2023 RFA Schedule and Results

[Glenn-Philadelphia]

First order of business, I have been notified of at least one player who look to have an incorrect status leading into RFA. The player in question is Toro Dman Justin Holl who is showing as an RFAI. I am still investigating what happened with him but I am guessing its related to a drafted player being dropped and then later signing a minor league contract. With this in mind, please review your and other RFAs that look like they are categorized incorrectly and report them here if some questionable ones are found.

RFA IS NOW LIVE

Have fun and good luck!

Schedule

8M minimum bid
Bidding closes 8:00 PM EST Fri 8/18
decision due by 8:00 PM EST Sat 8/19

6M minimum bid
Bidding closes 8:00 PM EST Sun 8/20
decision due by 8:00 PM EST Mon 8/21

4.5M minimum bid
Bidding closes 8:00 PM EST Tue 8/22
decision due by 8:00 PM EST Wed 8/23

3M minimum bid
Bidding closes 8:00 PM EST Thur 8/24
decision due by 8:00 PM EST Fri 8/25

1.5M minimum bid
Bidding closes 8:00 PM EST Sat 8/26
decision due by 8:00 PM EST Sun 8/27

1M minimum bid
Bidding closes 8:00 PM EST Mon 8/28
decision due by 8:00 PM EST Tue 8/29

600k minimum bid
Bidding closes 8:00 PM EST Wed 8/30
decision due by 8:00 PM EST Thur 8/31

Round 7

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Valimaki, Juuso (2950000) --RETAINED BY DEFAULT--
Cornwall ** WINNER ** - 2950000
Hamilton Decision Needed
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Kostin, Klim (2950000) --RETAINED BY DEFAULT--
Suffolk ** WINNER ** - 2950000
Quebec Decision Needed
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Alexeyev, Alexander (1450000) --RETAINED BY DEFAULT--
Hartford ** WINNER ** - 1450000
Hamilton Decision Needed
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Round 6

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Clifton, Connor (2950000) --RETAINED--
Hartford ** WINNER ** - 2950000
Boston Decision Needed
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Aho, Sebastian (1450000) --RETAINED BY DEFAULT--
Hartford ** WINNER ** - 1450000
Calgary Decision Needed
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Woll, Joseph (2950000) --RETAINED--
Cleveland ** WINNER ** - 2950000
Suffolk - 1450000
Toronto Decision Needed
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Luukkonen, Ukko-Pekka (2150000) --RETAINED BY DEFAULT--
Suffolk ** WINNER ** - 2150000
Edmonton Decision Needed
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Francouz, Pavel (2000000) --RETAINED--
Cleveland ** WINNER ** - 2000000
Colorado Decision Needed
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Round 5

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Durzi, Sean (2950000) --RETAINED BY DEFAULT--
Cornwall ** WINNER ** - 2950000
Montreal Decision Needed
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Fehervary, Martin (2900000) --RETAINED--
Johnstown ** WINNER ** - 2900000
Chicago Decision Needed
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Bouchard, Evan (2950000) --RETAINED--
Cleveland ** WINNER ** - 2950000
Milwaukee Decision Needed
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Round 4

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Luostarinen, Eetu (4400000) --RETAINED--
Syracuse ** WINNER ** - 4400000
Chicago Decision Needed
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Holl, Justin (4450000) --RETAINED--
Cornwall ** WINNER ** - 4450000
Toronto Decision Needed
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Round 3 - No Bids

Round 2 - No Bids

Round 1 - No Bids

[Glenn-Philadelphia]

Anyone who wished to can now test making bids and clearing bids out on the RFA bidding page on the website. All of these bids will be closed out prior to bidding opening Thursday 8/17 at or around 8:00 PM EST.

Test bidding minimum bid is currently set to 1M so that everyone can make multiple bids. This will be changed to 8M minimum Thursday.

[Glenn-Philadelphia]

Reminder. There will be a trade embargo starting tonight at 8:00EST until RFA has completed. Get those last minute trades in.

[Glenn-Philadelphia]

Bidding is now live - Round 1 closes tomorrow night at 8:00 PM EST.

As a reminder, default action is to keep player.

Also, cap has been bumped up by 3M for the start of the FA process. Keep this in mind when making your bids.

Also, please remember that any bids early in the RFA process is going to cost you a lot of draft picks. Don't confuse RFA with UFA. Ask a league veteran, or me, if you have any questions.

[Glenn-Philadelphia]

No round 1 bids, 6M round is now open.

[Glenn-Philadelphia]

No bids in Round 2 - Round 3 is now open

[Glenn-Philadelphia]

No bids in round 3 - Round 4 now open.

[Eric-Baltimore]

Is there any reason we couldn't consolidate some of these rounds next year? Maybe go down to 3 for RFA? I think I counted 3 bids in the first 3 rounds since 2017. The asking prices eliminate the possibility of any lowball offers.

[Glenn-Philadelphia]

The issue is the compensation required to make an offer. If in a given year you have 2 guys that are worth 10M and 7M and a team wants to bid on both of them they might not get the opportunity to do so because both bids require the same draft assets. The way we do it now maximizes the chance that a player will get the max monies available and is one of the few tools we have to simulate player's agents.

What we may consider doing to speed the process up is for at least the first 3 or 4 rounds (perhaps all rounds) if there are no bids we immediately skip the day to respond phase and roll into the next minimum bid segment. The reason we don't do this now is so that guys know the dates where (bids can be made/potential reviews are required).

[Eric-Baltimore]

But there's nothing stopping a GM from placing the second bid in a subsequent round. Say they bid 10M on a player in the first round and that offer is matched. They could then place a 7M bid in any of the next rounds right?

[Scott-New Jersey]

But you could run into someone else making that bid at a lower price and you would losing a shot at him…

[Glenn-Philadelphia]

Aug 24, 2023 12:09:55 GMT -5 Scott-New Jersey said:

But you could run into someone else making that bid at a lower price and you would losing a shot at him…

Exactly. And perhaps for less than what the GM who wanted both had planned on offering.

[Glenn-Philadelphia]

Round 4 posted. Toronto and Chicago decisions needed.

[Dan-Toronto]

Toronto matches offer

[Jedediah-Hartford]

Chicago matches offer