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Post by sensgm on Aug 29, 2011 15:02:42 GMT -5
I agree with the age! Thing... I did like PJs suggestion, which at least allowed GMs to trade for UFA resigns... which would be much like draft picks!
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Post by leafs on Aug 29, 2011 15:04:26 GMT -5
I don't really like the idea of allowing teams to bank UFA offers. It's very unrealistic. What if we allowed teams one guaranteed UFA re-signing(we can come up with some sort of chart that lays out what the offer must be, etc.). I mean, teams will be allowed to bid on their UFAs in the open market, it's not like you're just going to flat out lose them. We can always drop the UFA age to 29 as well, to ensure a few more UFAs are on the market. why should I be forced to resign someone if I have no one of worthy to re sign? Unrealistic? This kind of thing always happens in the NHL. A team will let a bunch of their UFAs walk one season because they know next season they have a bunch of guys who will need new contracts. It's just about reinvesting your assets at the right time. Like I said previously I don't see how it would be an issue, it's not like teams will have like 5 resignings in one season to use. (you can even put a cap on it saying teams can only have a maximum of 3 at one time) I just don't see how it makes any sense to force a GM to resign one of their players or lose the resigning
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Post by ECFHL Commissioner on Aug 29, 2011 16:00:19 GMT -5
PLEASE NOTE: The UFA age, according to our rules is 29. It has always been 29, regardless of what was discussed in this thread.
This whole notion that only allowing teams one UFA will force teams to rebuild year to year is crap. That was how our rule was in the WHL and there was always a decent FA crop and it never forced teams to be blown up year to year. You have the option to bid on the open market for players. You may not win every bid, but it's not like all hope is lost as soon as he hits the open market. We are in season one, the contracts and salaries are a bit out of whack. It's in my opinion that, if we allow teams to bank UFA re-signings and trade them, eventually you're going to have a season where we have almost no FAs. Maybe not for 3-4 seasons, but I see it happening.
There's no solution to please everyone. It's the same thing with the RFAs. To qualify an RFA, you must give him a 10% raise. Certain GMs have pointed out that they have RFAs who are having piss poor seasons with high salaries. The solution? You don't qualify them and allow them to become UFAs.
Here is my decision:
For at least the next 3 offseasons, each team will be allowed to send ONE offer to each of their UFAs as the rule now states.
1) The offer cannot be more than 25% less than the players current base salary AND no teams will be allowed to exceed the salary cap by more than 10%. 2) In deciding on who re-signs/doesn't sign, we will factor in salary, contract length, comparable players and team competitiveness. Younger UFAs will be looking for years and money while an older UFA might take less money for more years. Also an older UFA will be more inclined to take less money to a team closer to win the Stanley Cup. We will also take into account similar players.
Ex. Player A and Player B both are 75ov's and scored 50 points this year. Player B makes 2.5 mill a season, you offer Player A 1.75 mill. Player A will reject the offer.
Before the re-signing period begins, I will post chart listing each teams FAs and their Cap space. Your cap space will be determined by your pro roster. This will include any RFAs and UFAs you plan on trying to re-sign. You cannot bury players in the farm to hide their salary. If you have players, you don't play on re-signing you can release them. Each player on your pro roster must have played at least 10 games in the ECFHL the previous season.
I will be updating and adding this to our rules and sending out a league wide email as well. If anybody has any questions, feel free to post them and I will do my best to answer.
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Post by Avs on Aug 29, 2011 21:13:46 GMT -5
Can this be done in-season?
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Post by ECFHL Commissioner on Aug 29, 2011 21:25:59 GMT -5
Can this be done in-season? can what, sending in offers?
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Post by Avs on Aug 29, 2011 21:44:14 GMT -5
yes, resigning our UFAs. And if so, who do I email it to?
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Post by ECFHL Commissioner on Aug 29, 2011 22:21:38 GMT -5
No, they can only be done during the offseason.
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Post by wildgm on Sept 1, 2011 18:01:54 GMT -5
because i'm both dense and prone to overthinking these things, i'd like to clarify something. guys that are 28 right now and in the last year of their contracts will be UFA, correct? this seems fairly obvious but i'd still like to confirm.
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Post by BluesGM on Sept 1, 2011 18:03:00 GMT -5
because i'm both dense and prone to overthinking these things, i'd like to clarify something. guys that are 28 right now and in the last year of their contracts will be UFA, correct? this seems fairly obvious but i'd still like to confirm. yes, Jim Ramsey
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