Get ready for season 7!

Hi All!

First, please welcome Matt Sullivan who will be the GM of the Vegas Golden Knights!

We are looking for a GM for the Montreal Canadiens, if you know an experienced GM who would be interested, let me know and I`ll have a chat with him.

Note: American League - The Blues won`t officially have a team in the AHL in 2017-18, it was supposed to be Kansas City but it didn't work out, we will have the Kansas City Blues affiliated to St. Louis in our League.


No trade Clauses kicking in on July 1st 2017 - they have been activated already, so if you want to trade one of these players before July 1st, just add them as a future compensation.


N Kucherov
J Eberle
K Turris
j Colborne
G Nyquist
J Moore
P Holland
T Hall
J Benn
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Signature Bonuses added to salary caps 2017-18

E Gryba - 878 100 (Kings)
M Subban - 268 900 (Oilers)
T Pitlick - 349 600 (Avs)
J Josefson - 1 182 000 (Sens)
P Wiercioch - 380 600 (Sharks)
C Talbot - 918 800 (Panthers)
J Hansen - 485 000 (Ducks)
J. Markstrom - 625 200 (Kings)
TJ Brodie - 1 330 900 (Kings)
O. Klefbom - 1 034 400 (Oilers)
K. Okposo - 2 449 200 (Panthers)
M. Scheifele - 2 175 200 (Panthers)



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UFAs who should be RFAs - These Players are RFAs even if the portal says otherwise.

Joakim Nordstrom - COLORADO 
Tyler Gaudet - Chicago
Tomas Hyka - St. Louis
Matt Duchene - Pittsburgh
Boone Jenner - Boston
Mark Stone - Boston


2017 RFA Compensation chart  (the picks you're offering can be picked in the next 2 years)

Average annual value            Compensation
Less than $1,205,377            Nothing
$1,205,377-to-$1,826,328    Third-round pick
$1,826,328-to-$3,652,659    Second-round pick
$3,652,659-to-$5,478,986    First and third-round picks
$5,478,986-to-$7,305,316    First, second and third-round picks
$7,305,316-to-$9,131,645    Two firsts, a second and third-round picks
$9,131,645 or greater            Four first-round picks

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RATINGS

New Ratings are up on the portal, activation of new prospects as well.  You know the drill, go through the list of UNASSIGNED Players (Transactions/unassigned) and claim your prospects that have been activated. If you don't they will become available for all GMs to bid on on July 1st. This should been done ASAP!

- If a prospect has played less than 10 NHL games, you can ask the league to list him back as a prospect, just reply to this email.

- If you think a player was not rated correctly, report it before June 10th.  We are not talking about one or 2 points here and there as we could have this discussion for pretty much all players in the league, here we are talking about obvious errors during the re-rate process.

- League opens on June 10th with trades, buyouts (33% and 66%), signings, etc.  Expect the salary demands to go up a bit and to look more like the real NHL. Contract extension:  maximum amount of years went from 4 to 3. Remember, if you wait after the season before signing a player, the more they will ask for.

- Teams under the supervision of the trade committee: Carolina, Mtl, Ottawa, Vancouver, Vegas.

- Salary Cap is expected to be around $75M, just waiting for the confirmation from the NHL. Floor should be around $56M.

- off season rules: all picks in the next 2 seasons can be traded.

Free agency - July 1st

Alright enough for today, will send a reminder on June 9th.

Remember, reply to all messages within 48 hours and review the league`s rules.

Thanks!

Steve