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Jiri Hrdina · 04-29-2021, 01:18 PM

Folks the off-season upon us.

This will be our second straight year of having more uncertainty with the off-season so we will need people’s patience. Things are particularly complicated by the fact that we ended our season far in advance of the NHL. This is important because we use 3rd party re-rating packages, to avoid any bias, and those are unlikely to come out until the NHL season wraps. Teams can trade players and make decisions without those new ratings just know that it is both an opportunity and a risk – as your expected rating may differ from what is in the package. But projecting this is part of the fun of the off-season.

Note that when we start to review potential re-rates the commissioners will be under a trade freeze. We will let the league know when this is happening

Here is the order I expect things to be in, at this stage. Again please appreciate the fluidity of everything so this may change.

- Resumptions of trading: Can start now. Please remember to update any draft picks exchanged in that thread
- Retirement of players under our new rules (I will retire these players this weekend, if not sooner)
- Rollover (TBD when Cam can do it, 1 year advancement on ages and contracts, will ask Cam to keep the draft picks for now)
- Releasing of players: Once the rollover is done. NOT before.
- Lottery: June 2nd (tentative, aligned to NHL schedule, save the date now!)
- Our draft: (July 17 10 am Calgary time, the Saturday before the NHL draft)
- Re-rates and new RFA/UFA grids (if re-rate packages are available earlier we will pull this ahead of the draft)
- RFA re-signing
- UFA re-signing
- UFA batches

A couple of immediate actions/reminders
- MOST IMPORTANT: 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. I will process the releases already submitted over the coming days.
- If you trade or acquire a draft pick please post in the draft pick thread
- You an email cphltrade any conditions that need to be deleted

Immediate things you should be doing:
- Prepare for the draft (as best you can)
- If you owe conditional picks in the 2021 draft – take care of them sooner rather than later
- Update your trade block
- If you have players on one way contracts down in the AHL, bring them back up to the CPHL, otherwise you won’t be able to submit UFA offers even for your own players
- Trade, trade, trade!

Couple other things
- 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

If anything is unclear PLEASE ask questions.

04-29-2021, 01:18 PM	#1
Jiri Hrdina Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2014 Exp:	Off-season Thread Folks the off-season upon us. This will be our second straight year of having more uncertainty with the off-season so we will need people’s patience. Things are particularly complicated by the fact that we ended our season far in advance of the NHL. This is important because we use 3rd party re-rating packages, to avoid any bias, and those are unlikely to come out until the NHL season wraps. Teams can trade players and make decisions without those new ratings just know that it is both an opportunity and a risk – as your expected rating may differ from what is in the package. But projecting this is part of the fun of the off-season. Note that when we start to review potential re-rates the commissioners will be under a trade freeze. We will let the league know when this is happening Here is the order I expect things to be in, at this stage. Again please appreciate the fluidity of everything so this may change. - Resumptions of trading: Can start now. Please remember to update any draft picks exchanged in that thread - Retirement of players under our new rules (I will retire these players this weekend, if not sooner) - Rollover (TBD when Cam can do it, 1 year advancement on ages and contracts, will ask Cam to keep the draft picks for now) - Releasing of players: Once the rollover is done. NOT before. - Lottery: June 2nd (tentative, aligned to NHL schedule, save the date now!) - Our draft: (July 17 10 am Calgary time, the Saturday before the NHL draft) - Re-rates and new RFA/UFA grids (if re-rate packages are available earlier we will pull this ahead of the draft) - RFA re-signing - UFA re-signing - UFA batches A couple of immediate actions/reminders - MOST IMPORTANT: 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. I will process the releases already submitted over the coming days. - If you trade or acquire a draft pick please post in the draft pick thread - You an email cphltrade any conditions that need to be deleted Immediate things you should be doing: - Prepare for the draft (as best you can) - If you owe conditional picks in the 2021 draft – take care of them sooner rather than later - Update your trade block - If you have players on one way contracts down in the AHL, bring them back up to the CPHL, otherwise you won’t be able to submit UFA offers even for your own players - Trade, trade, trade! Couple other things - 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 If anything is unclear PLEASE ask questions.