Free Agent Frenzy

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 10:59 am

In case you missed it, our annual Free Agent Frenzy will kick off at 8 AM Monday morning. I'm going to work on the file later today, so get those contract offers in now. If you're delayed for whatever reason, PM me asap.

At around noon today, I'm going to grab the latest players file and start working on it. So don't do anything with your roster or players from noon until the late afternoon today, as it will be lost when I re-upload the updated game file. I'll be checking the boards, so if there are any late contract offers or releases or buyouts or trades or whatever, hopefully I'll get them all.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 6:40 pm

Have updated the league file to just before the rollover. Take a sec if you can tonight to review your team, make sure I've signed guys you want to keep; prospects are less important, as you can sign them any time; more worried about not having a guy you want go ufa by mistake. We've got one more team that needs to get guys signed, then I'll advance the file and post a new one with all the free agents in it, getting ready for Monday.

League file here: http://www.ehechockey.com/ehec.zip

Also, we'll have to make a list of RFA for anyone who wants to bid on them after the rollover. And remember to GMs who have qualified players: if no one makes an offer for them by 9/15, they're yours, they don't go UFA.

And we're going to enforce the 50-contract limit all through the off-season. You can exceed the salary cap during the off-season, however.

Calgary.Flames · Post by **Calgary.Flames** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 7:18 pm

Is there supposed to be only one team who's offers are not in the file? I see more than that.

VancouverCanucksGM · Post by **VancouverCanucksGM** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 8:17 pm

My guys are still showing in red.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 8:37 pm

Looks like only team options were entered.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 11:23 am

Apparently the file didn't save.

FUCK now I must enter everything again.

Jets GM · Post by **Jets GM** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 11:56 am

Commish Bub(NYR) wrote:Apparently the file didn't save.

FUCK now I must enter everything again.

Ughhh, the off-season is still so tedious. Bub, let me know if there is anything I can do to ease your workload.

Jets GM · Post by **Jets GM** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 11:56 am

Commish Bub(NYR) wrote:Apparently the file didn't save.

FUCK now I must enter everything again.

Ughhh, the off-season is still so tedious. Bub, let me know if there is anything I can do to ease your workload.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 12:04 pm

Contracts entered and in GMO. You can check on your team now. I'm going to input all the trades now, and any minor clean up that's left. Will advance the file past the rollover in a bit...

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 12:39 pm

File updated. Players updated. Everything updated. Will take a break and advance game past the rollover later today.

TorontoGM · Post by **TorontoGM** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 12:54 pm

Sooo since the rollover hasn't happened yet, Are we still able to buy out players making less than 1.5 mill with no penalty?

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 2:26 pm

TorontoGM wrote:Sooo since the rollover hasn't happened yet, Are we still able to buy out players making less than 1.5 mill with no penalty?

Do it now. Right now.

EDIT: Gonna do the rollover just a bit after 3pm.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 4:27 pm

Rollover complete! Check your team to make sure no one got released by mistake. I'll correct my mistakes; not yours.

League file here: http://www.ehechockey.com/ehec.zip

Free Agent Frenzy starts tomorrow morning!

flyergp21 · Post by **flyergp21** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 4:40 pm

ARZ D Mark Alt. Option was accepted, but listed as UFA.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 4:46 pm

Roberto Luongo = 7.45M (my fault, forgot about UFA modifier)
Kevin Klein = 3.45M
Morgan Klimchuk = 2.05M
Patrick Bajkov = 950k (POT booster)
Graham Black = 850k
Brett Murray = 800k (101st overall)
Keven Bouchard = 700k
Sebastian Moberg = 700k

Robyn Regehr = 2 years
Samuel Guerra = 2 years
Brayden McNabb = 2 years
Petteri Nokelainen = 2 years

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 4:48 pm

Pontus Aberg's still on my team (was released).

TorontoGM · Post by **TorontoGM** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 4:48 pm

Commish Bub(NYR) wrote:
TorontoGM wrote:Sooo since the rollover hasn't happened yet, Are we still able to buy out players making less than 1.5 mill with no penalty?
Do it now. Right now.

EDIT: Gonna do the rollover just a bit after 3pm.

I completely forgot.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 5:12 pm

Vik (Habs) wrote:Roberto Luongo = 7.45M (my fault, forgot about UFA modifier)
Kevin Klein = 3.45M
Morgan Klimchuk = 2.05M
Patrick Bajkov = 950k (POT booster)
Graham Black = 850k
Brett Murray = 800k (101st overall)
Keven Bouchard = 700k
Sebastian Moberg = 700k

Robyn Regehr = 2 years
Samuel Guerra = 2 years
Brayden McNabb = 2 years
Petteri Nokelainen = 2 years

Fixed. (Plus Aberg)

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 5:18 pm

From the summer thread...

Vik (Habs) wrote:Nicklas Backstrom = 5.4M
Adam Erne = 2.4M (as discussed)
Roger Karrer = 950k (booster)

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 8:26 pm

Commish Bub(NYR) wrote:And we're going to enforce the 50-contract limit all through the off-season.

New Jersey's got the most right now with 49, next is a couple teams at 47.

Commish Bub(NYR) wrote:You can exceed the salary cap during the off-season, however.

Despite this, figured I'd take a look. These be the teams currently over 70M (some could just be because of ELCs not yet demoted and such so don't read too much into all of 'em)...
Chicago = 108,005,296 (!!!)
New Jersey = 82,428,751
Vancouver = 78,895,000
St. Louis = 75,542,502
Edmonton = 75,008,750
Columbus = 74,805,000
Colorado = 74,797,500
Nashville = 73,889,438
Washington = 73,387,500
Toronto = 71,554,000
San Jose = 70,836,000

Looking at only waiver eligible players making over $1M (plus a backup goalie), Chicago's at ~99.5M. I'll be curious if there's enough cap room after free agency from the rest of the teams combined to dig them out of that hole.

Jets GM · Post by **Jets GM** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 10:50 pm

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 8:58 am

Add the following pre-rollover buyouts I missed:

Matt Smaby
Michael Guigovaz

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 9:06 am

In a rush this morning, so for the free agent offers that have been posted as of this writing, only one bid has been offered. Sorry, don't have the time at the moment to send "bid received" messages, but wanted to let the bidders know where they stood right now.

VancouverCanucksGM · Post by **VancouverCanucksGM** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 9:45 am

Vik (Habs) wrote:
Commish Bub(NYR) wrote:And we're going to enforce the 50-contract limit all through the off-season.
New Jersey's got the most right now with 49, next is a couple teams at 47.

Commish Bub(NYR) wrote:You can exceed the salary cap during the off-season, however.
Despite this, figured I'd take a look. These be the teams currently over 70M (some could just be because of ELCs not yet demoted and such so don't read too much into all of 'em)...
Chicago = 108,005,296 (!!!)
New Jersey = 82,428,751
Vancouver = 78,895,000
St. Louis = 75,542,502
Edmonton = 75,008,750
Columbus = 74,805,000
Colorado = 74,797,500
Nashville = 73,889,438
Washington = 73,387,500
Toronto = 71,554,000
San Jose = 70,836,000

Looking at only waiver eligible players making over $1M (plus a backup goalie), Chicago's at ~99.5M. I'll be curious if there's enough cap room after free agency from the rest of the teams combined to dig them out of that hole.

It seems to get tougher to keep a team together, when the salaries grow faster than the cap does.

MartyFromOTTAWA · Post by **MartyFromOTTAWA** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 9:59 am

VancouverCanucksGM wrote:
Vik (Habs) wrote:
Commish Bub(NYR) wrote:And we're going to enforce the 50-contract limit all through the off-season.
New Jersey's got the most right now with 49, next is a couple teams at 47.

Commish Bub(NYR) wrote:You can exceed the salary cap during the off-season, however.
Despite this, figured I'd take a look. These be the teams currently over 70M (some could just be because of ELCs not yet demoted and such so don't read too much into all of 'em)...
Chicago = 108,005,296 (!!!)
New Jersey = 82,428,751
Vancouver = 78,895,000
St. Louis = 75,542,502
Edmonton = 75,008,750
Columbus = 74,805,000
Colorado = 74,797,500
Nashville = 73,889,438
Washington = 73,387,500
Toronto = 71,554,000
San Jose = 70,836,000

Looking at only waiver eligible players making over $1M (plus a backup goalie), Chicago's at ~99.5M. I'll be curious if there's enough cap room after free agency from the rest of the teams combined to dig them out of that hole.
It seems to get tougher to keep a team together, when the salaries grow faster than the cap does.

U gotta be kidding, right?

VancouverCanucksGM · Post by **VancouverCanucksGM** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 10:03 am

Obviously.

Post by **SharksGM** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 10:48 am

VancouverCanucksGM wrote:It seems to get tougher to keep a team together, when the salaries grow faster than the cap does.

That is kind of the point, you have to work to get bargains, draft well and not just hope to keep collecting players in their prime. Our job is already made easier by players developing quickly and predictably and staying in their primes for literally 15 years much of the time.

As for Chicago, we'll be having a word.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 8:33 pm

Guys, remember max term length for contract is dependent on the annual salary, as so:

2. UFA bids must contain the annual salary and contract length being offered. Term is determined via the following brackets:
...offers from 700K to 1M = 1-2 years
...offers over 1M to 3M = 1-3 years
...offers over 3M to 5M = 1-5 years
...offers over 5M = 1=7 years

MartyFromOTTAWA · Post by **MartyFromOTTAWA** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 8:36 pm

Can I find a list of RFAs somewhere?

Bruins_GM · Post by **Bruins_GM** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 9:07 pm

Commish Bub(NYR) wrote:Guys, remember max term length for contract is dependent on the annual salary, as so:

2. UFA bids must contain the annual salary and contract length being offered. Term is determined via the following brackets:
...offers from 700K to 1M = 1-2 years
...offers over 1M to 3M = 1-3 years
...offers over 3M to 5M = 1-5 years
...offers over 5M = 1=7 years

The Boston Bruins Rule.

Post by **SharksGM** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 9:39 pm

Bruins_GM wrote:The Boston Bruins Rule.

Nah they're overrated.

Buffalo LEPS · Post by **Buffalo LEPS** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 10:05 pm

MartyFromOTTAWA wrote:Can I find a list of RFAs somewhere?

Any anwser on that ?

Calgary.Flames · Post by **Calgary.Flames** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 10:59 pm

Buffalo LEPS wrote:
MartyFromOTTAWA wrote:Can I find a list of RFAs somewhere?
Any anwser on that ?

Not that I know of. I find that stuff in-game.
Guess you gotta look through the team offers' threads.

MartyFromOTTAWA · Post by **MartyFromOTTAWA** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 11:13 pm

Calgary.Flames wrote:
Buffalo LEPS wrote:
MartyFromOTTAWA wrote:Can I find a list of RFAs somewhere?
Any anwser on that ?

Not that I know of. I find that stuff in-game.
Guess you gotta look through the team offers' threads.

I can only bet on my own RFAs then

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 11:26 pm

Dmitri Jaskin (CBJ)
Vincent Dunn (CBJ)
Edward Wittchow (CBJ)
Justin Bailey (CGY)
Bogdan Yakimov (CGY)
Curtis Valk (WPG)
Zach Budish (WPG)
Alec Martinez (WPG) (should probably be UFA)
Jordan Messier (EDM)
Adam Reid (EDM)
Reid Boucher (EDM)
Joel Champagne (EDM)
Scott Oke (EDM)
Jeff Petry (EDM) (should probably be UFA)
Yann Sauve (EDM)
Martin Lojek (FLA) (should probably be UFA)
Adam Lowry (MTL)
Colin Jacobs (MTL)
Chris Kreider (MTL)
Vyacheslav Voinov (MTL)
John Hayden (MTL)
John Draeger (NYR)
Phillip Di Giuseppe (NJ)
Lars Eller (OTT) (should probably be UFA)
Colin Wilson (OTT)
Brian Hart (OTT)
Viktor Svedberg (OTT)
Nikolas Brouillard (OTT)
Christopher Gibson (OTT)
Kevin Roy (ARI)
Michael St. Croix (ARI)
Chris Bourque (SJ) (should probably be UFA)
Julian Walker (SJ) (should probably be UFA)
Blaine Byron (SJ)
Jonas Junland (SJ) (should probably be UFA)
Nikita Zaytsev (SJ)
Jaroslav Pavelka (SJ)
Vyacheslav Osnov (STL)
Emil Lundberg (VAN)
Troy Rutkowski (VAN)
Nick Sorensen (WSH)
Philippe Hudon (WSH)

MartyFromOTTAWA · Post by **MartyFromOTTAWA** » Tue Aug 02, 2016 12:11 am

Nothing to declare but... much appreciated Vik.

Buffalo LEPS · Post by **Buffalo LEPS** » Tue Aug 02, 2016 12:53 am

Thx Vik !

Post by **SharksGM** » Tue Aug 02, 2016 10:22 am

The should be UFA are indeed UFA by the rules, so I don't see any reason why they shoudn't be bid on now.

Also if you want you can see them in-game by switching to Boston (thanks to Jason's scouting obsession) and search for players with 0 year-length contracts.

Bruins_GM · Post by **Bruins_GM** » Tue Aug 02, 2016 11:32 am

It's only silly if it doesn't work.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 5:30 pm

After the first batch of signings, here be the # of contracts by team based on the last file:

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Team  File  Signed  Total
MTL   47    5       52
NSH   43    7       50
PHI   44    6       50
N.J   49    0       49
DAL   43    5       48
COL   47    0       47
STL   47    0       47
ANA   44    2       46
CHI   45    0       45
CBJ   44    0       44
NYR   43    1       44
TOR   43    1       44
BOS   38    5       43
CAR   42    0       42
DET   42    0       42
T.B   41    0       41
VAN   41    0       41
FLA   40    0       40
WSH   39    1       40
CGY   37    2       39
EDM   38    0       38
L.A   38    0       38
ARI   36    2       38
S.J   38    0       38
OTT   37    0       37
BUF   36    0       36
WPG   30    1       31
NYI   27    0       27
MIN   26    0       26
PIT   22    4       26

I've released both Aberg and Nikko so I'm actually at 50 and I think Dallas released 6 guys and Boston 1 after the file (or after I got the file).

MartyFromOTTAWA · Post by **MartyFromOTTAWA** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 11:43 pm

Am I the only one highly surprised that there's been no competition in signatures of Zetty and Iginla?
I really thought that few teams have pretty low payroll.

Vik definitely hit an homerun

Jets GM · Post by **Jets GM** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 1:23 am

MartyFromOTTAWA wrote:Am I the only one highly surprised that there's been no competition in signatures of Zetty and Iginla?
I really thought that few teams have pretty low payroll.

Vik definitely hit an homerun

Ya, huge scores. Although Iginla looks to be falling apart.

MartyFromOTTAWA · Post by **MartyFromOTTAWA** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 5:52 am

Well, I wish I had cap room to give him 10.5M for a year. He'd be on my top line anytime.

Calgary.Flames · Post by **Calgary.Flames** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:47 am

Everyone's glad that neither one of Zetterberg or Iginla ended up with an already strong team.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 10:12 am

And there were more bids received than you saw on the boards. We don't post bids that are lower than previous bids.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:12 am

Calgary.Flames wrote:Everyone's glad that neither one of Zetterberg or Iginla ended up with an already strong team.

You're too kind Jules. Too kind.

MartyFromOTTAWA · Post by **MartyFromOTTAWA** » Thu Aug 04, 2016 8:31 pm

Commish Bub(NYR) wrote:And there were more bids received than you saw on the boards. We don't post bids that are lower than previous bids.

What I mean is that Iginlas didn't get the Max salary, and Vik has been the only one to offer the Max salary to Zetty, which is... weird since I was pretty sure 4-5 teams have pretty low total payroll.

But hey, good for Vik!

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 5:08 pm

Unless Nashville's released guys since the last file and I haven't noticed, they're at 52 contracts now.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Sat Aug 06, 2016 1:11 am

With the two releases and the Alex Theriau signing, Nashville's at 51 contracts.

Mentioned these elsewhere but wanted to make sure they weren't just overlooked...
Zbynek Michalek was signed for less than the minimum required bid (1.625M * 2/3 = 1,083,333 but was signed for 1.075M).
Petr Zamorsky got moved to completed contracts though it doesn't appear that he's been signed quite yet.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Sat Aug 06, 2016 1:23 am

Well we're over 100 signings now so here be some numbers for you.

10 largest contracts:
MTL Henrik Zetterberg (10.5M)
MTL Jarome Iginla (9.75M)
NYR Brad Richards (4.55M)
DAL Simon Gagne (3.85M)
FLA Alex Grant (3.75M)
BUF Erik Cole (2.4M)
NSH Devin Setoguchi (2.25M)
DAL Oscar Dansk (2.25M)
BOS Jordan Caron (2.1M)
Several (2M)

Only 9 players have signed for longer than 2 years:
FLA Alex Grant (4 years)
BOS Jordan Caron (3 years)
MTL Fabian Gunnarsson (3 years)
PHI Drew Shore (3 years)
WSH Maxim Lapierre (3 years)
ARI Evgeny Artyukhin (3 years)
PHI Matt Killian (3 years)
PHI Madison Bowey (3 years)
BOS Jordan Weal (3 years)

Number of players signed by team:

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PIT	18
BOS	11
DAL	11
NSH	10
BUF	6
CGY	6
PHI	6
MTL	5
ARI	4
L.A	4
NYI	4
CAR	3
FLA	3
WSH	3
ANA	2
S.J	2
T.B	2
NYR	1
TOR	1
VAN	1
WPG	1
CBJ	0
CHI	0
COL	0
DET	0
EDM	0
MIN	0
N.J	0
OTT	0
STL	0

Total dollars spent:

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MTL	 24,800,000 
DAL	 17,360,000 
PIT	 14,450,000 
NSH	 13,080,000 
BOS	 12,200,000 
CGY	 9,200,000 
PHI	 7,200,000 
FLA	 6,950,000 
BUF	 6,800,000 
NYR	 4,550,000 
ARI	 4,100,000 
L.A	 3,300,000 
WSH	 3,100,000 
T.B	 3,075,000 
NYI	 3,000,000 
CAR	 2,300,000 
ANA	 1,700,000 
S.J	 1,400,000 
TOR	 1,200,000 
VAN	 750,000 
WPG	 700,000 
CBJ	 - 
CHI	 - 
COL	 - 
DET	 - 
EDM	 - 
MIN	 - 
N.J	 - 
OTT	 - 
STL	 -

Only 4 other teams have spent as much in total as I did on Zetterberg or Iginla.