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Jiri Hrdina · 05-06-2019, 05:12 PM

Folks the off-season upon us.
The purpose of this thread is to provide a general overview on how the off-season will play out. As most of you know, we tackle things in a sequential order, but at this point of the off-season it is difficult to provide firm dates for all items.

A couple of immediate actions/reminders
- If you are unsure if you wish to remain GM of your team please let us know sooner rather than later. It is only fair to the new GM that they have the off-season to prepare their team
- If you have any questions about rules, please ask
- Remember you do NOT need cap space to sign RFAs but you DO need cap space to sign your UFAs. And all UFAs re-signed are 3 years and 1 way. You cannot trade UFA rights. You must re-sign them or not sign them.
- If you release a player please post in the free agency thread
- If you trade or acquire a draft pick please post in the draft pick thread
- Trading before re-rates is done at your own risk - ratings will change primarily based on the last season's performance.

Immediate things you should be doing:
- Prepare for the draft!
- If you owe conditional picks in the 2018 draft – take care of them sooner rather than later
- Update your trade block
- Trade, trade, trade!
- If you someone on IR right now please send an email to take them off. You can send either individual requests via your main GM page or send in a batch request. Whatever is easier.

Generally the order will go like this
- Rollover (1 year advancement on ages and contracts)
- Our draft: Saturday June 15 10 am Calgary time (1 week before NHL draft)
- Re-rates and new RFA/UFA grids
- Deadline to bring players above waiver threshold to the CPHL
- RFA re-signing
- UFA re-signing
- UFA batches

Also please remember we don't process stuff as often in the off-season. It is a bit of a welcome break for us as well. The sim will be updated after free agency.

Couple other things
- Trading can now resume
- You may not sign any free agents that are in the system already. The only ones you can re-sign are ones that aren't in the DB at all that you request to be added
- The watchdog is off its leash. You do not need to be roster or cap compliant in the off-season. Per above, you do need cap space to re-sign or sign a UFA
- Buyouts cannot happen until after the rollover so please hold off submitting them. Any release/buyouts will hit your 2018/2019 cap.

If anything is unclear PLEASE ask questions.

05-06-2019, 05:12 PM	#1
Jiri Hrdina Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2014 Exp:	Off-season Thread Folks the off-season upon us. The purpose of this thread is to provide a general overview on how the off-season will play out. As most of you know, we tackle things in a sequential order, but at this point of the off-season it is difficult to provide firm dates for all items. A couple of immediate actions/reminders - If you are unsure if you wish to remain GM of your team please let us know sooner rather than later. It is only fair to the new GM that they have the off-season to prepare their team - If you have any questions about rules, please ask - Remember you do NOT need cap space to sign RFAs but you DO need cap space to sign your UFAs. And all UFAs re-signed are 3 years and 1 way. You cannot trade UFA rights. You must re-sign them or not sign them. - If you release a player please post in the free agency thread - If you trade or acquire a draft pick please post in the draft pick thread - Trading before re-rates is done at your own risk - ratings will change primarily based on the last season's performance. Immediate things you should be doing: - Prepare for the draft! - If you owe conditional picks in the 2018 draft – take care of them sooner rather than later - Update your trade block - Trade, trade, trade! - If you someone on IR right now please send an email to take them off. You can send either individual requests via your main GM page or send in a batch request. Whatever is easier. Generally the order will go like this - Rollover (1 year advancement on ages and contracts) - Our draft: Saturday June 15 10 am Calgary time (1 week before NHL draft) - Re-rates and new RFA/UFA grids - Deadline to bring players above waiver threshold to the CPHL - RFA re-signing - UFA re-signing - UFA batches Also please remember we don't process stuff as often in the off-season. It is a bit of a welcome break for us as well. The sim will be updated after free agency. Couple other things - Trading can now resume - You may not sign any free agents that are in the system already. The only ones you can re-sign are ones that aren't in the DB at all that you request to be added - The watchdog is off its leash. You do not need to be roster or cap compliant in the off-season. Per above, you do need cap space to re-sign or sign a UFA - Buyouts cannot happen until after the rollover so please hold off submitting them. Any release/buyouts will hit your 2018/2019 cap. If anything is unclear PLEASE ask questions.