General questions

[flyergp21]

Could someone answer these for me please?

1-What is the actual cap number for the upcoming season?

2-For buyouts, is the max salary still at 1,5 to avoid cap penalties?

3-Players on their ELC in the AHL do not count against the cap right?


Thanks!

[Dallas Stars GM]

1-What is the actual cap number for the upcoming season?

68M.

2-For buyouts, is the max salary still at 1,5 to avoid cap penalties?

Yes.

3-Players on their ELC in the AHL do not count against the cap right?

Yes, they do not.

[flyergp21]

Thank you!!

[Dallas Stars GM]

When will the pre-season games start

[TorontoGM]

Well considering the NHL preseason doesn't start until the 20th, I assume we will be starting around then as well.

[Commish Bub(NYR)]

Well considering the NHL preseason doesn't start until the 20th, I assume we will be starting around then as well.

EHM starts its pre-season on September 5th, and since we've never gone about changing the pre-season schedule like we do for the regular season, we'll continue using the game-generated one.

So....I guess that means vacation's over! Pre-season games will start on September 5th! Waivers will take effect, training camps open, etc etc. So get those guys up on the pro team, get your player training set, and start sending in your lines via GMO. Remember that you do not need to be cap-compliant until the start of the regular season. You also need to leave at least ONE player on the farm so we don't crash the game as we advance.

I will update the file either tonight or tomorrow, with all trades, signings, etc. After that, check your rosters to make sure I haven't missed any signings (there will be some, promise) or call-ups.

As for the regular season, who wants to take on changing the schedule.ehm file to the actual NHL schedule? Dan has done it recent years, but he may have been lost to a box jellyfish or a wild dingo attack.

I can't believe that we're less than five weeks away from the start of the regular season.

[Jets GM]

I thought no waivers during pre-season?

[Jets GM]

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[Bruins_GM]

I thought no waivers during pre-season?

I thought they applied between the last pre-season game and the first regular season game.

[SharksGM]

I'll do the schedule, chill. And I'm in no danger from these packs of adorable quokkas.

[Commish Bub(NYR)]

Waivers discussions were made as to when it would be enforced. There's a strong contingent that is pro-waivers from Day 1 of training camp, but we never set that rule when we changed the league waiver policy. B/c of that, I consider it unfair to enforce waivers from the start of camp, or essentially this Saturday, September 5.

However, I would like to make the start of league waivers on October 1st. Anyone--age 24 and up--sent to the AHL after that date will have to pass through waivers. And because of the changes to the rules regarding AHL salaries counting against the cap, there is no "one week on the farm" regulation any more. So no need to waive, say, Halak, every 7 days. A high-salaried non-ELC player can stay on the farm all year if you like, but you'll be on the hook, cap-wise, for any amount over $1M.


EDIT: changed to October 1st, not end of pre-season games.

[Vik (Habs)]

So no need to waive, say, Halak, every 7 days.

Like Tampa would waive Halak. Can you imagine?


Have yous figured out exactly how pro-ration is working this season?

[Jets GM]

So no need to waive, say, Halak, every 7 days.

Like Tampa would waive Halak. Can you imagine?


Have yous figured out exactly how pro-ration is working this season?

I figured since nothing got announced (that I saw) we were sticking 0/100 before the mid point, 50/50 after 50% of season, and 75/25 at 2 weeks before deadline.

[Calgary.Flames]

There's 95% chances it'll change.
We'll most likely go on a game-by-game pro-ration system.

Dan has some sort of program, that I heard is up-and-running, so I will let him explain how it all works.
I'm pretty confident it'll be a great system. Anything Dan touches turns to gold.

[Dallas Stars GM]

Been wondering what is my team's max-cap ceiling right now...
I would appreciate if someone would be so kind to post it somewere as we're drawing closer towards the trade deadline,
also thought, that other GMs might like to know, too.

[Vik (Habs)]

Been waiting until I update to Dan's numbers but here's what I have as of today's sim...

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Team  Maximum    Current    Cap space
ANA	92645500	63445000	29200500
CBJ	73145218	70000000	3145218
BOS	71585832	68435000	3150832
BUF	71848183	69795000	2053183
CGY	78811001	70051200	8759801
CAR	80431000	65425000	15006000
CHI	75999392	70168333	5831059
COL	75870218	61035000	14835218
WPG	81392751	65960000	15432751
DAL	71394887	70717500	677387

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DET	70492001	70000000	492001
EDM	82872015	70000000	12872015
FLA	71826427	69445000	2381427
L.A	73331819	71112500	2219319
MIN	74981042	68447500	6533542
MTL	70765480	70132500	632980
NYI	74040910	68900000	5140910
NYR	74215115	70000000	4215115
NSH	70501232	70431469	69763
N.J	70742612	69930000	812612

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OTT	77322685	72944750	4377935
PHI	81173751	63057500	18116251
ARI	70327270	69822501	504769
PIT	72868477	69375000	3493477
S.J	71429239	70590751	838488
STL	72269040	72175003	94037
T.B	83887243	67490001	16397242
TOR	70530380	70104000	426380
VAN	73000000	68900000	4100000
WSH	74011933	67544463	6467470

Though teams with players on LTIR should also keep that in mind.