New Rates are on the portal, Off Season start today!

Hi all,

New rates are on, off season starts now, go back to work!

You can send an email to revise rate of a specific player(s), but as explained several times, OV doesn't mean much as it's based on a formula that change for different type of players (def dman, offensive dman, off forwards, def forwards, goaltenders) if you want rates revised, specify exactly what rate should be revised (ex.: DF, SC, etc..) and why.  You have until end of the day, Sunday June 3rd to do this, after this, Rates won't change until season 19-20.

Extension contract offers to your players start July 1st.

- You can buy out players at preferential rates (33% / 66% - see league’s rules) till June 30th, Send us a email. Other months of the year buyout rate is 100%.  Buyouts count toward salary cap.  Send email for buyouts.

Salary cap for next season is still not determined, should be between $78 - 82 M, floor should be around $60M. We should have specific amounts on this by July 1st.



Before Sunday June 3rd 11:59 PM ET.


- Go over the unrestricted players list (Transactions/Unrestricted Free Agents) and MAKE SURE ONE OR MORE OF YOUR PLAYER(S)/Prospects ARE NOT IN THE LIST, if it’s the case, report it. Several leagues use the same rerates file, so it happens that players’ names can be spelled differently and when it’s the case 2 different players are created (example; Washington has Alex Ovechkin, rerates file might have him as Alexander Ovechkin, then we would have 2 Ovechkins, one with Washington and one in the UFA database, you are responsible to report your players found in the UFA database.

Go over the unrestricted players list (Transactions/Unrestricted Free Agents) and look for your prospects and claim them, IF YOU DON’T YOU MIGHT LOSE HIM/THEM, it’s your responsibility. After claiming them, you can ask the league (or not) to deactivate those who haven’t played 10 NHL games last year and leave them as prospects. Usually if you don't claim one of your player and somebody else signs him you have till December first to claim him (and pay $2 m), but if one of your player wasn't claimed, he signs with another team and then get traded, you have lost him for good even if this is before December 1st.

If one of your players isn`t rated (rate below 20) and has played last year, not left the NHL or retired, report him to us as well.

Not impossible that one of your player just completely disappeared, of course report it as well ;-)

This above is REALLY IMPORTANT, if you don’t this, you lose your team plain and sample.  You have until Sunday June 3rd!!!

- Trades start Monday June 4th. Until the draft, you can trade all picks in the next 2 years, after the draft we fall back to the other rule.

- You can submit position change by emailing me with the link where we can see the player assigned at that position (it has to be one of the link we have in the league's rules).

Signature Bonus offered (paid by teams who offered the contract, doesn`t matter if the player was trade after)  Applied to the 2018-19 salary cap.

 
 
JULY 1st
 

- UFA/RFA market and contract extensions open July 1st (Saturday evening midnight ET)

UFA (Transactions/unrestricted free agents) and RFA (Transactions/ Restricted Free Agents)players (scroll to the bottom to see goaltenders).


When you go check UFA and RFA, its possible certain players already got an offer, click the second tab (UFAs/RFAs with Offers) 24 hours after the first offer made to a player, you won't be allowed to make an offer so act fast, the player will select the best 3 offers and move to the deciding section (3rd tab) for another 24 hours. Portal will select between offers, 60% for the best offer, 30% for the second one and 10% for the least best offer. So if you wait until Sunday evening midnight before placing bids on the players you want, it might be too late already, every year, all good UFAs/RFAs get offer at midnight when it opens.

Remember, all contracts of 1.5$ mil + per season, players can't be sent to the minors, NHL only.

Maximum amount of players: 25 in Pro, 30 in AHL


If you make an offer to a RFA, you need to have the picks accordingly to the chart as a compensation in case his former team does not match your offer.


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


so for example, if you make an offer of $4 million per season to a RFA, you will need one 1st round pick and one 3rd pick in the next 2 draft years. The team owning the player will have 2 (two) days to match the offer. The team acquiring the player will decide what picks are being sent to the other team in case they have several picks available in a specific round.


NOTE : Team owning RFA players (who are testing the market on July 1st) can NOT trade them once bids are open on July 1st.  You can NOT make offers to your own RFAs until July 7th. After July 10th, all RFAs who haven't received an offer will become UFAs.


Remember, if you acquire a UFA player via a transaction, you'll only have 2 attempts to sign him, not 3. If a player is on his last contract year and rejects all the offers, he becomes automatically UFA on July 1st 2019. He can still be traded but his new team won't be allowed to sign him even if the portal gives you the option to do so. He becomes a rental for the playoffs.

- You can still buy out contracts but at a full rate (100%) until the trade deadline.


will send more about UFA/RFA market later on next month.
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Draft will be held late July/early August, dates will be released soon.  Draft order on the portal will only be set up a few days before the draft.

Round 1

1- Phoenix

2- Columbus (owned by Washington)

3- Carolina

4- Vancouver

5- Winnipeg

6- Ottawa

7- NY Rangers

8- Tampa Bay (owned by Phoenix)

9- NY Islanders (owned by Phoenix)

10- Minnesota

11- Toronto

12- Pittsburgh

13- Colorado

14- Los Angeles

15- Calgary

16- Edmonton

17- Dallas

18- Chicago

19- Washington

20- Boston

21- Vegas

22- Philadelphia

23- Anaheim

24- Buffalo

25- Florida

26- New Jersey

27- St. Louis

28- Montreal

29- San Jose

30- Detroit

31- Nashville

Round 2 - 5

1- Phoenix

2- Vancouver

3- Winnipeg

4- Carolina

5- Ottawa

6- NY Rangers

7- Tampa Bay

8- NY Islanders

9- Minnesota

10- Toronto

11- Columbus

12- Pittsburgh

13- Colorado

14- Los Angeles

15- Calgary

16- Edmonton

17- Dallas

18- Chicago

19- Washington

20- Boston

21- Vegas

22- Philadelphia

23- Anaheim

24- Buffalo

25- Florida

26- New Jersey

27- St. Louis

28- Montreal

29- San Jose

30- Detroit

31- Nashville

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We now expect you guys to be back full time, now we are back in business, reply to ALL MESSAGES within 48 hours! Non active GMs will be replaced.

You don't have to put your everyday email address in the sim client, but make sure I do have it in case we need to reach you. If we just can't contact you, even during summer time, we might just lose your team (it happened again this year).


- concerning coaches, you 'll receive another email shortly


Would be a good idea to over the league's rules again...

Too much stuff to remember for this email, I probably forgot something, so you can expect more emails ;-)

Email me now with any questions you may have,

Steve