Post by Edmonton Oilers on Dec 14, 2019 0:48:04 GMT -5
How The Free Agency Cycle works
1) A roster limit will be posted around pre-season time.
2) You will cut some players (if necessary) to comply with this cap (to be completed before start of regular season)
3) Once all GMed teams are roster limit compliant, all cut players will be collected as free agents.
4) A list of all free agents will be posted for all to see. This is our free agency pool.
5) When free agency opens, you will "bid" on the free agents you want.
- - a) If you are at the roster limit, you must post a bid - a player you wish to swap for the free agent.
- - b) if you are NOT at the roster limit, you may place an "Open Claim" on the player.
6) If no one else bids or claims a free agent, the sole bidder/claimant gets the player.
7) If more than 1 team puts a claim or bid in on a player, traditional auction rules apply:
- - a) a bid of a player beats an open claim
- - b) quality of bid is determined by a hybrid of Overall + YR.
- - c) If a player has 2 or more bids, the GM with the fewest "auction wins" that season get the player.
- - d) If teams are somehow tied after the steps above (very difficult, but technically possible), standings will be taken into account, etc.
8) To avoid "I was on so I could bid just before the auction closed" based advantages, free agents will sign randomly, at random.
9) Once the FA first cycle is complete, second crop will be posted, etc. Some guys will be FA all season, some will get teams late in the year, etc.
10) Trade deadline and Roster freeze - no free agency.
11) The draft happens. (The draft will include players who went undrafted in real life - they will be in the draft preceding their real life NHL debut)
12) Players that were in the draft, but are not drafted, will enter the upcoming seasons free agent cycle.
13) Back to #1 and cycle repeats.
1) A roster limit will be posted around pre-season time.
2) You will cut some players (if necessary) to comply with this cap (to be completed before start of regular season)
3) Once all GMed teams are roster limit compliant, all cut players will be collected as free agents.
4) A list of all free agents will be posted for all to see. This is our free agency pool.
5) When free agency opens, you will "bid" on the free agents you want.
- - a) If you are at the roster limit, you must post a bid - a player you wish to swap for the free agent.
- - b) if you are NOT at the roster limit, you may place an "Open Claim" on the player.
6) If no one else bids or claims a free agent, the sole bidder/claimant gets the player.
7) If more than 1 team puts a claim or bid in on a player, traditional auction rules apply:
- - a) a bid of a player beats an open claim
- - b) quality of bid is determined by a hybrid of Overall + YR.
- - c) If a player has 2 or more bids, the GM with the fewest "auction wins" that season get the player.
- - d) If teams are somehow tied after the steps above (very difficult, but technically possible), standings will be taken into account, etc.
8) To avoid "I was on so I could bid just before the auction closed" based advantages, free agents will sign randomly, at random.
9) Once the FA first cycle is complete, second crop will be posted, etc. Some guys will be FA all season, some will get teams late in the year, etc.
10) Trade deadline and Roster freeze - no free agency.
11) The draft happens. (The draft will include players who went undrafted in real life - they will be in the draft preceding their real life NHL debut)
12) Players that were in the draft, but are not drafted, will enter the upcoming seasons free agent cycle.
13) Back to #1 and cycle repeats.
