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2020 Preseason
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:48 am
by SharksGM
I advanced the file again. This time I removed all retiring tags and invited all prospects to camp. It seems like the game just signs them to 100k 1y contracts. I'm not sure if it does anything else special to send them back automatically but anyway if that doesn't happen I'll do it manually at the end of preseason. If you have an overwhelming number of prospects getting in the way of your line selections, feel free to send them to the farm since there are no preseason farm games.
The next file update will include adding the preseason schedule to the site (before the games start on Saturday). I may or may not sim every day or do batches of 2-3 days at once, since every team plays a regular schedule of one game every three days.
I have not entered pending staff requests but as far as I'm aware that's the only to-do item left. Let me know if there's anything else.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:08 am
by DetroitGM
The game automatically sends invited prospects back to junior, so you won't have to worry about that
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:13 pm
by TorontoGM
We can't call up every farm player for the pre season right? How many players need to be kept there to prevent a game crash?
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:48 pm
by Vik (Habs)
TorontoGM wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:13 pm
We can't call up every farm player for the pre season right? How many players need to be kept there to prevent a game crash?
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Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 6:03 pm
by Vik (Habs)
Updated salary projections. Important to note that almost every team, if not every team, will actually have higher salaries than shown here.
Included:
- Numbers from most recent file
- Qualifying offers
- Offer sheets not yet matched are included for the team making the offer sheet
Not included:
- UFA offers not entered as of previous file
Columns:
- Contracts: number of contracts for players aged 20 or older
- Waiver eligible: number of waiver eligible contracts for players making more than 800k
- Salaries: total salaries of waiver eligible players making over 800k
- Minimum possible: fills out rosters with minimum salary players
Code: Select all
Team Contracts Waiver eligible Salaries Minimum possible
NYR 42 19 59662000 61462000
CHI 27 12 52450000 58450000
T.B 48 15 53362000 57562000
ARI 46 15 52750000 56950000
PHI 29 17 53940000 56940000
WSH 44 21 56160000 56760000
COL 48 20 55390000 56590000
NSH 41 18 54050000 56450000
S.J 47 18 53130000 55530000
PIT 46 19 53710000 55510000
Code: Select all
CBJ 47 21 54634000 55234000
BUF 47 19 51954000 53754000
NYI 41 15 49530000 53730000
DAL 38 15 49050000 53250000
CAR 47 16 49620000 53220000
MTL 40 14 48280000 53080000
OTT 39 12 46990000 52990000
DET 44 21 51860000 52460000
VAN 49 18 48786000 51186000
L.A 45 13 45260000 50660000
Code: Select all
FLA 50 17 47620000 50620000
BOS 39 17 47284000 50284000
EDM 46 11 42713000 49313000
N.J 46 17 45688000 48688000
TOR 42 16 44920000 48520000
ANA 43 15 42290000 46490000
WPG 43 16 42696000 46296000
MIN 40 11 38514000 45114000
CGY 45 14 35980000 40780000
STL 43 14 33262000 38062000
The Rangers need to cut some cap. How much depends on if they're matching the Yelshansky offer sheet or not.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:01 pm
by AvalancheGM
How are there still teams with less than 30 contracts? That's crazy.
Morrissey was my one player still in the AHL so I'll have to send someone else down.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:23 pm
by Vik (Habs)
AvalancheGM wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:01 pmHow are there still teams with less than 30 contracts? That's crazy.
Bern's AHL team is mostly composed of fast-signs every year. Could say he's not exactly a details guy.
Philly's got 8 UFAs not included in the numbers so they're working their way up.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:04 pm
by AvalancheGM
that is a patently absurd approach to development... then again, zero picks or prospects so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:28 pm
by Edmonton Mike
AvalancheGM wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:04 pm
that is a patently absurd approach to development... then again, zero picks or prospects so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
Looks at Bern's track record
Yeaaaah he good
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:42 pm
by Vik (Habs)
Edmonton Mike wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 11:28 pmLooks at Bern's track record
Yeaaaah he good
For the new folks, Bern ran Pittsburgh back when they were a top team before taking a (brief) hiatus and coming back as Chicago.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:43 am
by Bernyhawks
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 4:17 pm
by AvalancheGM
Could someone check EHM for me and see when my first regular season game is? I have a junior goalie turning 20 on Oct. 5.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 6:26 pm
by SharksGM
AvalancheGM wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 4:17 pm
Could someone check EHM for me and see when my first regular season game is? I have a junior goalie turning 20 on Oct. 5.
I haven't entered a real schedule yet and anyway it doesn't matter, anyone who hasn't turned 20 by Sept. 15 is junior aged.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 6:30 pm
by DetroitGM
SharksGM wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 6:26 pm
I haven't entered a real schedule yet and anyway it doesn't matter, anyone who hasn't turned 20 by Sept. 15 is junior aged.
So, uh, if I have someone signed that turns 20 in October, can I not keep them in the NHL and then send them down in October, once they turn 20?
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:58 pm
by Bruins_GM
What date is the game currently on?
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 9:52 pm
by SharksGM
DetroitGM wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 6:30 pm
SharksGM wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 6:26 pm
I haven't entered a real schedule yet and anyway it doesn't matter, anyone who hasn't turned 20 by Sept. 15 is junior aged.
So, uh, if I have someone signed that turns 20 in October, can I not keep them in the NHL and then send them down in October, once they turn 20?
No, for consistency there is only one rule for determining whether a player is junior aged. Anyone born after September 15 is a junior player. You can keep them on your pro roster but they need an exemption to play on the farm no matter if they've turned 20 by October or not.
The same was true in previous seasons when the birthdate cutoff was December 31 but I neglected to enforce it under the assumption that people wouldn't keep a 19-year-old on their roster for three months just to send them down on January 1. Vik may have noticed a case or two like this.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:12 pm
by AvalancheGM
Ugh, there goes my plan for Ellis this season then. There are so many tight restrictions in this league that make it hard to maneuver, some of them make sense, but this one doesn't to me. Even with the rule, the date should be the season opener, not halfway through preseason.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:38 pm
by SharksGM
AvalancheGM wrote: ↑Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:12 pm
Ugh, there goes my plan for Ellis this season then. There are so many tight restrictions in this league that make it hard to maneuver, some of them make sense, but this one doesn't to me. Even with the rule, the date should be the season opener, not halfway through preseason.
You can send them back to juniors at no penalty and their contracts will slide. There's basically no downside unless you really need them developed now.
Making the date the season opener would mean that the two weeks' worth of the oldest players in any given draft year would be AHL eligible one season sooner than the rest. It doesn't really make much sense and already made for weird arbitrage when it was 3.5 months worth of draftees in past seasons.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 12:19 am
by SharksGM
Ok, I updated the file but forgot to advance a day. There were many transactions and as happy as I was to see ~20 sets of lines uploaded, I'm going to wait until tomorrow night before simming the first two days of preseason. Plus I have to do the thing to get the preseason schedule to show up.
Since the file is advanced, you'll have to use these links to see previous season stats:
Pro stats,
farm stats,
playoff stats
At some point I'll put a season selector on those pages, but don't hold your breath, unless you're underwater.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 1:15 am
by Vik (Habs)
Dustin Boyd and Justin Faulk were given contracts of 0 years. I'd argue that would be preferable to their actual contracts, but they should be for 1 year.
In the file, none of my changes seem to be entered, but it's all good in GMO. And I'm not seeing the new contracts on the site. That gonna be a problem?
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 1:38 am
by Dallas Stars GM
Dustin Boyd and Justin Faulk were given contracts of 0 years. I'd argue that would be preferable to their actual contracts
Also, Kenneth Johnson is missing on my team as well.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 9:00 am
by SharksGM
Vik (Habs) wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2020 1:15 am
In the file, none of my changes seem to be entered, but it's all good in GMO. And I'm not seeing the new contracts on the site. That gonna be a problem?
Sigh. No idea what happened. I'm pretty sure I uploaded all of the files including players.ehm, but for whatever reason players.ehm seemed to get stuck on an older version. I suppose it's possible somebody opened GMO before I uploaded the changes and then overwrote them right afterwards. I probably need to figure out some way to disable GMO while I'm making file changes.
Unfortunately, this means that any changes to players.ehm entered from around 11:30 PM EST last night to ~2AM this morning are gone. Sorry. At least I actually advanced the file this time.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 1:26 pm
by AvalancheGM
None of my training changes in GMO the other day got saved. Nor did a couple of demotions to avoid a runtime error.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 10:17 pm
by SharksGM
The first two days are up on
the schedule. I probably have to do something to get them to show up on the front page but until then, check the schedule.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:52 pm
by IslandersGM
should RFA Bear be on the team now?
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:04 pm
by Vik (Habs)
IslandersGM wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:52 pm
should RFA Bear be on the team now?
Not until the 15th.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 11:18 pm
by SharksGM
Day three is up on
the schedule, so every team has played a game now. Taylor Beck is the preseason hero so far. A lot of teams with auto'd lines are going to look unusually good throughout September, as usual.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 7:43 am
by NYRNYRNYR
SharksGM wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 11:18 pm
Taylor Beck is the preseason hero so far.
Thus begins the inevitable debate of Beck vs. Tarasenko for line 1 glory
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:40 am
by SharksGM
I simmed more games last night. Robin Kovacs and Lucas Raymond did a number on the Bruins.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:56 pm
by PittsburghGM
SharksGM wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:40 am
I simmed more games last night. Robin Kovacs and Lucas Raymond did a number on the Bruins.
Not only did we get into a pre-season line brawl, but a pre-season line brawl involving Cole Perfetti and Kevin Fiala.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 12:06 am
by SharksGM
PittsburghGM wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:56 pm
SharksGM wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:40 am
I simmed more games last night. Robin Kovacs and Lucas Raymond did a number on the Bruins.
Not only did we get into a pre-season line brawl, but a pre-season line brawl involving Cole Perfetti and Kevin Fiala.
Is there fantasy hockey in the preseason? Mika Zibanejad is paying dividends with 2G+2A+25PIM in 2GP.
On today's
schedule, you will find five new games, three of which were shutouts.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:08 am
by NYRNYRNYR
Pit traded a 5th for Zibanejad and now he's tops in the league. Is it too early to award the 2021 Best GM/Coach award to him?
Well, tops other than TAVARES, who is taking this opportunity to play against a bunch of teens and AHLers and dominate their faces off.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:33 am
by AvalancheGM
lol, for me the ability to get dominated in the preseason is good, just means I have tons of kids to develop.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 11:24 pm
by SharksGM
Game two is done for
all teams. Erik Portillo pitches a shutout for the Oilers and Daniel Sprong's 4 point night for the Stars gives him the preseason champion title for now.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 7:17 am
by Bruins_GM
How did Toronto and I end up with 4 out of our 8 preseason games against each other?
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 11:16 am
by SharksGM
Bruins_GM wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 7:17 am
How did Toronto and I end up with 4 out of our 8 preseason games against each other?
Two home-and-homes = ~rivalry~
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 12:19 am
by SharksGM
More games. The Bruins complete an exciting third period comeback and the Isles' Dustin Brown scores in OT, but the most exciting result is the Penguins scoring an equalizer with the goalie pulled, only to give up the winning goal the next shift.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 8:53 am
by AvalancheGM
Can we do three days (one game each) at a time, or is that too much at once with all the lines and such?
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 12:45 am
by SharksGM
AvalancheGM wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2020 8:53 am
Can we do three days (one game each) at a time, or is that too much at once with all the lines and such?
I suppose I could, but why?
Anyway,
more games are up. Nothing too exciting besides the bench-clearing brawl in which the Capitals go 3-1 in fight wins.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 10:55 am
by AvalancheGM
Just so every team plays in each sim, but I was forgetting we're real time.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:33 pm
by Dallas Stars GM
Easy does it
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 11:32 am
by SharksGM
Since it's September 15, all remaining RFAs have now accepted their qualifying offers. I'll have some more announcements later in the week.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 12:23 pm
by NYRNYRNYR
OTT and I are smoking the competition in most penalties. Watch out for our truculence and be ready to play a lot of hack-and-slash
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:52 pm
by SharksGM
I wish the game tracked non-offsetting penalty minutes; it's such a pain trying to figure out how many goals an undisciplined player costs you by subtracting misconducts, fighting majors and offsetting roughing calls.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 2:43 pm
by AvalancheGM
Also kind of hilarious how the fifth player on each team in a line brawl ends up with just offsetting roughing minors.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 12:23 am
by SharksGM
Two shutouts tonight and a 6-5 OT thriller. Good times. Preseason's halfway done now. Some announcements to come tomorrow (or later today I suppose).
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 4:47 pm
by NYRNYRNYR
Another goal for Sprong in DAL, a preseason stud. And Kakko looks scary good
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 1:22 am
by SharksGM
No shutouts today, but the Bruins
losing a game where they had a 5-1 lead with 6 minutes left to play is probably the most epic collapse I've ever seen.
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 1:39 am
by Gritty
Big line brawl from the Sabres and Flyers
Re: 2020 Preseason
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:01 am
by Tondycek(BUF GM)
