Problem is, I have no idea what the hell I was trying to say. I assume it made more sense then.What I decided to do for the franchise tagged guys was to elevate their salary by 1M and then have an NTC with a 3 year length. So what I'm going to do is take 25% off that (or up to formula amount), and then manually edit the contract length. Worked with Weber in test sims, should work with JJ, worked with Hodgson and should work on Stamkos.
That way, I at least get the NTC in there in-game and feel more comfortable about them agreeing to in-game deals.
I don't know why I wanted guys to agree to these deals so badly. Maybe because I was already manipulating EHM's finances so much because the only players who were getting paid what they should in EHM were the guys who are really good, like Fowler, OEL, etc.
I don't think it's the NTC. I think it's the max-year deal at under 25. I'll offer 3 + NTC max bonus and see what happens.