|
Post by Nashville Predators on Jul 25, 2009 18:04:15 GMT -5
Each GM is responsible for the amount of money being bid such that they do NOT exceed the amount of cap space they have available.
Please stay under this ceiling AT ALL TIMES.
Buyouts and trades are the options of choice to pursue. Please note to prevent GMs from abusing our system buyouts have to be done PRIOR to the commencement of UFA. Once UFA has officially concluded teams may buy out players.
A bid will be accepted if it stands for 48 hours from the posted time listed. If a new bid is valid within that time, a new time stamp will be posted along with the new bid, and the clock will be reset.
If a new bid is NOT $200,000 or more higher than the original bid, it will be discarded and the original bid along with day and time will stand.
A GM may not 'conditionally' bid on a player. In other words a GM cannot bid on player A & B; sign player A and then cancel the bid on player B. Each GM is responsible for their offers; signing someone that puts you over the cap will result in you losing that player and being fined.
|
|
|
Post by panthers on Jul 26, 2009 3:00:30 GMT -5
Please stay under this ceiling AT ALL TIMES. Buyouts and trades are the options of choice to pursue. Please note to prevent GMs from abusing our system buyouts have to be done PRIOR to the commencement of UFA. Once UFA has officially concluded teams may buy out players. Does this also apply for matching RFA bids? If I want to match a RFA offer from another team, do I have to stay under the cap AND buyout players before July 31st in anticipation of what my RFA will fetch on the open market? thanks, Ricky.
|
|
|
Post by canucks on Jul 28, 2009 13:36:41 GMT -5
speaking of RFA do you have an updated list of who are left unsigned or qualified. The thread on this page hasn't been updated since April.
|
|
|
Post by carolinagm on Jul 29, 2009 14:47:39 GMT -5
Also Ken, best to run this thru the messageboard as usual. The STHS Client and the web portal has terrible flaws in it especially in regards to the time stamp. 48 hour clock will not work because the portal wants to sign them at erratic intervals regardless of time stamp. All leagues i have been in with STHS have had this problem and at this time seems unfixable.
|
|
|
Post by Bruins GM on Aug 12, 2009 14:06:02 GMT -5
Can we make it so bids are actual dollar amounts only and that they DO NOT pad their bids with loyalties? Everyone knows that the previous owners of a player get a discount at the end of the auction. I'd prefer to see dollar for dollar bidding only.
i.e. If a team places a bid, the original owner just ups it by the minimum amount - not by an amount inflated by 10% to accomodate a loyalty discount afterwards. All this does IMO is drive the price up of a player unnecessarily.
|
|
|
Post by Nashville Predators on Aug 12, 2009 15:58:55 GMT -5
The 10% will kick in AFTER the player signs with their original team - if that be the case. We will simply -10% off the yearly salary at that point. GMs all need to bid as usual within their increments.
|
|
|
Post by Bruins GM on Aug 12, 2009 16:18:19 GMT -5
The 10% will kick in AFTER the player signs with their original team - if that be the case. We will simply -10% off the yearly salary at that point. GMs all need to bid as usual within their increments. What's happened in the past though is like this: Joe Blow (previous team Bruins) Opening bid $1,000,000 (including signing bonus) by Panthers . . . Multiple bids drive price up to $5 mill Bruins look at the bid and calculate a bid INCLUDING the 10% discount and say "$5.2 mill PLUS 10% = $5.72 mill so the next minimum bid is $5.92 mill." Panthers come along and bid $6 mill when they really only need to bid $5.4 mill to be the leader. I guess what I'd like to see is the banning of the 10% loyalty clause (or the use of it in any form) such that it helps a team become the leading bidder in an auction.
|
|
|
Post by FincanSJGM on Aug 13, 2009 1:35:44 GMT -5
Where does this 10% from, we have always used a 300k home team bonus.
Chris we have never done bids like that. to top a bid of 5 million, if you are the home team, you would offer 4.9 million (100k less) plus 300k bonus for a contract WORTH 5.2 million. So you have still only increased the bid amount by 200k. We have always used the home team bonus as a monetary value and I think we should.
|
|
|
Post by Bruins GM on Aug 13, 2009 2:34:30 GMT -5
Where does this 10% from, we have always used a 300k home team bonus. Chris we have never done bids like that. to top a bid of 5 million, if you are the home team, you would offer 4.9 million (100k less) plus 300k bonus for a contract WORTH 5.2 million. So you have still only increased the bid amount by 200k. We have always used the home team bonus as a monetary value and I think we should. I think the 10% is from my other league. Sorry. Same thing though. Why should anyone include the bonus in their bid? If it's removed after the fact, don't mention it at all in the bid. It just confuses things IMO.
|
|
|
Post by starsgenman on Aug 13, 2009 10:21:48 GMT -5
Where does this 10% from, we have always used a 300k home team bonus. Chris we have never done bids like that. to top a bid of 5 million, if you are the home team, you would offer 4.9 million (100k less) plus 300k bonus for a contract WORTH 5.2 million. So you have still only increased the bid amount by 200k. We have always used the home team bonus as a monetary value and I think we should. I think the 10% is from my other league. Sorry. Same thing though. Why should anyone include the bonus in their bid? If it's removed after the fact, don't mention it at all in the bid. It just confuses things IMO. IMO it's great. It shouldnt be removed. I think it's there because we aren't able to resign our UFA's before UFA period
|
|
|
Post by Bruins GM on Aug 13, 2009 14:41:30 GMT -5
I'm not suggesting we get rid of our current loyalty discount for UFAs.
I'm just worried that people use the discount as a tool to try and come out on top with their bids. I'd just prefer that people not mention the discount at all when they place bids in order to keep the prices consistent with players that don't have loyalty discounts.
|
|
|
Post by KingsGM on Aug 14, 2009 12:36:07 GMT -5
As a reminder to everyone as well, make sure you don't bid on any of the guys I want. I think that's in the rules somewhere.
|
|
|
Post by Nashville Predators on Aug 14, 2009 17:54:40 GMT -5
I'd rather it be a % rather than a finite amount as you suggested Cal. Proportionately it makes more sense. $300k off a $1M deal is a LOT while $300k off a $6M deal is not.
And I agree with Chris, keep the loyalties OUT of bidding entirely. The loyalty can easily be applied afterward.
|
|
|
Post by FincanSJGM on Aug 17, 2009 1:14:16 GMT -5
Its not what I suggested, its what we have done for the past ~6 seasons
|
|
|
Post by starsgenman on Aug 17, 2009 9:00:13 GMT -5
So is this 10% from base salary or total salary? Like
6M$ / 1 year deal / 3M$ sb
is the 10% 600k or 900k?
|
|
|
Post by Bruins GM on Aug 17, 2009 12:03:03 GMT -5
So is this 10% from base salary or total salary? Like 6M$ / 1 year deal / 3M$ sb is the 10% 600k or 900k? It should be the base salary only. It would be calculated when Ken adds the player to your roster in the Sim.
|
|