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Retain 13 46.43%
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Old 01-12-2021, 09:26 AM   #1
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The GMs have voted to implement the following changes to our retirement rule.

Moving forward the definition will be as follows:
For the purpose of these rules, the definition is that a player is considered retired when they announce that they are retiring from pro hockey or taking an off ice position. The announcement must be made by the player, their agent, their team, or reported as confirmed by a reputable media source. If a player announces they are done in the NHL but continuing to play pro hockey elsewhere (e.g. KHL), they will still be considered active in the CPHL. A player still being technically active in the NHL via LTIR will no longer be considered an exception for their status as being retired. A player that retired during the season will be considered retired in the CPHL immediately (except when noted in the rule option below). A player that retires at the end of their NHL season, or announces that they will be retiring at the end of the NHL season, will be permitted to complete their CPHL season.

The rule will be applied as such:
All players that fall under the above definition will be retired immediately per the above, except if the player is announcing their retirement at the end of the NHL season, in which case they will be permitted to complete their CPHL season including playoffs. Where the matter is not clear, it will be put to a vote of the league GMs, with a majority required to retire the player. If the player “un-retires” it will be made available as a free agent to the league, following standard UFA bidding rules, with the team’s original GM holding the right to match the winning offer to retain the player. Per standard UFA bidding rules, teams, including the original GM must have the available cap space for their bids.


The purpose of this rule is to establish if we should remove the buyout penalties or not.

The current buyout rule is stated as follows: No buyout is required for retired players UNLESS acquired via UFA BY THAT TEAM in the same season or preceding off-season.

What we are voting on here is whether to retain that or eliminate it such that if a player retires, there is no buyout penalty, under any circumstance for the team that owns the player.
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Old 01-12-2021, 09:45 AM   #2
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Initially, I was considering doing away with the buyout rule. The more I think about it now, I'd like to see us keep it in place. Closer to real life I think.
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Old 01-12-2021, 10:04 AM   #3
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IMO this rule doesn't do much. GM's simply sign UFA's that have value and if they fear retirement will flip to another team for an asset and avoid the buyout.

I don't think a buyout in this case is really necessary.
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Old 01-12-2021, 10:12 AM   #4
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I like the buyout. 1) It forces GMs to assess potential retirees during the UFA signing period and 2) it encourages trading so that GMs can flip a possible retiree for assets and avoid the buyout.



To me this is a part of the game that demonstrates a GM's skill. Mitigate the risk of a buyout to acquire cheap, usable assets.
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There’s players I don’t bid on because I consider them a retirement risk

Other teams would have bid on x players if they knew that rules would be relaxed and there was no risk for signing players.
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Old 01-12-2021, 11:09 AM   #6
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voted "remove" but it's a close one for me.

maybe some kind of age rule would make sense here? Because I have no problem with the buyout for old guys at all. But if you look at fairly recent retirees, I don't think a GM should be punished if a guy like Niskanen unexpectedly hangs em up at 33 for example. Guys like Steen, Crawford and so on are on the wrong side of 30 so I think that's a different story.
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Old 01-12-2021, 11:20 AM   #7
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I think as an arm chair GM consequences that are manageable are nice. All the buyout does is increase the value of RFAs in my mind. I think if a league wants GMs to push for winning and not just collecting players then we need to stop reducing the value of veterans who have a place on a winning roster.

I voted remove. Not close for me.
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To me it doesn't make sense why there is a buy-out penalty...but I could easily be missing something.

What was the rationale for the buy-out penalty in the first place?

I think there is a built-in penalty where if a player retires half way through the year, you now have to go and replace that person.
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I like it as is and Tilley said it better than I could.
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voted "remove" but it's a close one for me.

maybe some kind of age rule would make sense here? Because I have no problem with the buyout for old guys at all. But if you look at fairly recent retirees, I don't think a GM should be punished if a guy like Niskanen unexpectedly hangs em up at 33 for example. Guys like Steen, Crawford and so on are on the wrong side of 30 so I think that's a different story.
These rules need to be simple to monitor and execute. Having age cut offs, including because of our how our calendar works - isn't that.
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To me it doesn't make sense why there is a buy-out penalty...but I could easily be missing something.

What was the rationale for the buy-out penalty in the first place?

I think there is a built-in penalty where if a player retires half way through the year, you now have to go and replace that person.
The rationale was to create a consequence and risk element for signing UFAs to over priced deals.
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dead heat so far!
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Old 01-12-2021, 04:25 PM   #13
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Tied 11-11. Let's get everyone voting.
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Old 01-12-2021, 04:58 PM   #14
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I voted no. I don't think a GM should be punished for something they don't have control over and can be random. And the ages are getting younger for these types of signings.

I think losing a guy with ratings is enough of a punishment as it means you have to fill a hole in a lineup.
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If the vote is this close it tells me it prob shouldn’t be a rule. But still a few votes to go I think.

But I voted to remove.
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I voted no. I don't think a GM should be punished for something they don't have control over and can be random. And the ages are getting younger for these types of signings.

I think losing a guy with ratings is enough of a punishment as it means you have to fill a hole in a lineup.
well, to be fair this only applies to players signed as a UFA and retire on the team that signs them. It is meant to add a consideration to someone offering a 3 year deal to Zdeno Chara, for example, just to win the player in UFA even though it is highly unlikely that player plays out the contract. Risk/Reward - that's why I like it. That GM can get out of that if he is able to move him in the league - which means their probably has to have some value left. Make a bad decision, get punished. I understand that this season there have been some unexpected retirees but don't let 1 bizarre season paint the entire picture.
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well, to be fair this only applies to players signed as a UFA and retire on the team that signs them. It is meant to add a consideration to someone offering a 3 year deal to Zdeno Chara, for example, just to win the player in UFA even though it is highly unlikely that player plays out the contract. Risk/Reward - that's why I like it. That GM can get out of that if he is able to move him in the league - which means their probably has to have some value left. Make a bad decision, get punished. I understand that this season there have been some unexpected retirees but don't let 1 bizarre season paint the entire picture.
It's still so subjective and speculative. We are a sim hockey league and not in direct conversation with the player or his agent so we really have no idea what is going on outside a couple twitter posts.

It's time to take it away. Some players we suspect may retire and others come out of the blue.

The cost of losing that player is enough IMO.
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Disagree, but I understand why many don't want the consequences. This part of the rules has never really been a subject of discussion duringy term here. I'd be curious how many times a season it actually gets actioned. 1?

I don't really care that much, I just don't see good reason to change it.
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I'm a little surprised that the "remove" side is ahead in the poll. I like the punitive aspect of the buyout. Don't swing for the fences by signing an older player if you can't take on the risk.

I'm fine either way though.
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