Official Q&A Thread

[snugerud]

ohhhhh, welll that is going to change my FA strategy a bit.  To be honest , I was planning on using my extra cap space to bid say a 3 year @ 2 million but front load with a signing bonus.  at 5mill , so my contract bid could be 11million. 

Why are we throwing the signing bonus out?

[Rob]

ohhhhh, welll that is going to change my FA strategy a bit.  To be honest , I was planning on using my extra cap space to bid say a 3 year @ 2 million but front load with a signing bonus.  at 5mill , so my contract bid could be 11million. 

Why are we throwing the signing bonus out?

We threw it out when we threw out signing prospects in FA.  There was never signing bonuses for players other than prospect-eligibles.

[Rob]

Again, there's no contract minimum for FA signings, only a maximum.  For example, a $15m winning bid can be broken down as follows:

1 year @ $15m
2 years @ $7.5m
3 years @ $5m
4 years @ $3.8m

This player isn't eligible for a 5 year contract since the value would be $3m and the maximum length of a $3m deal is 4 years.

[snugerud]

yeah, i was just assuming we could do signing bonuses for any players just that they had never been used. ahhh well, I will re-group on it.  i was just going to use it to bulk this year with the higher cap and have a lower contract in the following years. 

It is probably good not to allow the signing bonuses since it levels the playing field.

[GypsieDeathBringer]

ohhhhh, welll that is going to change my FA strategy a bit.  To be honest , I was planning on using my extra cap space to bid say a 3 year @ 2 million but front load with a signing bonus.  at 5mill , so my contract bid could be 11million. 

Yeah this was one approach I was going to take for some older guys that I didn't want to commit to for more than 2 years, but they were probably going to get paid enough to push them to a 3,4,5 year deal. 

Fair enough though. 

[jmtrops]

when does FA start?

[Rob]

when does FA start?

I'm thinking a couple weeks.  This month is crazy for me so I'm not sure. 

[Eric]

If you need any help league wise, just LMK

[hockeyfreak47]

how much time i have to give to call up a player ?

do i just have to make a post in transaction ?

[Rob]

how much time i have to give to call up a player ?

do i just have to make a post in transaction ?

Just post in transactions then you can move them right into your lineup.