Eastside's Hockey Elite Collide

What I determined last year was this:

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.

Problem is, I have no idea what the hell I was trying to say. I assume it made more sense then.

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.

Well, the way I thought of these franchise tags was as a way for one player to be partially exempt from the cap. It's not like the player is actually taking a pay cut as a reward for being the most valuable asset in the organization. I thought the player would be getting the full salary, and we just get 25% of it knocked off our cap hit. The reason the salary was entered with the 25% discount was just to simplify things, right?

Parker wrote:Well, the way I thought of these franchise tags was as a way for one player to be partially exempt from the cap. It's not like the player is actually taking a pay cut as a reward for being the most valuable asset in the organization. I thought the player would be getting the full salary, and we just get 25% of it knocked off our cap hit. The reason the salary was entered with the 25% discount was just to simplify things, right?

Basically, though I'm constantly adjusting salaries anyway because EHM has the pre-set salary offerings.

Whatever I decide this summer, some of it has to be to take some of the work off of me. It's really rough in May & June.

To keep it simple, why not just offer the contract at the full amount, and then edit the file to reflect the discount after the contract is signed?

Parker wrote:To keep it simple, why not just offer the contract at the full amount, and then edit the file to reflect the discount after the contract is signed?

There's no easy way of doing it. Regardless, I either have to edit the salary, NTC, and number of years or I have to edit just salary and years or I have to keep offering new contracts to get the guy to accept.

Smart thing to do would be to always offer what player wants and then edit it all.

Commissioner (CBJ) wrote:Smart thing to do would be to always offer what player wants and then edit it all.

Probably the easiest way, because at least he's guaranteed to accept that way. I'd do that, since we don't rely on EHM itself for our financial system anyway.

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Phoenix offers an entry level contract to D Denis Vanin.

Phoenix offers an entry-level contract to D Denis Vanin.

(I figured I'd post it again since the original contract offer was almost a month old and I didn't want to risk it being lost in the shuffle.)

Vanin ELC offered.

To be adjusted to 1.25M.

Please offer ELC's (two-way, max signing bonus) to the following players:

AMA R Anatoli Nikontsev
JNR R Logan Shaw

ELCs offered.

400k for Anatoli
1M for Shaw

Please offer ELC's (two-way, max signing bonus) to L Tomas Nosek and D Mike Reilly.

ELCs offered to Nosek and Reilly.

Hey, why was Nosek offered $600k instead of $400k?

2012 draftee based off the rulebook slot contract.

GoJetsGo wrote:2012 draftee based off the rulebook slot contract.

I guess I forgot about that rule change. Sorry Tom, my bad.

Phoenix offers an entry-level two-way contract to R/L Maximilien Le Sieur.

ELC offered. (Le Sieur, 94th OA in '11 = 800k)

Please offer entry-level contracts to D Mattias Backman and D Victor Berglind.

Parker wrote:Please offer entry-level contracts to D Mattias Backman and D Victor Berglind.

Backman 600k ELC offered.

Berglind's already signed. He was a FA signing by you.

Oops. Could you recall him to Portland then?

Parker wrote:Oops. Could you recall him to Portland then?

Tommy's show tonight. Send an instructions email to him via the GMCP just to make sure he sees it.

Commissioner (CBJ) wrote:

Parker wrote:Oops. Could you recall him to Portland then?

Tommy's show tonight. Send an instructions email to him via the GMCP just to make sure he sees it.

I went ahead and did this because I forgot to do the game sliders anyway.

Phoenix offers an entry-level contract to C/LW Tomas Hertl.

Hertl ELC offered.

To be adjusted to 1.75M after signing.

Offer qualifying contracts to:

PHX C Jordan Staal
PHX L Vladislav Kartayev
PHX R Brett Connolly
PHX R Joe Basaraba
PHX D Mark Alt
PHX D Alex Grant
POR C Andrej Nestrasil

Jordan Staal
Current salary: $4,000,000, signed pre-EHEC no E5s.
Bracket: 79, 3-4M 50% inc.

New base: 4M *1.5 = $6,000,000

Attributes: SK, FA both 85+ 400,000
Specialist: 350,000
Devals: 0

Total Salary: $6,750,000

Vladislav Kartayev
Post E5s = $1,400,000
Bracket: (Better in current file) 76.5 125% increase

New base: 1.4M * 2.25 = $3,150,000

Attributes: SK 85 = 200,000
Devals: None

Total Salary: $3,350,000

Brett Connolly
Post E5s = $2,500,000
Bracket: 79.5 137.5% increase (2.375x)

New base: 2.5M * 2.375 = $5,937,500

Attributes: SK 100,000

Total Salary: $6,037,500

Joe Basaraba
Post E5s = $650,000
Bracket: Better in current file. 75.5 => 250% increase

New base: 650k * 3.5 = $2,275,000

Total Salary: $2,275,000

Mark Alt
Post E5s = $2,250,000 (Slot + booster max) 20th in 2010
Bracket: 79 => 75% increase

New base: 2.25M * 1.75 = $3,937,500

Consistency 80+ 250,000
Specialist 350,000

Total Salary: $4,537,500

Alex Grant
Current salary: $1,650,000
Bracket: 73.5 => <75 DF > 78 100% increase

New base: 1.65M * 2 = $3,300,000

Specialist: 350,000
Devals: (3) SH, PL, STH -300,000

Total Salary: $3,350,000

Andrej Nestrasil
Current salary: $400,000
Bracket: Under 70; 25% increase

New base: 1.25 * 400k = $500,000

Total Salary: $500,000

Thanks Tom.

Offer all of the above maximum length contracts with team option years. Nestrasil should have a two-way clause as well.

With Higgins gone, Phoenix is now ready to offer Alex Grant his required contract. Maximum length with two-way clause and team option, please. Thanks!

All contracts offered. No two-way added to Grant. Makes too much to play AHL anyway.

Commissioner (CBJ) wrote:All contracts offered. No two-way added to Grant. Makes too much to play AHL anyway.

I mainly wanted the TW clause to protect him from waivers in 2014-15 if I have to send him down temporarily for some short-term cap relief. Does he refuse the contract offer with the TW clause?

Immediately sign the following players to entry-level contracts:

Tyler Hill

Parker wrote:

Commissioner (CBJ) wrote:All contracts offered. No two-way added to Grant. Makes too much to play AHL anyway.

I mainly wanted the TW clause to protect him from waivers in 2014-15 if I have to send him down temporarily for some short-term cap relief. Does he refuse the contract offer with the TW clause?

If you had to send Grant down making above the AHL minimum, he'd be subject to re-entry waivers anyway when he came back up.

Commissioner (CBJ) wrote:If you had to send Grant down making above the AHL minimum, he'd be subject to re-entry waivers anyway when he came back up.

Aw crap, I forgot about that. No two-way clause for Grant, then.

Andrej Nestrasil has signed a $490,000 per year, 3 year deal with the Phoenix Coyotes. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Mark Alt has signed a $4,500,000 per year, 3 year deal with the Phoenix Coyotes. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Parker wrote:Immediately sign the following players to entry-level contracts:

Tyler Hill

58 in 2013 = $1,000,000

GoJetsGo wrote:58 in 2013 = $1,000,000

I think it's actually $1,250,000 with the POT booster bonus. I'm cool with $1,000,000 though.

Parker wrote:Immediately sign the following players to entry-level contracts:

Tyler Hill

Just a reminder to make sure this gets entered as soon as possible.

Got Hill's ELC in.

Thanks Adam.

Please sign the following players to entry-level contracts:

AMA L/C Kevin Roy
AMA C/R Michael St. Croix
AMA L/C Jean-Francois Leblanc
AMA R/C Nicholas Shore
JNR C/L Dane Fox
JNR R/L Philip Tot
JNR D Ronald Knot
JNR D Trevor Carrick

Also, something happened to Philip Tot's birthday. I don't think he was actually born 75/59/1993. According to the WHL website he was born 16/09/1993.

Didn't offer the contracts yet, but did fix Tot's birthday. Somehow his birthday became his POT and CON.

ELCs offered.

I've noticed a couple discrepancies in Phoenix salaries:

Jordan Staal was given a $6.75M contract under our financial system, but he is listed as making $7M in-game.
Vladislav Kartayev was given a $3.35M contract under our financial system, but he is listed as making $3.25M in-game.
Brett Connolly was given a $6.0375 contract under our financial system, but he is listed as making $6M in-game.
Joe Basaraba was given a $2.275M contract under our financial system, but he is listed as making $2.3M in-game.
Mark Alt was given a $4.5375M contract under our financial system, but he is listed as making $4.5M in-game.
Alex Grant was given a $3.35M contract under our financial system, but he is listed as making $3.25M in-game.
Andrej Nestrasil was given a $500k contract under our financial system, but he is listed as making $490k in-game.

I can only offer what the game allows me to offer. I've been going through and adjusting salaries this morning. These weren't on the list, so thanks for bringing it to my attention.

I think it actually ends up costing me a little more this way, but at least it's accurate.

Thanks Adam.

Parker wrote:I think it actually ends up costing me a little more this way, but at least it's accurate.

Thanks Adam.

I would have gotten it anyway. I double checked through all the teams by searching Tommy's posts in the Contract Offers forum.

No problem. Thanks for your honesty.