Post by BluesGM on Feb 19, 2012 4:39:45 GMT -5
I was thinking of a little twist we could possible add to free agency this offseason....
with the 50+ mil we got in $$$ - money in this league has sort of become obsolete. we're all drowning in it, so it really has no use in trades since we all have plenty. supply/demand...theres no demand.
i think a way to fix that is to allow signing bonuses to be offered to unrestricted free agents. we can have the same setup nick used last year, where the first round of bidding would be determined to see who the serious bidders are, and then from then forward you can add a signing bonus to your offers.
for example:
round 1: Blues offer Bryan Allen 4 years, 5 mil per
Canucks offer Bryan Allen 4 years, 4.75 mil per
Jets offer Bryan Allen 4 years, 1.75 mil per
Out of those offers, the Jets would be excluded as they're not in the ballpark of the other 2 offers.
in round 2, 3, etc you can up your offers and also offer signing bonuses
for example:
Blues offer Bryan Allen 4 years, 5 mil per, $6 mil signing bonus
Canucks offer Bryan Allen 4 years, 4.75 mil per, $8 mil signing bonus
in that instance, the Canucks offered $1mil more total, so they would sign him.
the only problem with this is it could become a cheap way to circumvent the cap. i could offer Allen 4 years at 500k per....but offer a $40 million signing bonus and my offer would be the best by far. that's why I think the setup Nick has is perfect - as you could exclude any offers that are clearly just attempting to circumvent the cap. that's why breaking it down by "rounds" makes sense. the first round seperates the serious bids (cap-hit wise) - and then the next round could be a "tiebreaker" of sorts.
last season, sedin got the same offer from like 4 different teams but Florida got him by pure luck of guessing a number. i think signing bonus would be a cool twist to add. money would serve a purpose, IMO. whatever signing bonus you give a player would be deducted from your finances. so if i have $50mil right now and gave Bryan Allen a $40m signing bonus, i'd be left with $10mil.
it's 4:30 AM when I am posting this and i'm pretty retarded after midnight so i hope this makes even a modicum of sense. just an idea, it's obviously nicks call ;D
with the 50+ mil we got in $$$ - money in this league has sort of become obsolete. we're all drowning in it, so it really has no use in trades since we all have plenty. supply/demand...theres no demand.
i think a way to fix that is to allow signing bonuses to be offered to unrestricted free agents. we can have the same setup nick used last year, where the first round of bidding would be determined to see who the serious bidders are, and then from then forward you can add a signing bonus to your offers.
for example:
round 1: Blues offer Bryan Allen 4 years, 5 mil per
Canucks offer Bryan Allen 4 years, 4.75 mil per
Jets offer Bryan Allen 4 years, 1.75 mil per
Out of those offers, the Jets would be excluded as they're not in the ballpark of the other 2 offers.
in round 2, 3, etc you can up your offers and also offer signing bonuses
for example:
Blues offer Bryan Allen 4 years, 5 mil per, $6 mil signing bonus
Canucks offer Bryan Allen 4 years, 4.75 mil per, $8 mil signing bonus
in that instance, the Canucks offered $1mil more total, so they would sign him.
the only problem with this is it could become a cheap way to circumvent the cap. i could offer Allen 4 years at 500k per....but offer a $40 million signing bonus and my offer would be the best by far. that's why I think the setup Nick has is perfect - as you could exclude any offers that are clearly just attempting to circumvent the cap. that's why breaking it down by "rounds" makes sense. the first round seperates the serious bids (cap-hit wise) - and then the next round could be a "tiebreaker" of sorts.
last season, sedin got the same offer from like 4 different teams but Florida got him by pure luck of guessing a number. i think signing bonus would be a cool twist to add. money would serve a purpose, IMO. whatever signing bonus you give a player would be deducted from your finances. so if i have $50mil right now and gave Bryan Allen a $40m signing bonus, i'd be left with $10mil.
it's 4:30 AM when I am posting this and i'm pretty retarded after midnight so i hope this makes even a modicum of sense. just an idea, it's obviously nicks call ;D