Hey...

Please read this email carefully and keep it for a few weeks, i keep getting messages asking for stuff already in emails i've sent... i just won't answer those messages anymore.  If it's in the email and we get "I didn't know"... well too bad for you I guess.

It is really important you understand what you're about to read in this email, if you don't, please don't hesitate and email me ASAP!


Coaches: 

The whole file was reloaded because we had issues since the beginning with coaches (on the sim and the portal).
Which means that Coaches now rated "1" got removed from your line up and you won't have to pay any buy out fees.

Go check your coaches, for those who need one or 2 coach(es), you can start bidding on coaches on July 1st (Transactions/coaches).  Max $2 mils per season, offers over $2 millions will be deleted and you won't be able to make an offer to the same coach.  Careful with 3-4 year offers, next time you'll have to buy out coaches rated '1'.



Free Agents

Starting July 1st you can start make offer to UFA (Transactions/unrestricted free agents)  and RFA (Transactions/ Restricted Free Agents) players (scroll to the bottom to see goaltenders).  You can also start making contract extensions offers to your players.

On and after July 1st, when you'll go check UFAs and RFAs, it's possible certain players already got an offer, click the second tab (UFAs/RFAs with Offers)  to see them.

24 hours after the first offer has been made to a UFA/RFA player, you won't be allowed to make an additional offer, so act fast.  The player will select the best 3 offers and move to the deciding section (3rd tab) for another 24 hours.  If you are among the 3
finalists, you can still edit your offer.  Portal will than select between the 3 best offers.... 60% of winning the bid for the best offer, 30% for the second one and 10% for the last one.

Remember, all contracts of 2$ mil + per season, players can't be sent to the minors, NHL only.


RFA

If you make an offer to a RFA, you need to have the picks accordingly to the chart as a compensation in case his former team does not match your offer.

Compensations (can also be found on the page where you are making the offer to the RFA

$1,110 000 or below    -  None
Over $1,110 000 to $1,700 000  - Third-round choice
Over $1,700 000 to $3,350 000  - Second-round choice
Over $3,350 000 to $5,050 000  - First-round and third-round choice
Over $5,050 000 to $6,700 000  - First-round, second-round and third round choice
Over $6,700 000 to $8,400 000  - Two first-round choices, one second round pick and one third round pick.
Over $8,400 000  - Four 1st round picks

So for example, if you make an offer of $4 million per season to a RFA, you will need one 1st round pick and one 3rd pick in the next 2 draft years.  The team owning the player will have 3 (three) days to match the offer. The team acquiring the player will decide what picks are being sent to the other team in case they have several picks available in a specific round.

NOTE on RFAs: Team owning RFA players (who are testing the market on July 1st) can trade them even when they will be receiving offers in July, as soon as the RFA signs an offer sheet, he can't be traded anymore.  Team who's trading an RFA who decided to test the market (rejected all offers) can't make an offer on him.  If a RFA player is traded, before accepting the trade,
the league will verify with the team who did acquire him to make sure they fully understand the situation and give them the option to decline it.

July 1st

- Trades are back on.

- You can still buy out contracts but at a full rate (100%).

- You can submit position change by emailing me with the link(s) where we can see the player assigned at that position (it has to be one of the links we have in the league's updated rules).

- New Financial system starts July 1st, this is easy money, if you don't care and don't participate and run through bankruptcy, well we won't care as well and you'll lose your team. Plain and simple.

Regular season: submit roster/line up at least once a week (between Sunday 7 PM ET and the next one): $ 300k (season’s potential: $8.1 M).
-Submit in time team’s awards at the end of the season: $500k
-Vote for the All Star game: $1 M.
-Vote for the league’s awards at the end of the season - $1.5 M.
-Submitting an article on the portal (French or English): $400k. Real article, 2-3 lines won’t
make it ;-). The league pays a maximum of 2 articles per month, up to a maximum of 7 for the year.

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Get ready for the draft and pre-season, remember you need enough players; goaltenders, RW, LW, C and D to form 2 teams.
So make sure you have enough players for each positions.


Draft

Before the draft, go through all the trades your team has made in the past year (back to the draft 2012) and report to the league all compensations (Future considerations) that apply... if any.

Draft will be held:

Monday August 26th - 7 PM ET - Rounds 1 and 2
Tuesday August 27th - 7 PM ET - Rounds 3-4-5.

DRAFT IS MANDATORY, you have to be present, or send a list to the league or prepare your list on the draft page.
GMs who have draft picks and who won’t be present to the draft and won’t take dispositions for
the draft (create list, ask somebody else to take care of it for them, etc) will be fined.

First evening (rounds 1 and 2) - $4 M
Second evening (rounds 3-4-5) - $3 M

Of course, a GM who doesn’t have any pick left doesn’t have to show up at the draft.


Trade Committee

Members of the new trade committee: Matt (Ducks), John (Van) and Rick (Pho).  6 teams are currently under the trade committee supervision; NJ, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Nashville, Winnipeg and Minnesota.  The trade committee is there to protect new GMS and their team so they don't destroy their future and /or giving valued assets for doubtfull prospects/picks/carreer ahlers..etc.  Several transactions were declined during June's first 2 weeks.

all signatures, buyouts, trades, players on waivers, position changes, etc  can be found on www.simm.fra.co.  You will also found some good post with helpful tips.

Of course, I'll probably forget something in this email, just too much stuff to remember ;-)

To all, have a great season and remember, season starts July 1st and messages MUST be answered back within 48 hours.

Steeve & Paul