I'm willing to move Mike Smith and/or my 1st overall pick for some wingers.  I'm also willing to take on some cap.  When moving Smith, I need a lesser goalie in return.  Please PM me with any ideas.

receives:

Jared Cowen, $2.0m (2013-14)
Chris Stewart, $2.5m (2013-14)
Cody Eakin, $0.2m (2012-13)
4th Round
4th Round

for

receives:

Brandon Sutter, $1.3m (2012-13)
Jeff Skinner, $1.4m (2012-13)

I hate giving up Skinner, but I like the young pieces I get back.  agrees.

I am in favour of trading opening right now as it opens in the actual NHL right after playoffs are finished, due to processing in a fantasy, I think it should open 1 week after the playoffs have completed or due to exams that I write once they have calmed down. Which means they are fine to open asap.
I am not in favour of waivers opening due to my previously stated. What I would like to see though is a modified waiver period, you can call up anyone to your team and send down 1 player if wanted. That would allow someone to clear a bit of cap space in case of a trade or call someone out of the minors to their major league team before they bog up that space in FA as well. I remember in my application to the Philadelphia GM, reket23, before the season that his main goal was to call up Iggy during waiver free but he spent most of his cap during free agency and never called him up until nelly85 took over the team and finally got him up.

Here is my purposed:
Trading Opens - April 18th or 19th, 2012 @ 8:00am
Modified Waiver Free Period Opens - April 21st @ 8:00am
Modified Waiver Free Period Closes - April 27th @ 8:00pm
Trading Closes - May 31st, 2012 @ 11:59pm
Entry Draft (2012) - June 30th, 2012 @ 4:00pm
Offseason Free Agency Begins - July 15th, 2012 @ 8:00am
Trading Opens - July 22nd, 2012 @ 8:00am
Waivers Open - July 24th, 2012 @ 8:00am

Modified Waiver Free Period:
One player may be sent down through the normal waiver process.
Experienced minor leaguers may be called up through the waiver free process during the extent of the period.
The purpose of this is for teams to use their cap to call up players before spending it all in free agency.

 

Welcome Tubby! 

Roster Moves:

Resign:

D John Carlson - 10/11 22nd 11/12 44th

4.6m/4 years

Drop:

X-C Jarret Stoll, , $0m this year
X-C Dominic Moore, , $0m this year
X-C Olli Jokinen, , $0m this year
X-D Cory Sarich, , $0m this year
X-D Kurtis Foster, , $0m this year
X-D Willie Mitchell, , $0m this year
X-LW Brandon Prust, , $0m this year
X-LW Ruslan Fedotenko, , $0m this year
X-LW Tuomo Ruutu, , $0m this year
X-RW Ales Kotalik, , $0m this year
X-RW David Moss, , $0m this year