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Post by Moscow Red Army on Aug 1, 2011 13:09:11 GMT -5
I've decided to start a thread to give managers a place to ask questions they have about any league rules. If you are unclear on something, or need clarification on a matter, feel free to post it here, or contact either Oslo Mastodon or I directly. I figure a thread may be a good place for this though, so people with similar questions can all find their answers in the same place.
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Post by rralph on Aug 1, 2011 13:44:37 GMT -5
I have a question on retirements... If a player retires while he is under one of our contracts does that automatically scrap him from our books, or are we stuck with that contract for the remainder of the deal? i.e. If I bet $15 / 2 years/ $30 on Lidstrom and he retires after year one, what effect would that have on my budget for the following year?
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Post by joker590 on Aug 1, 2011 14:29:59 GMT -5
I think the rules say that retirements void contracts. So I think that means that the remained of the contract is done and doesn't count.
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Post by St. Roch Hawks on Aug 2, 2011 11:38:01 GMT -5
To be clear, we have $250 for 38 roster spots. 23 players on our major league team and 15 players on our minor league team. Is that correct?
Also...let's say Cam Fowler is a player that I draft in the entry level draft after all the bidding is over with. I put him on my major league roster...what does he cost me? What would he cost me on my minor league roster? If I keep him on my minor league roster all season and then call him up in 2012-2013 what would he cost me?
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Post by Oslo Mastodon on Aug 2, 2011 14:40:00 GMT -5
you have $250 total towards your signings. 23 pro players, 10 ELC (dont cost anything this season) and 5 spots on your minor league roster left open for you to either sign additional depth players, sign players mid season, or leave it empty for next years ELC draft.
If no one bids and secures Fowlers services, you can draft him and this year wont cost you anything. If he plays 41 games this season (which im sure he will), then next year he cost you $1, and so forth until you release his service or his 6-year window expires.
for more on the salary EL players receive over the following seasons, please see Minor League under Official Rules.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2011 23:13:29 GMT -5
the stat categories listed for scoring are:
"G, A, +/-, HIT, BLK, PPP, PIM
W, GA, SV%, SO"
by "GA" did you mean "GAA"? is it goals against, or goals against average?
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Post by Oslo Mastodon on Aug 4, 2011 23:56:12 GMT -5
oh wow that you for pointing that error out. its GAA
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2011 0:36:22 GMT -5
hmmm.... i guess that means i shouldn't just spend money on a couple of back ups and hope to win one goalie category a week, haha.
to carey price, or not to carey price?
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Post by rralph on Aug 7, 2011 22:16:47 GMT -5
Just to clarify, our $250 budget includes our 23 roster players and 5 Minor league players, so we have to budget for 28 players total, right?
I wasn't sure because it was posted in the chat box that it's 28, but the roster spreadsheet only accounts for the 23.
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Post by Oslo Mastodon on Aug 7, 2011 22:32:13 GMT -5
23 roster players, 10 EL (dont count towards salary this year). u will have 5 additional roster spots on ur minor league which you can do what you like. i plan on signing a couple additional players, or during the year try to pick up someone who is hot for cheap.
technically u only have to sign 23, but its smart to save for 28.
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Post by rralph on Aug 7, 2011 22:35:04 GMT -5
That makes sense. So I guess that means Minor Leaguers (outside of our EL players) are optional?
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Post by Oslo Mastodon on Aug 7, 2011 22:41:00 GMT -5
yep
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Post by Moscow Red Army on Aug 15, 2011 23:23:00 GMT -5
I have a question about trades. Hypothetical: I want to trade Rick Nash to the Greyhounds. Nash has a 5/40 salary and Soo will trade me Brendan Morrow (3/12) and Keith Yandle (3/10). Does that mean Soo needs to have $18 in cap room to make that trade work? Does that also mean that he needs to have an open roster spot in order to make that trade work? Let's say Soo then decides to waive/release Byfuglien who is on a 18/4 contract. That would free up the roster spot but not the cap space because according to the waiver rules, part e, even if Soo waives a player and then releases him he's still on the hook for the entire salary and term with regards to the salary cap. Is that right? I've moved Doug's question from the chat over here so everyone can have an answer to reference. In order to trade Nash (40/5) for Morrow (12/3) and Yandle (10/3), both teams will need to end the trade within the salary cap ceiling ($250). Let's assume here that TEAM A (Owner of Nash) and TEAM B (Owner of Morrow and Yandle) both have a current payroll of $240. After this trade, TEAM A will have a payroll of $222 ($240-40+22), and TEAM B will have a payroll of $258 ($240-22+40). TEAM A is alright, because as of the beginning of the season, you're allowed to go below the salary floor. TEAM B, however, would be $8 over the salary cap ceiling as result of this deal. So, in order to execute this deal, TEAM B would have to move at least $8 in salary somewhere. The easy solution would be to have TEAM A retain $8 of salary in that trade. However, if TEAM A is not interested in that, TEAM B would have to find someone else to accept that $8 in a seperate trade BEFORE the Nash/Morrow+Yandle deal. Perhaps TEAM B could make a deal with TEAM C to take $8 of salary for a 3rd round draft pick in the next draft. TEAM A and TEAM B would also have to have enough roster spots for all of this to take place. Generally, this is why you would like some space left on your Minor Roster. TEAM A (In giving up 1 player for 2) would have to either send a current Major Roster player to their Minor Roster, or waive that player and hope someone claims him, or even release that player. TEAM A would still have to pay that released player's salary for the remaining term, but they would at least free up a Major Roster spot for the incoming extra player. TEAM B (In giving up 2 players for 1), now short a player, would have to call up a player from the Minor Roster, or sign a new free agent to fill that now vacant spot on the Major Roster (having to trade further salary to do so). Keep in mind that, should TEAM B's roster remain the same going into next season, he would be over the cap at $258, and would have to shed that extra salary again, or do whatever means necessary to be cap-compliant again before the season starts.
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Post by rralph on Aug 24, 2011 14:32:36 GMT -5
I have a question regarding trading. Can we acquire long term contracts from other teams if we've already reached the maximum number of contracts that we were allowed to sign? For example, I already have 2 guys signed to 5 year deals (Toews and Bryzgalov), so would I be able to acquire a third 5 year deal for, say, a 4-year deal?
(sorry if this has been covered, i must have missed it...)
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Post by St. Roch Hawks on Aug 24, 2011 16:00:48 GMT -5
I've asked this question myself and was told by Adam that yes, that is allowed. You can also go under the salary cap after opening day. For example, you have a budget of $225 and two 5-year players (Toews and Bryzgalov). You trade a 4-year player (Jeff Carter @ $25/year) for a 5-year player (Price @ $21/year). You'd have three 5-year deals and would be at $221 and it would be perfectly legal.
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