Post by Glenn-Philadelphia on Feb 23, 2011 13:00:57 GMT -5
I received an email that asked how players were going to be handled if they spent a significant amount of time in the minors. Also, what was the process going to be as far as waiving players.
My plan is to use all of a player's stats for next years cards. Now, it goes without saying that a 40 goal scorer in the AHL does not translate into a 40 goal scorer at the NHL level. I will be merging the players scores for their minor and major league stats to arrive at their skill breakdown for their card. The good part of this is that a player who played 10 games at the NHL level and 70 in the AHL will have a fortitude of 9 or 10 as opposed to a low one based solely on their NHL games played. The more AHL stats a player has the more watered down the stats on his card will be (excluding FORT).
In regards to waiving of players, my thoughts right now will be teams will have the ability to waive at least one player (with a cap hit penalty levied against the team). the cap hit penalty may be the pro-rated (saved amount from the contract due the following year a player is waived). An example would be I am paying a player 10M for 5 years (10% discounted salary) makes the hit 9M per year. if I decide to waive him at the end of the year, His salary will be off my books however I will have a hit of 4M (4 (remaining years on contract) * 1M (10% of contract cost (based on 5 year signing)). Once these players are waived, the will become unrestricted free agents.
Another thing that I have decided is that it is going to be too difficult to break out the guys who would be being drafted this year from the guys who are already playing in the NHL or AHL therefore all players at or under the age of 25 who are not currently signed by a team (having a player as a 50k emergency call-up) does not count will be available as part of the amateur draft. This includes all the guys who are tearing it up as rookies in the NHL this year. All other players currently not signed over the age of 25, as well as players whose contracts expire, will be either unrestricted (the former) or restricted (the latter). These players will be broken out by category and listings/stats made available on line. The exact process for handling the restricted FA has yet to be determined.
I hope this clears up some questions that you may have and also helps to guide you as you head to the trading deadline.
My plan is to use all of a player's stats for next years cards. Now, it goes without saying that a 40 goal scorer in the AHL does not translate into a 40 goal scorer at the NHL level. I will be merging the players scores for their minor and major league stats to arrive at their skill breakdown for their card. The good part of this is that a player who played 10 games at the NHL level and 70 in the AHL will have a fortitude of 9 or 10 as opposed to a low one based solely on their NHL games played. The more AHL stats a player has the more watered down the stats on his card will be (excluding FORT).
In regards to waiving of players, my thoughts right now will be teams will have the ability to waive at least one player (with a cap hit penalty levied against the team). the cap hit penalty may be the pro-rated (saved amount from the contract due the following year a player is waived). An example would be I am paying a player 10M for 5 years (10% discounted salary) makes the hit 9M per year. if I decide to waive him at the end of the year, His salary will be off my books however I will have a hit of 4M (4 (remaining years on contract) * 1M (10% of contract cost (based on 5 year signing)). Once these players are waived, the will become unrestricted free agents.
Another thing that I have decided is that it is going to be too difficult to break out the guys who would be being drafted this year from the guys who are already playing in the NHL or AHL therefore all players at or under the age of 25 who are not currently signed by a team (having a player as a 50k emergency call-up) does not count will be available as part of the amateur draft. This includes all the guys who are tearing it up as rookies in the NHL this year. All other players currently not signed over the age of 25, as well as players whose contracts expire, will be either unrestricted (the former) or restricted (the latter). These players will be broken out by category and listings/stats made available on line. The exact process for handling the restricted FA has yet to be determined.
I hope this clears up some questions that you may have and also helps to guide you as you head to the trading deadline.
