Official Q&A Thread

[Whomp]

I do Rob recall saying that it goes by his contract at the time he is drafted, fyi.

"All contraction players keep their current contracts-not the contracts as of our roster effective date, but their contract as of the day you draft them.  So if X player is a FA on 6/16 but is signed by a team before our draft, you inherit his new contract. " per the Rules thread.

[BrewCrew]

"All contraction players keep their current contracts-not the contracts as of our roster effective date, but their contract as of the day you draft them.  So if X player is a FA on 6/16 but is signed by a team before our draft, you inherit his new contract. " per the Rules thread.

Yay at me being right!

[izaman3]

"All contraction players keep their current contracts-not the contracts as of our roster effective date, but their contract as of the day you draft them.  So if X player is a FA on 6/16 but is signed by a team before our draft, you inherit his new contract. " per the Rules thread.

Do you think this applies to rookies too? Elite prospects often get signing bonuses at count against a teams cap, will we have to pay this or just 200k for everyone under 40 NHL games? I was meaning to ask Rob this but I forgot. He should be able to answer when he gets back from vacation.

[BrewCrew]

Do you think this applies to rookies too? Elite prospects often get signing bonuses at count against a teams cap, will we have to pay this or just 200k for everyone under 40 NHL games? I was meaning to ask Rob this but I forgot. He should be able to answer when he gets back from vacation.

Pretty sure all prospects are 200k

[Rob]

Can the LTIR be used for any player or do they need to be injured in the NHL to be used?

The player needs to be on the actual NHL IR. 

[Rob]

I had a questions about FA's.  Let's look at a guy like Fleischman.  He is a FA on the Flames in our league, but got traded and signed with the Panthers in real life.  Lets say Gilly doesn't sign him, he goes into the draft, if someone drafts him will you have to pay him the contract he has in reality or the one determined by our contract extension rankings?

Non-contraction players like unsigned FA's and unkept prospects follow the same rules as contraction players for the draft.  So if Gilly doesn't sign Fleischman he'll get a normal inherited contract, even though he was in the Flames possession and technically had a value per the extension rules.  That is moot once he's dropped and the contract he has when he's drafted will apply.

[Rob]

Do you think this applies to rookies too? Elite prospects often get signing bonuses at count against a teams cap, will we have to pay this or just 200k for everyone under 40 NHL games? I was meaning to ask Rob this but I forgot. He should be able to answer when he gets back from vacation.

All players with less than 40 games played as of our effective date are prospects and inherit $200k contracts.  The actual NHL contracts are dismissed entirely.  When bidding on prospects during FA anything over $200k will be paid as a signing bonus.  I think this keeps things pretty simple and helps ease our initial cap hits. 

[GypsieDeathBringer]

This is a question about the draft.  Do we have a 12 hour clock for each pick?

[shooter47]

Can prospects drafted in the 2011 NHL draft by contracted teams be drafted in the contraction draft or will they be treated as FA after the draft?

[Rob]

This is a question about the draft.  Do we have a 12 hour clock for each pick?

Yes, I may decrease the timer as we get farther into the draft depending on how fast it's going.