2020 Offseason Schedule

[SharksGM]

Firstly, I have updated the league file with all of the pending trades. Let me know if I missed something besides the Josh Godfrey buyout. Secondly, let me remind you that I am not processing contract re-signings right now. That will happen after the draft. Things that are happening now:

1. AHL team rewards for half of the league.
2. Rule changes - please comment ASAP before I finalize them.

The EHEC entry draft will begin on Friday, July 17. I have completed giving POT, CON and ceiling ratings to 155 skaters and 10 goalies. I still have to give them current attributes, most importantly LE and PE. I will randomize most of the current attributes based on their POT and ceilings, with some hand-tweaking for the most NHL-ready picks (~top 20 ranked prospects and overagers). I aim to get this done in the next week and enter them into the file, at which point they will be final (barring fixing obvious mistakes and typos like ceilings of 10 or 1000 instead of 100, etc.). This will leave two weeks for everyone to prepare for the draft.

The draft itself usually takes a couple of weeks. Last year we started the draft on July 14 and unrestricted free agency on August 18, so that's around two weeks for re-signing free agents before UFA starts if we keep to a similar pace.

Any questions?

[JacketsGM]

So the draft is not the current one in the file?

[Vik (Habs)]

So the draft is not the current one in the file?

Dan does all the editing here. Players start on row 51.

[Dallas Stars GM]

Contract (extensions) offers will be done after the draft ?

[DetroitGM]

Contract (extensions) offers will be done after the draft ?

Seems that way, he said there'd be "around two weeks for re-signing free agents before UFA starts if we keep to a similar pace" to previous drafts.

[Dallas Stars GM]

Cool, thanks

[VancouverCanucksGM]

So the draft is not the current one in the file?

Dan does all the editing here. Players start on row 51.

Any chance you can refresh my memory on the numeric height designations please? Seems like a very "short" draft.

[Vik (Habs)]

So the draft is not the current one in the file?

Dan does all the editing here. Players start on row 51.

Any chance you can refresh my memory on the numeric height designations please? Seems like a very "short" draft.

9 = 6'2" (minimum necessary to achieve full hitting ceiling)
Work up or down from there to get other heights (8=6'1", 10=6'3", etc).

Dan has height factored in for the hitting projections on the spreadsheet (column CT).

[Vik (Habs)]

How am I just now finding out there's a player whose first name is Gunnarwolfe?

[DetroitGM]

How am I just now finding out there's a player whose first name is Gunnarwolfe?

I think my favourite so far is Primo Self, though Ivan Ivan is kind of fun too.

Edit: how could I forget Daemon Hunt?!

[Vik (Habs)]

How am I just now finding out there's a player whose first name is Gunnarwolfe?

I think my favourite so far is Primo Self, though Ivan Ivan is kind of fun too.

Edit: how could I forget Daemon Hunt?!

In the MJHL, the OCN Blizzard picked up Tryg Many Guns but eventually realized that having Many Guns only makes sense if you also have Many Fingers.

While looking up the links to those two, I came across Brooker Pretty Young Man. You think that's a man who is pretty young or a pretty man who is young?

Edit: Looking further, the RHL has some truly amazing names.

[DetroitGM]

Edit: Looking further, the RHL has some truly amazing names.

Those are some great names, it seems like there are a lot of Indigenous players in the league too, which is good to see in light of the racism they face both on and off the ice.

I have just two name comments there;
-Do you think Ethan Many Bears is related to Ethan Bear?
-I wonder if all the Many Fingers (Kyle, Kaleb, McCarthy, Myles, Walker, and Ky) are responsible for Talyn Bruised Head?

[Vik (Habs)]

Edit: Looking further, the RHL has some truly amazing names.

Those are some great names, it seems like there are a lot of Indigenous players in the league too, which is good to see in light of the racism they face both on and off the ice.

It looks to be a senior men's league with some teams in First Nations communities. Kainai apparently translates to "Many Chief people" so I guess it shouldn't be surprising that their team has a bunch of players with Many in their name and several others named Day Chief.

[SharksGM]

How am I just now finding out there's a player whose first name is Gunnarwolfe?

He's not much of a team player and quite a long shot, though not as much as Many Guns.

Any chance you can refresh my memory on the numeric height designations please? Seems like a very "short" draft.

That's covered in the EHM FAQ. And yes, there are lots of short players in this draft. I already had to round up a lot of player heights just to get enough 6'0/6'2 players to make things interesting.

It's possible that not having a draft combine made things worse since some of these players are still growing and would have gained an inch or two by now, but then again a lot of veteran players' listed heights are very generously rounded up, so... ‍

[SharksGM]

Alright, I'm down to about 50 PE ratings left to enter, goalie current abilities, boosting overagers and a few odds and ends. I'm planning to update the file either Friday or Saturday with the final draftees.

[AvalancheGM]

Just to confirm because I see them from a few teams, no contract extensions yet?

[Dallas Stars GM]

Sharks GM wrote:

let me remind you that I am not processing contract re-signings right now. That will happen after the draft.

Yes. Contract extensions after the draft. So, it will be shortly.

[SharksGM]

I updated the file with retirements as per the rulebook. I'm going to advance to the 21st (in-game) tomorrow to see if there are any more POT boosts and then we can get re-signings started.

Funny enough, I see there were some half-decent boosters from 2019 who went undrafted again. Oh well.

[PittsburghGM]

There were a couple undrafted boosters from 2019 that I liked, but assumed they'd never get a chance to boost since we couldn't sign them immediately anymore? They'd be 20 by the time next 6/20 rolls around, right?

[AvalancheGM]

Someone have the link to the calculator? I feel like that needs to be MUCH more prominent somewhere on the site, I have to search for the link every time I want to check it out.

[Vik (Habs)]

Someone have the link to the calculator? I feel like that needs to be MUCH more prominent somewhere on the site, I have to search for the link every time I want to check it out.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... d=63361058

[AvalancheGM]

When I try to add someone it says it's a protected cell and I can't edit.

[SharksGM]

Someone have the link to the calculator? I feel like that needs to be MUCH more prominent somewhere on the site, I have to search for the link every time I want to check it out.

It's in the rulebook thread on contracts. Where else do you want it to be?

When I try to add someone it says it's a protected cell and I can't edit.

Every pending free agent is already on there, but presuming you want to add someone for next season, you need to copy each player's entry from this page (which has a greed column for UFAs, unlike the normal roster page) into row 578 or later.

[DetroitGM]

Every pending free agent is already on there, but presuming you want to add someone for next season, you need to copy each player's entry from this page (which has a greed column for UFAs, unlike the normal roster page) into row 578 or later.

This is technically not true. I mean, they're irrelevant, but I have Greg Pateryn, Ryan Turek, and Brad Morrison with expiring contracts that are not listed in the calculator. I suspect all three were auto-signings and never added because, again, they're irrelevant?

[SharksGM]

This is technically not true. I mean, they're irrelevant, but I have Greg Pateryn, Ryan Turek, and Brad Morrison with expiring contracts that are not listed in the calculator. I suspect all three were auto-signings and never added because, again, they're irrelevant?

Anyone below 60 OA is not worthy of being pasted into the sheet and gets league minimum, which was not specified in the rulebook before but is now.

[AvalancheGM]

Should be linked in GM office or the header menu. Six paragraphs down in one thread isn't really prominent.

[DetroitGM]

Anyone below 60 OA is not worthy of being pasted into the sheet and gets league minimum, which was not specified in the rulebook before but is now.

Haha, very fair.

Semi-related, how are you calculating overall? I notice it's different in the sheet from in game, at least in some cases (for example, Taylor Beck is listed at 74 in the sheet but has 72 in game)

[SharksGM]

Haha, very fair.

Semi-related, how are you calculating overall? I notice it's different in the sheet from in game, at least in some cases (for example, Taylor Beck is listed at 74 in the sheet but has 72 in game)

The OA on roster/UFA pages is just the floor of the average of the main seven attributes (OF/DF/SK). The OV in the cap calculator/draft sheet is a hideous formula that's a weighted average (including faceoffs for centers) with a consistency modifier. Actually I don't think the draft sheet one is quite the same, but it's not really consequential so

[TorontoGM]

Should be linked in GM office or the header menu. Six paragraphs down in one thread isn't really prominent.

Or you could bookmark it.

[AvalancheGM]

true

[AvalancheGM]

Anton Cederholm isn't in the calculator and I can't add him. I know he's 59 OA but his defensive ceiling is mid-80s.

edit - nvm, didn't see the cell 600 thing

[Vik (Habs)]

Anton Cederholm isn't in the calculator and I can't add him. I know he's 59 OA but his defensive ceiling is mid-80s.

edit - nvm, didn't see the cell 600 thing

Where are you trying to add players? I just put him on row 621 (seems the new rule gets you a deal).

[Vik (Habs)]

This is technically not true. I mean, they're irrelevant, but I have Greg Pateryn, Ryan Turek, and Brad Morrison with expiring contracts that are not listed in the calculator. I suspect all three were auto-signings and never added because, again, they're irrelevant?

Anyone below 60 OA is not worthy of being pasted into the sheet and gets league minimum, which was not specified in the rulebook before but is now.

This potentially conflicts with RFAs not taking less than their previous contract.

[AvalancheGM]

I was trying at like 550, then read the bit about 600 and later.

I forget, are the contract lengths per salary minimum or max?

[Vik (Habs)]

I forget, are the contract lengths per salary minimum or max?

Max.

[SharksGM]

I believe I have entered most of the requested contracts, with the exception of New Jersey's (which are outdated) and Florida (ditto). Speaking of which, Florida have been AWOL and St. Louis submitted his resignation the other day, so those two teams are available now. If they're still unfilled by the end of the week, they could use interim GMs for free agency and possibly beyond. As before, out-of-conference interims are preferred.

A few teams have yet to re-sign anyone. I assume Vik is just going to let P-O Joseph walk due to his unreasonable demands. But anyway, we're well on track to start UFA next week. Provisionally, I aim to close re-signings on Tuesday night and start the UFA period on Wednesday. Any preferences for a start time? Noon EST? 7 PM?

Next update I'll get to re-signing staff (just extending every expiring contract by one year by default) and whatever else I missed, like AHL bonuses (Ducks entered theirs; if you haven't already, go do yours).

Questions?