....With the goalie bids going on, the question becomes: Why would any team ever let a goalie walk to FA???

Seems more sensible to just retain them and if you really don't want him for some reason, trade him! Seems like it's easier to attain skaters via FA than goalies...

50M

 

Holyyyyyyy crap!!! 10m for a back up. What's the world coming too

Wow. I leave for a long weekend, come back expecting some goalies to be floating around and BOOM... $50m for a guy that is a back-up on a sub-par team with a good prospect youngster in waiting in the wings? JEEZ!


Not to mention Victor Fasth... A 29-year old rookie on a 1-year contract who is a backup to a workhorse of a starting goaltender... And who could be the next Jonas Gustavsson, for over 5m per year?

Guess I'm rolling with one starting goalie haha, these contracts are insane

2 years @ $0.7m per year please.


C - Zac Rinaldo, $0.7m (2013-2014)


Thanks

Can I do 5 years then if I am reading correctly?
Sorry, I am still trying to understand this contract stuff.
Hard to figure out.

At 5 years, you'd have to pay him 8m per year for 5 years. Seems unlikely.
If you want him for 4 years, you'd have to bump his salary up to 5.5m per year.

So the sensible thing to do is just divide the 10m bid by 3, and give him 3 years at 3.4m per year...

Unless you think he'll be an absolute beast and take over Zetterberg or Datsyuk, in which case to give him 4 years, as mentioned, you'd have to give him 5.5m per year for those 4 years!

Just stick with status quo, and go 3 years at 3.4m per year kj!


Or to explain further:
<= $1.4m, 2 years
$1.5m - $5.4m, 3 years
$5.5m - $7.9m, 4 years
>=$8m, 5 years (the overall limit)

If the "per year" salary (final bid, divided by number of years... In your case it is 10m/3 = 3.4m per year ...) is up to 1.4m per year, the contract can only be 2 years.... In this case, you do not qualify.

If the "per year" salary is between 1.5-5.4m per year, the contract can only be 3 years. (As is the case with Justin Abdelkader here.. The 10m bid = 3.333, rounded up = 3.4m. 3.4m is between the 1.5-5.4m range, right? So he can be signed for 3.4m)

If the "per year salary is between 5.5m-7.9m, he can have a 4 year deal. So if the bid was 22m, he could be 4 years for 5.5m per year (22 divided by 4 = 5.5)

Anything over 8m per year equals a 5 year contract. Doesn't matter if the bid is 40m (40 divided by 5 = 8), or if the bid is like 80m (80 divided by 5 would be a 16m per year deal... unlikely, haha).


Hope that helps to clear things up, and helps your bidding activity and understanding!!

Ahh gotcha.  And so you know all contracts like this MUST be three years and are subject to arbitration!

Gustav Nyquist = 121 overall 2008 = 200k
Joe Colborne = 16th overall 2008 = 2m

I believe a rookie, or Entry Level contract, can be 1, 2 or 3 years of length in this league.

So you could have Nyquvist and Colborne signed for 1, 2 or 3 years at their respective prices you listed above.

Entry Level (EL) Contract Designation on Team Roster Page
Will be denoted with "EL" in the years area (EL 2011-2012). Prior to July 2012, EL contracts were designated by "P-2012" for an EL contract that expired in 2011-2012.

Entry Level Contract Values
Draft Position (actual NHL pos.) - Salary
1 thru 5 - 3.0M
6 thru 10 - 2.5M
10 thru 20 - 2.0M
21 thru 25 - 1.5M
25 thru 30 - 1.0M
31 thru 40 - 900k
41 thru 50 - 800k
51 thru 60- 700k
61 thri 70 - 600k
71 thru 80- 500k
81 thru 90 - 400k
91 thru 100 - 300k
101 and above - 200k (also the FNHL min. salary)

Draftees will be placed onto the MiLR, however, if they exceed the 40 GP limit in 3 years, they must be signed to a rookie contract that can vary in length from 1-3 years and the salary per year must follow the above rules about draft position.  Draft position will be tracked under the team rosters for future reference. Once a players rookie contract is up they must be signed to new contract following normal extension values.