Each season is certainly different. Last year the bids were higher in the first round, and I recently traded for Roman Josi, who holds a league max contract. Those are only available to be handed out through UFA, and the quality of the player was such that I was still willing to trade for him. On the other end of the spectrum, there have been (and will be) a few buyouts of players who were 'lowballed', but then their play IRL fell off a cliff.
I like this particular fantasy league, because it's a lot harder to navigate than a straight 'player impact' format like Yahoo. There are a couple of monster teams on paper at the beginning of this season. I'm looking forward to seeing a cobbled together team absolutely tromping them, for no reasonable reason except that's what the SIM has decreed.
Followed by the amusing panicked in-season rebuild.
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