2014-15 Playoffs and Off-Season

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:35 am

First off, a big thank you to EVERYONE who made it through another season of the EHEC. Six seasons in, and still going! We had a lot of turnover last summer and fall, which made for a pretty exciting season, as it brought about a lot of changes to a lot of teams. Now, on to the playoffs...

Playoffs will start this Wednesday, April 15th, with the Western Conference games. We'll do West one night, East the next, rather than mixing it up like the NHL does. I'll tweak the file to get the necessary match-ups going. Submit your lineups with GM Office just like the regular season. We will be keeping the cap rules in place during the playoffs, so no extra players unless you need injury replacements, etc.

For non-playoff teams, there isn't much for you to see for a while, unfortunately. There is the NHL Draft Lottery this Saturday. We will use the NHL results. Lottery "standings" are here:
1. Colorado
2. Philadelphia
3. NY Islanders
4. Vancouver
5. Minnesota
6. St. Louis
7. Montreal [owned by Philadelphia]
8. Buffalo
9. Nashville (86 pts, 33 ROW)
10. Toronto (86 pts, 34 ROW)
11. Detroit (86 pts, 35 ROW)
12. Florida (88 pts, 38 ROW)
13. Columbus (88 pts, 39 ROW)
14. Anaheim [owned by Philadelphia]

As with the NHL, the winner will go to the #1 overall position. Any team can only go down one spot.

Going into the off-season: As usual, you are free to discuss and make trades. However, please do not post any trades on the boards until trading opens up again after the playoffs. Player contracts, options, free agency, etc, will also not begin until after the playoffs. We'll post more about all that once we get closer.

Finally, this year we will not be doing AHL playoffs. As Dan said, too much effort for too little return right now. But in the past we did carry over LE boosts for playoff teams. So I'm wondering...should we just add, say, +2 LE to all "playoff" AHL teams, or should I include farm LE boosts as part of a reward for writing up season recaps/draft previews?

Jets GM · Post by **Jets GM** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:39 pm

We will be keeping the cap rules in place during the playoffs, so no extra players unless you need injury replacements, etc.

We have never had a cap during the playoffs, and I don't think the NHL does either.

I am not sure if calling AHL'ers up during the playoffs has any effect, but I am wondering what the reasoning is for this new rule right before the playoff starts?

Jets GM · Post by **Jets GM** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:39 pm

Everything else sounds great, PM when you need me to sim Bub!

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 4:57 pm

Tampa Bay GM wrote:
We will be keeping the cap rules in place during the playoffs, so no extra players unless you need injury replacements, etc.
We have never had a cap during the playoffs, and I don't think the NHL does either.

I am not sure if calling AHL'ers up during the playoffs has any effect, but I am wondering what the reasoning is for this new rule right before the playoff starts?

I'm pretty sure we have kept the cap in place. That seems to be the committee's collective memory, anyway.

Jets GM · Post by **Jets GM** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 5:13 pm

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Like in the NHL iirc, we have not employed a max roster size or salary cap during the playoffs in seasons past.

If this is not conclusive, I can probably dredge up some old test-sim files from last year to reinforce my claim.

Nero Avalanche · Post by **Nero Avalanche** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:52 pm

Great league to be a part of!

Doesnt matter that Im last, this year it was worth it. Worst case scenario is Eichel who would go #1 in lot of other drafts.

Keep up the good work guys.

MartyFromOTTAWA · Post by **MartyFromOTTAWA** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 8:58 pm

Nero Avalanche wrote:Great league to be a part of!

Doesnt matter that Im last, this year it was worth it. Worst case scenario is Eichel who would go #1 in lot of other drafts.

Keep up the good work guys.

I just realized that Philly has as much as chance than you to get McDavid.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:43 pm

Nero Avalanche wrote:Great league to be a part of!

Doesnt matter that Im last, this year it was worth it. Worst case scenario is Eichel who would go #1 in lot of other drafts.

Keep up the good work guys.

Hm. Well then. I'll rule on this tomorrow. I can say, though, that if any post-season write-up rewards include prospect LE bonuses, players called up for the playoffs will not be eligible.

I'll advance the file tomorrow, get the playoff match-ups set, and add some more draftees to the file.

IslandersGM · Post by **IslandersGM** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:54 pm

I personally don't recall any cap in place for the Playoffs... but then i've never been. I don't see the big deal with the extra salary as you wouldn't be adding much - Keep the player limit unless injury but salary shouln't matter - playoff teams would call up the best players not the lesser ones because of cap space.

- damn i'm like Kevin Lowe!! I've got 6 soccer trophies from my playing days too!!

I know how to win!

Bruins_GM · Post by **Bruins_GM** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:28 pm

Easiest Calder Cup victory ever. Congrats to Providence!

Jets GM · Post by **Jets GM** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:55 pm

IslandersGM wrote:I personally don't recall any cap in place for the Playoffs... but then i've never been. I don't see the big deal with the extra salary as you wouldn't be adding much - Keep the player limit unless injury but salary shouln't matter - playoff teams would call up the best players not the lesser ones because of cap space.

The main advantage is no longer have to worry about 1 week injuries, leaving you with no cap relief and a roster spot to fill. I constructed my team that if that were to happen during the regular season, I could get under right away but maybe lose a player on waivers. I fully expected to have no cap enforcement in the playoffs.

I would be disappointed to see a precedent that has been set, that mimics real life, be ruled against days before the playoffs begin. However, I will fully support any decision Bub makes since he is our almighty EHEC god.

Nero Avalanche · Post by **Nero Avalanche** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 8:21 am

1. (20%): Colorado

2. (13.5%): Philadelphia

3. (11.5%): NY Islanders

4. (9.5%): Vancouver

5. (8.5%): Minnesota

6. (7.5%): St. Louis

7. (6.5%): Montreal [owned by Philadelphia]

8. (6.0%): Buffalo

9. (5.0%): Nashville

10. (3.5%): Toronto

11. (3.0%): Detroit

12. (2.5%): Florida

13. (2.0%): Columbus

14. (1.0%): Anaheim [owned by Philadelphia]

If anyone is interested in this kinda table.
Percentage of win and logo added to see where lottery falls from the NHL standpoint. Colorado gets Buffalo, Philly gets Arizona....you get the point.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 10:36 am

Yep, that works, Nero. Thanks.

I think we all know that there's no way Bettman is going to have Buffalo or Arizona win the drawing on Saturday, so Nero & Greg: don't get your hopes up.

Personally, I think Toronto is going to be given, erm, "win" the drawing.

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Here's my ruling re playoff cap: we will NOT be enforcing it during the playoffs. You can call up AHL reserves for your Cup run. In addition, since we're not doing AHL playoffs, I will be adding +2 LE to all players on AHL playoff teams.* However, anyone you call up for your Cup run will NOT be eligible for the bonus.

* - "AHL playoff team" is defined as any team in the top 8 conference standings; conferences to be analogous to their EHEC counterparts, ie, Hartford NYR) in the East, but Worcester (SJ) in the West. And no, I haven't looked at the final AHL standings yet so I don't know who is getting in and who isn't. So I'm not screwing over your team.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 4:54 pm

Have added some more draftees. Haven't advanced the file yet b/c getting the schedule file just right is a pain in the ass. A couple of changes to the Western conference, and we're good. But....can't get East just right yet; Ottawa and Boston are reversed, b/c the game is hard-coded to read Ottawa as a division winner, and thus puts them ahead of Boston. So I'll probably have to manually edit the schedule file and then update it if/when the OTT and PIT series aren't sweeps.

Nero Avalanche · Post by **Nero Avalanche** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:07 pm

You might be right.

Specially because the draft will not be held live.

BlackHawk Down (Seb) · Wed Apr 15, 2015 12:23 pm

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Like in the NHL iirc, we have not employed a max roster size or salary cap during the playoffs in seasons past.

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Great idea to follow what you guys have done in the last. As for the "like the NHL", I believe this argument isn't one to use actually.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:14 pm

The following AHL teams will receive +2 LE bonus for all players who are not called up during the EHEC playoffs:

EAST:
Providence (BOS)
Hartford (NYR)
Hershey (WSH)
Rochester (BUF)
Springfield (CBJ)
Binghampton (OTT)
Grand Rapids (DET)
Bridgeport (NYI)

WEST:
Chicago (STL)
Worcester (SJ)
Abbotsford (CGY)
Manchester (LA)
Rockford (CHI)
Portland (ARZ)
Texas (DAL)
Milwaukee (NAS)

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All of the 2015 draftees are now in place and fully rated. There will likely be some fairly minor tweaks made to ratings and ceilings, but I will keep you posted when/if that happens. And I will not make changes less than a week before the draft. In fact, I will probably not make any more changes after the end of this month. Please double-check as you do your draft scouting that all the ceilings and other numbers are properly inputted. [EDIT: I have a few more players to add.]

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Who wants to take on the privilege of handling the voting for our league awards this year? Dan, you up for that again?

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Game 1, Eastern Conference games are tonight! Get those lines in, people!

MartyFromOTTAWA · Post by **MartyFromOTTAWA** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 4:55 pm

Commish Bub(NYR) wrote:The following AHL teams will receive +2 LE bonus for all players who are not called up during the EHEC playoffs:

I will just talked about my team:
-What about Ryan Graves, who played most of the season in AHL, but was "called-up" so I don't have more than 3 underagers in AHL?
-What about Middleton hat I will send back to juniors once Graves is back from injury then?

jamesredwings · Post by **jamesredwings** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:22 am

[quote="Commish Bub(NYR)"]The following AHL teams will receive +2 LE bonus for all players who are not called up during the EHEC playoffs:

EAST:
Providence (BOS)
Hartford (NYR)
Hershey (WSH)
Rochester (BUF)
Springfield (CBJ)
Binghampton (OTT)
Grand Rapids (DET)
Bridgeport (NYI)

I promise not to call anybody up during the playoffs

Nero Avalanche · Post by **Nero Avalanche** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:25 pm

big day tomorrow

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:37 pm

MartyFromOTTAWA wrote:
Commish Bub(NYR) wrote:The following AHL teams will receive +2 LE bonus for all players who are not called up during the EHEC playoffs:
I will just talked about my team:
-What about Ryan Graves, who played most of the season in AHL, but was "called-up" so I don't have more than 3 underagers in AHL?
-What about Middleton hat I will send back to juniors once Graves is back from injury then?

Graves, no; he's out for two more weeks, which would mean missing a large chunk of the "what-if" playoffs. Middleton, yes, for the opposite reason: he's on your farm, presumably soaking up the fabulous AHL playoff experience.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:38 pm

Nero Avalanche wrote:big day tomorrow

8:00 PM Eastern Time, US.

Fun scenario: Bettman draws the Hurricanes, then has to stop and ask someone if this is an actual team or if he's being punked.

Nero Avalanche · Post by **Nero Avalanche** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 12:42 pm

it wont be live right?

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 3:02 pm

Nero Avalanche wrote:it wont be live right?

I think it will be: on NBC, right before the start of the Rangers-Pens game tonight.

MartyFromOTTAWA · Post by **MartyFromOTTAWA** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 4:51 pm

Commish Bub(NYR) wrote:I think we all know that there's no way Bettman is going to have Buffalo or Arizona win the drawing on Saturday, so Nero & Greg: don't get your hopes up. Personally, I think Toronto is going to be given, erm, "win" the drawing.

Toronto doesn't need a McDavid to make money. Arizona does, and with Crosechkin in the eastern conference, I wouldn't be surprised to see McDavid landing in Arizona.

MartyFromOTTAWA · Post by **MartyFromOTTAWA** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 8:17 pm

McDavid in the west, so weird...

MartyFromOTTAWA · Post by **MartyFromOTTAWA** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 8:24 pm

Sooooooo, McDavid in the Metropolitan and Eichel in the Central, such a relief

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 8:30 pm

So, yes, the Islanders win the draft lottery, and the chance to Milbury the pick away for a handful of beans.

IslandersGM · Post by **IslandersGM** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:43 am

was on the C-Train in Flame land when I got the text from my Dad that the Oil had won the lotto - couldn't believe it.

Bill Hunter is shining on us from above!

It won't be fretted away - but i find the difference in players in our league vs real league quite different - they are exactly what we make them.

Damn it I was ready to draft some other guy

Nero Avalanche · Post by **Nero Avalanche** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 6:29 am

"Its dissapointing to our fans"

MartyFromOTTAWA · Post by **MartyFromOTTAWA** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:16 am

Nero Avalanche wrote:"Its dissapointing to our fans"

They're probably happier than Philly's fans though.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 9:27 pm

As I said in the playoffs thread, I'll announce the rest of the off-season schedule tomorrow. But before I turn off the lights tonight, I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everone for making this another great year in the EHEC. Thanks to all of our holdover GMs, our host of new GMs, and especially to Dan, Julien, and Justin for helping to keep the wheels turning all season long.

Congrats again to Justin on winning the whole pie this season. Congrats to Dan and all the other playoff GMs.

More to come tomorrow. Looking forward to hitting the next steps on the run.

Nero Avalanche · Post by **Nero Avalanche** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:43 am

Keep up the good work boys.

Good league and good commitment all around.

Great to be a part of it!

Dallas Stars GM · Post by **Dallas Stars GM** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:56 am

Yeah, my first full season in here in was a LOT OF FUN!

Can't wait until the trade market opens again and the draft is gonna be soo exciting too.

Looking forward!!!

Congrats to Tampa for winning the Cup!

flyergp21 · Post by **flyergp21** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:23 am

Yes, nice season yall!

Congrats to Justin in Tampa!

Now let's get this off-season started!!!!

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 3:53 pm

Well now, I was going to give myself a couple days off and open up trading again on Monday....but it looks like the sharks (not the Sharks) have started circling already.

So, fuck it, trading is once again open. Don't look for me to approve any trades until Monday, tho, since I've got a busy evening and Sunday planned.

And: the draft will go on as scheduled to coincide with the opening of the actual NHL draft. So, Friday, June 26th. We'll start at noon, eastern time US.

MartyFromOTTAWA · Post by **MartyFromOTTAWA** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 5:01 am

Grats Justin for the Cup and to everyone making this game so Nice.
My 1st season and I really love it.
Keep going dudes!

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 7:00 pm

League file updated, sim advanced a couple of days.

League file here: http://www.ehechockey.com/ehec.zip

Ignore the game-generated trophy winners. We'll have our own voting for that coming up shortly.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:31 pm

I've added the draft pick list in the 2015 Draft forum, and will be making threads for each round in a bit.

If you see any mistakes or issues with anything, PM me or reply to this thread. Do not reply in the draft thread.

Pending trades are not yet reflected, obv.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 9:27 am

Guys, we're going to start going through the trades very soon; expect slow progress, what with summertime and all. Thanks for being patient.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 3:37 pm

League file updated, sim advanced a couple of days.

League file here: http://www.ehechockey.com/ehec.zip

All accepted trades have been entered, with the exception of MIN-COL due to a draft pick issue. Two trades have been rejected but are open to appeal, and two trades have not yet been confirmed by both trade partners.

Fixed a bunch of con drops due to trades.

Put new free agent signees with their teams.

Updated the 2015 draft picks list. I will prob not make the lists for rounds 1-5 until we get closer to the draft and (likely) more trades have been completed.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:39 am

Andrew Fritsch got sent back to Colorado rather than joining Nashville.

Looks like the franchise player tags have been lifted so people may want to check that.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 2:33 pm

Vik (Habs) wrote:Andrew Fritsch got sent back to Colorado rather than joining Nashville.

Looks like the franchise player tags have been lifted so people may want to check that.

Re Fritsch: oops.

Re franchise tags: YES. Forgot to mention that. Check to make sure I got my math right. Contract lenghts remain unchanged.

Dallas Stars GM · Post by **Dallas Stars GM** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 2:35 pm

Re franchise tags: YES. Forgot to mention that. Check to make sure I got my math right. Contract lenghts remain unchanged.

Horton was 4,5 x 1,333 = 5,985 ... was ruled out as 6,000. Not a big difference, though.. just mentioning

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 2:41 pm

Probably the best place to check is each team's contract offers thread. Original, pre-tagged, contracts should be listed there.

Also, it's been noted that the salary calculator is down. Here is a link to the most recent one we could find:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... d=63361058

We're working on tweaking the calculator as well; but this one is still useful.

Jets GM · Post by **Jets GM** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 4:05 pm

Commish Bub(NYR) wrote: We're working on tweaking the calculator as well; but this one is still useful.

Seguin is going to get about 12 million

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:51 pm

League file updated with all trades and movements. (Hopefully.)

New and improved calculator should be coming shortly.

Instructions for the draft will also be posted later today.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 2:59 pm

Zack Phillips (74), Connor Murphy (75), Antero Niittymaki (60), and Justin Abdelkader (74) all got CON drops that needs be fixed.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 3:23 pm

Vik (Habs) wrote:Zack Phillips (74), Connor Murphy (75), Antero Niittymaki (60), and Justin Abdelkader (74) all got CON drops that needs be fixed.

Gah, I fixed those. Wtf? Okay, will fix them again.

Dallas Stars GM · Post by **Dallas Stars GM** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 3:28 pm

Zack Phillips (74), Connor Murphy (75), Antero Niittymaki (60), and Justin Abdelkader (74) all got CON drops that needs be fixed.

Gah, I fixed those. Wtf? Okay, will fix them again.

They're all fine in my save file - just saying.