FHL Order Of Business

[Chris-Suffolk]

I thought there might be good use for an Official Order of Business for the FHL, and for GM's to visit and know when things were to happen.

I'm gonna try to list things as they happen, if there are any omitted, please post them, and I will update the list. Once the list is complete, we can sticky the list to the top and forever be in the know.

____________________________________________________

FHL ORDER OF BUSINESS:

LAST WEEKEND IN JUNE: FHL Amateur Draft
( Subject to Change, Player Card-GM Availability )

JULY ( 2nd Week ) : RFA PROCESS BEGINS
( All Un-Signed RFA's become UFA's )

JULY ( Last Week ) : UFA PROCESS BEGINS
( Round Amounts to be Announced )

AUGUST ( Last Week ) : LTIR PROCESS BEGINS
( Specifications to be Determined )

OCTOBER : Regular Season Opens

MARCH ( Third Week- See NHL Regulations ) : Trade Deadline

APRIL : ( Third Week- See NHL ) : FHL Playoffs- Round 1

JUNE : End of Season- GM Sign-Up Phase and Acquisition Period

[Scott-New York]

I understand this is not possible this year because of player card availability, but following the nhl schedule, restricted free agency begins immediately after the draft with unrestricted free agency beginning on july 1

Sent from my Vortex using ProBoards

[Chris-Suffolk]

Jun 18, 2012 10:36:30 GMT -5 Scott-New York said:

I understand this is not possible this year because of player card availability, but following the nhl schedule, restricted free agency begins immediately after the draft with unrestricted free agency beginning on july 1

Sent from my Vortex using ProBoards

I have it set up that way, as it has been that way thus far....the only problem, is the production of player cards, which takes a couple of weeks at best. I had the July 1st date up originally, but it doesnt really pertain to us....We dont have agents to negotiate w players, so I deleted that date.

[John-Michigan]

Thought the draft was this week?

[Scott-New York]

I don't see how not having agents makes any difference in the dates, the only thing that would affect the dates is player cards being released. The following is hat we used last year for rounds during RFA and UFA bidding.

Restricted Free Agent Compensation Chart and RFA Bidding Process

Tier I (Players under 30 on 7/1)
below 1M : No compensation.
1M - 1.499M : (1) third-round draft choice.
$1.5M - 2.999M: (1) second round draft choice.
$3M - 4.499M: (1) first-round choice and (1) third-rounder.
$4.5M - 5.999M: (1) first- (1) second- and (1) third-rounder.
$6M to 7.999M : (2) First-round choices, (1) second-rounder and (1) third-rounder.
$8M and over: (2) First-round choices, (2) second-rounders and (2) third-rounders.

Tier III (Players over 30 on 7/1)
below 1.5M : No compensation.
$1.5M - 2.999M : (1) fourth round draft choice.
$3M - 4.499M: (1) third round draft choice.
$4.5M - 5.999M: (1) second-round choice
$6M and over: (1) first-round choice

Any player receiving a qualifying bid (a bid which matches or exceeds players salary demands which are determined based on player card) can be re-signed by the team owning his rights at 75% of the highest bid amount. If the team which owns the players rights chooses not to match a qualifying bid, the team who wins the bid will be required to compensate the team owning the players rights according to the chart above.

If a player receives no bids, the team which owns the players rights can choose to re-sign the player at 75% of his asking price or release the player to Unrestricted Free Agency.

Restricted free agency bidding will take place in rounds, starting at the highest salary level above and continue in descending order according to the chart above until all rounds are complete.
Ex. - The minimum bid in round one of RFA is $8M, the minimum bid in round two is $6M and so on.

I believe Glenn is thinking about raising the 75% re-signing amount. I am hoping this goes up to the 85-90% range.

Unrestricted Free Agency

Round One - $6M minimum
Round Two - $5M minimum
Round Three - $4M minimum
Round Four - $3M minimum
Round Five - $2M minimum
Round Six - $1M minimum
Round Seven - $500K minimum
All subsequent rounds will have a $100K minimum and these rounds will continue until all team rosters meet the 45 player requirement

John,

The draft cannot happen without the cards so it doesn't look like following the NHL schedule of June 22nd-23rd will be feasible for us.

[John-Michigan]

but we always follow what the NHL does....

[Scott-New York]

If only

Actually, I think eventually we will continue to move closer to that end as we sort through the issues associated with being a new league, and we are just that, and look how great it is already ;D

[Glenn-Philadelphia]

Jun 18, 2012 14:23:13 GMT -5 Scott-New York said:

I don't see how not having agents makes any difference in the dates, the only thing that would affect the dates is player cards being released. The following is hat we used last year for rounds during RFA and UFA bidding.

Restricted Free Agent Compensation Chart and RFA Bidding Process

Tier I (Players under 30 on 7/1)
below 1M : No compensation.
1M - 1.499M : (1) third-round draft choice.
$1.5M - 2.999M: (1) second round draft choice.
$3M - 4.499M: (1) first-round choice and (1) third-rounder.
$4.5M - 5.999M: (1) first- (1) second- and (1) third-rounder.
$6M to 7.999M : (2) First-round choices, (1) second-rounder and (1) third-rounder.
$8M and over: (2) First-round choices, (2) second-rounders and (2) third-rounders.

Tier III (Players over 30 on 7/1)
below 1.5M : No compensation.
$1.5M - 2.999M : (1) fourth round draft choice.
$3M - 4.499M: (1) third round draft choice.
$4.5M - 5.999M: (1) second-round choice
$6M and over: (1) first-round choice

Any player receiving a qualifying bid (a bid which matches or exceeds players salary demands which are determined based on player card) can be re-signed by the team owning his rights at 75% of the highest bid amount. If the team which owns the players rights chooses not to match a qualifying bid, the team who wins the bid will be required to compensate the team owning the players rights according to the chart above.

If a player receives no bids, the team which owns the players rights can choose to re-sign the player at 75% of his asking price or release the player to Unrestricted Free Agency.

Restricted free agency bidding will take place in rounds, starting at the highest salary level above and continue in descending order according to the chart above until all rounds are complete.
Ex. - The minimum bid in round one of RFA is $8M, the minimum bid in round two is $6M and so on.

I believe Glenn is thinking about raising the 75% re-signing amount. I am hoping this goes up to the 85-90% range.

Unrestricted Free Agency

Round One - $6M minimum
Round Two - $5M minimum
Round Three - $4M minimum
Round Four - $3M minimum
Round Five - $2M minimum
Round Six - $1M minimum
Round Seven - $500K minimum
All subsequent rounds will have a $100K minimum and these rounds will continue until all team rosters meet the 45 player requirement

John,

The draft cannot happen without the cards so it doesn't look like following the NHL schedule of June 22nd-23rd will be feasible for us.

Correct Scott. I am thinking 90% this year and leaving it there moving forward.

[Scott-New York]

Another thing to throw in with this thought process. We are going to have to decide the fate of our minor leaguers (adjust salaries 150% for those we wish to retain and release those we no longer want on our rosters) This will need to be done prior to UFA as the released players will fall into this category.

[Glenn-Philadelphia]

Jun 19, 2012 19:29:59 GMT -5 Scott-New York said:

Another thing to throw in with this thought process. We are going to have to decide the fate of our minor leaguers (adjust salaries 150% for those we wish to retain and release those we no longer want on our rosters) This will need to be done prior to UFA as the released players will fall into this category.

Correct. Once I complete the cards I will turn my attention to the minor league-rs and the agent asking price for the FAs.

[Phil-Cornwall]

Here's a great thread Chris made up. It should be edited with a couple more time-line notations and retitled:

'FHL seasonal time line' or something of that nature to be more specific.

All the extraneous posts (including this one) should then be deleted, so we are left with something that is of maximum ease to locate and read.

[Phil-Cornwall]

What an excellent thread this would be to add to and make a standing order of biz-naz for all to go when when they wonder what is next.

[Phil-Cornwall]

bumpage....

[Phil-Cornwall]

This thread - FIRST post needs to have a LOT more data added.

Whys is the GHL Scotty/Michael rule book taking 2 years to write?

[Glenn-Philadelphia]

I think I mentioned it the other day but Scotty forwarded the new rule book earlier this week but I haven't had a chance to review it yet.