike** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 1:07 am

SharksGM wrote: ↑Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:50 pm I updated the file (players.ehm) on the website (but not the zip because I'm lazy).

GMO has Getzlaf out for 110 days but that doesn't make sense; he's supposed to be back for regular season. Is this why?

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 1:52 am

Edmonton Mike wrote: ↑Thu Sep 06, 2018 1:07 am
SharksGM wrote: ↑Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:50 pm I updated the file (players.ehm) on the website (but not the zip because I'm lazy).
GMO has Getzlaf out for 110 days but that doesn't make sense; he's supposed to be back for regular season. Is this why?

Injury lengths are in the statistics.ehm file so it shouldn't be.

Edmonton Mike · Post by **Edmonton Mike** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 2:07 am

Vik (Habs) wrote: ↑Thu Sep 06, 2018 1:52 amInjury lengths are in the statistics.ehm file so it shouldn't be.

Something's off then. How about Jarome Iginla's injury? He was supposed to come back sometime in January. Is this correct in statistics.ehm? Or if Brett logs in first, would you be a sweetheart and take a look in GMO?

Don't have access to the game at the moment and can't read statistics.ehm...

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 3:32 am

Jordan Greenway should be 610k.
Yann Sauve should be 2 years.
Ladislav Smid should be 2 years.
Adam Lowry should be 2 years.
Colby Armstrong should be 710k.
Lukas Kaspar should be with Florida.
Jordan Schroeder should be with Philly.

Nashville's still at 51 contracts.

Edmonton Mike · Post by **Edmonton Mike** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:45 pm

Edmonton Mike wrote: ↑Thu Sep 06, 2018 1:07 am
SharksGM wrote: ↑Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:50 pm I updated the file (players.ehm) on the website (but not the zip because I'm lazy).
GMO has Getzlaf out for 110 days but that doesn't make sense; he's supposed to be back for regular season. Is this why?

As Vik pointed out to me, Getzlaf only has 1 month left to his injury in game. Any idea what's wrong with GMO, Dan?

Post by **SharksGM** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:02 pm

Nothing's wrong with GMO. I kept the old statistics.ehm up so you can still see last season's stats. That will go away soon.

Post by **SharksGM** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 11:35 pm

I updated the files, including EHEC.zip if you still want it.

I had a look into getting orphan teams set up with their acting GMs in GMO and it's possible but I won't be able to get it done tonight. So for those of you lucky temps, you can send in lines for your second teams the old-fashioned way via email to commissioner at ehecblahblah. I should be able to get that working by season start. Oh, and this means no sim tonight either - I'll do the first three preseason game days tomorrow.