Post by bjernagris (PHI) on Feb 29, 2016 12:20:14 GMT -5
Hi guys,
Quite a hectic first day of Free Agency, not so much because of FA offers but mainly because of confusion regarding Free Agency rules. Please find below some clarifications regarding issues that have occurred so far:
(1) Some FAs cannot be offered contracts (Kovar, Tlusty, Enroth etc.). The option to do this simply does not appear in-game. This is due to a bug and this will be fixed when we sim ahead, so in next week's file you should be able to offer them contracts
(2) Some players who show up as FAs should belong to teams (Husso, Cornel, etc.). Offers to these players will be ignored and they will be added back to their rightful teams
(3) Some players who show up as FAs should be draft eligible in the next draft, and therefore not approachable. Please consider these off limits for now. General rules for if a prospect is eligible to be signed (both conditions must be fulfilled):
(a) Is born September 15, 1996 or earlier
(b) Has gone through the draft undrafted at least once No longer valid - please feel free to sign under-20's (UFAs through forums, all others in-game)
(4) No need to post contract offers to unsigned draftees, instead please do that in-game and submit a file. But remember, no offers in-game to players NOT appearing in the Free Agent Centre!
(5) Teams who have RFAs being signed by another team will be compensated with a corresponding draft pick, according to rNHL CBA rules. Beans (BOS) will coordinate this
(6) If a player is offered an Entry Level Contract (ELC) from multiple teams, there will be a lottery determining who signs the player. All offers will be placed in-game by Dax/me on Sunday, and we will let the game determine who the player signs with. All offers placed will have an equal length, and salary will be either 925k/70k or lower, depending on what each team's bid is.
I am sure we will have a reason to issue further clarifications later this week In the meantime, thank you for your understanding guys, learning new things every day here!
Quite a hectic first day of Free Agency, not so much because of FA offers but mainly because of confusion regarding Free Agency rules. Please find below some clarifications regarding issues that have occurred so far:
(1) Some FAs cannot be offered contracts (Kovar, Tlusty, Enroth etc.). The option to do this simply does not appear in-game. This is due to a bug and this will be fixed when we sim ahead, so in next week's file you should be able to offer them contracts
(2) Some players who show up as FAs should belong to teams (Husso, Cornel, etc.). Offers to these players will be ignored and they will be added back to their rightful teams
(4) No need to post contract offers to unsigned draftees, instead please do that in-game and submit a file. But remember, no offers in-game to players NOT appearing in the Free Agent Centre!
(5) Teams who have RFAs being signed by another team will be compensated with a corresponding draft pick, according to rNHL CBA rules. Beans (BOS) will coordinate this
(6) If a player is offered an Entry Level Contract (ELC) from multiple teams, there will be a lottery determining who signs the player. All offers will be placed in-game by Dax/me on Sunday, and we will let the game determine who the player signs with. All offers placed will have an equal length, and salary will be either 925k/70k or lower, depending on what each team's bid is.
I am sure we will have a reason to issue further clarifications later this week In the meantime, thank you for your understanding guys, learning new things every day here!