Official Q&A Thread

[Rob]

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?

They can be drafted.

[Whomp]

Could I move Toni Lydman to LTIR now?
What happens if he comes of IR and I do not have enough money for his contract?

[Rob]

Could I move Toni Lydman to LTIR now?
What happens if he comes of IR and I do not have enough money for his contract?

Yes, and you're not required to immediately remove players from LTIR when they get healthy.  So you can leave them there while you work out a trade to get under the cap.

[Whomp]

Why is Toni Lydman on LTIR and his salary is still counted against the cap?

[Rob]

Why is Toni Lydman on LTIR and his salary is still counted against the cap?

My error.  I'll fix it tomorrow.  Just ignore his payroll for now.  Sorry 'bout that.

[Rob]

Also you guys may notice that released and LTIR players still count towards your roster limit.  This is an error in the spreadsheet that I'll get fixed.  For now just subtract any released/LTIR players from your roster total to see where you're really at.

Thanks,
Rob

[Rob]

Also you guys may notice that released and LTIR players still count towards your roster limit.  This is an error in the spreadsheet that I'll get fixed.  For now just subtract any released/LTIR players from your roster total to see where you're really at.

Thanks,
Rob

This is now fixed (thanks to Colby).  On the next roster update this problem won't exist. 

[jmtrops]

Here's the changes I am proposing:

I think these changes give everyone the flexibility they need.  After thinking it over a bit I'm not a fan of giving free drops or yearly reductions.  Some teams are in better shape than others financially, but these are the teams we all picked.  Part of the fun is digging a franchise out of the hole, in some cases.   Making it too cheap to drop contracts will water down the league I think.

In a baseball league I'm in when they started they let them have a one time free drops and when any new owner took over a team they also aloud them to make free drops. As someone suggested maybe giving everyone 1 free onetime only drop is what we need

[BrewCrew]

In a baseball league I'm in when they started they let them have a one time free drops and when any new owner took over a team they also aloud them to make free drops. As someone suggested maybe giving everyone 1 free onetime only drop is what we need

I like it how it is, fwiw.

[Rob]

Yea and I think it's a little late to do that now either way.