Trade is approved.  Will process on Fantrax shortly.

Can we trade any combination of players, picks and cash?

Yup

Also, do we use the real contracts of the people we draft?

Yes, even if they signed it after our roster effective date.  Whatever contract they have at the moment they are picked is their contract in DNHL.  If they're still on the FA market they must be extended immediately. 

And what about the contracts of the FAs after the draft, all those all off of bidding?

Yup, exactly.

I think we should look at the cap hits for releasing players.  I don't think it should be a 100% cap hit.  What about players that retire, get injured and don't play anymore etc..  I think we should adopt the tiered system that is used in many other leagues.  Like a 75% cap hit for first year, 50% hit for second year, and say a 25% for third year.  With us getting our rosters we should have the options of at least having three free drops or something along those lines.

I was actually already thinking about the best way to do this.  I don't really like the tiered system as it's just more work (I like simplicity, keeps my head on straight).  I was thinking a flat reduction for everything after the year they are released.  I definitely want to do something for retired players and long term IR.  Let me get through the initial rosters and extensions then we'll dive into this.

Robert   Bortuzzo   D   Pittsburgh   n/a
Ken    Agostino   LW   Pittsburgh   n/a
Philip   Samuelsson   D   Pittsburgh   n/a

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