Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community - View Single Post - Batch 3 and test drive of new UFA approach

JiriHrdina · 07-25-2015, 04:58 PM

Folks, we are going to experiment with a change to UFAs with Batch 3, that we are strongly considering as the new rule for next season.

There is a clear loop hole right now where teams are offering high $s on multi-year terms with low AHL percentages. Now this is something I used for my advantage with Kunitz, so this isn’t a complaint so much as realization that this is something we can improve on. I think this became more widespread this year as teams have a lot of cap this year (suggesting maybe our grids weren’t high enough).

As such, the change to the UFA system we will make for batch 3, and likely going forward assuming we like it – is we will who gets the UFA on something we will call “guaranteed dollars”. The formula for this will be $ per year * # of years offered * AHL %.

Examples:
Chris Kunitz gets the following offers
Offer 1: 3 years @ 10M/season @ 10% AHL
Offer 2: 2 years @ 7M/season @ 35% AHL
Offer 3: 1 years @ 5M/season @ 1 way.

Under current rules Offer 1 would win.

Under the new system the guaranteed dollar formula would be:
Offer 1: 3M
Offer 2: 4.9M
Offer 3: 5M

So offer 3 would win on the strength of the fact that it is 1 way.
In the event that there are offers that are tied in terms of guaranteed dollars the tie-breaking order would be similar to now:
1. Dollars per year
2. # of years
3. AHL%
4. Place in standings

We expect this will do a number of things
- Close the current loop-hole for the most part
- Drive most UFA contracts for established players to be 1 way
- Make UFA season even more interesting

Teams will still need to have enough cap for the Per Year Dollar amount. So for instance in the above Team 1 would need 10M, Team 2 7M and Team 3 5M to make it a valid offer.

We are going to pilot this with Batch 3 since we are down to tertiary players. We will then decide on whether or not to make this the system we use next year. Our strong lean is that we will.

Questions? Seriously. If you don’t get this ask. Don’t make assumptions.

07-25-2015, 04:58 PM	#1
JiriHrdina I believe in the Pony Power Join Date: Jul 2003 Exp:	Batch 3 and test drive of new UFA approach Folks, we are going to experiment with a change to UFAs with Batch 3, that we are strongly considering as the new rule for next season. There is a clear loop hole right now where teams are offering high $s on multi-year terms with low AHL percentages. Now this is something I used for my advantage with Kunitz, so this isn’t a complaint so much as realization that this is something we can improve on. I think this became more widespread this year as teams have a lot of cap this year (suggesting maybe our grids weren’t high enough). As such, the change to the UFA system we will make for batch 3, and likely going forward assuming we like it – is we will who gets the UFA on something we will call “guaranteed dollars”. The formula for this will be $ per year * # of years offered * AHL %. Examples: Chris Kunitz gets the following offers Offer 1: 3 years @ 10M/season @ 10% AHL Offer 2: 2 years @ 7M/season @ 35% AHL Offer 3: 1 years @ 5M/season @ 1 way. Under current rules Offer 1 would win. Under the new system the guaranteed dollar formula would be: Offer 1: 3M Offer 2: 4.9M Offer 3: 5M So offer 3 would win on the strength of the fact that it is 1 way. In the event that there are offers that are tied in terms of guaranteed dollars the tie-breaking order would be similar to now: 1. Dollars per year 2. # of years 3. AHL% 4. Place in standings We expect this will do a number of things - Close the current loop-hole for the most part - Drive most UFA contracts for established players to be 1 way - Make UFA season even more interesting Teams will still need to have enough cap for the Per Year Dollar amount. So for instance in the above Team 1 would need 10M, Team 2 7M and Team 3 5M to make it a valid offer. We are going to pilot this with Batch 3 since we are down to tertiary players. We will then decide on whether or not to make this the system we use next year. Our strong lean is that we will. Questions? Seriously. If you don’t get this ask. Don’t make assumptions.