Post by Jeff on Jan 17, 2013 13:49:37 GMT -5
{4} TRANSACTIONS
A. TRADES (No Maximum)
1) Trading is permitted between teams up until the SFHL Trade Deadline.
2) Trades must fall under all Rules & Regs at all times, and must be approved by a member of the SFHL Head Office before GM's can actually move players on Yahoo
3) Teams can trade any assets: Roster players, prospects, farm players, Entry or UFA draft picks (picks for the next 2 drafts), and In -Season Free Agent Signings. Teams may only trade away a maximum of 2 In-Season Free Agent Signings, and may only acquire a maximum of 2 In -Season Free Agent Signings.
4) "Sign-and-Trades" are permitted, but the player must appear in at least one game for the team signing him before they are traded (player must appear in the "Team Log" in Yahoo).
5) "Rental Player" trades (trading a player this season and getting the same player in an off-season trade) are not permitted.
6) Commish Office has oversight on all deals regurading conditional picks. Team cannot re-acquire conditional picks
7) A 1-way player who has cleared waivers and is on a farm team, if traded, must report directly to the new team's main roster (player does not need to clear re-entry waivers). A 1-way player who is on a main roster, if traded, cannot report directly to the new team's farm team without first going through waivers
8) Timetable of Trading Seasons
- Off-Season (Determined by the Commissioner) - Trading Period opens - Trading allowed up until deadline for submission of 15-Player Protected Lists (No trading of salaries allowed)
- Fall Draft - Trading Period re-opens 12-24 hours before the draft, and continues for 48 hours after the draft (Trading of salaries allowed)
- Regular Season - Trading Period re-opens at beginning of NHL regular season
- Trade Deadline (Determined by Commissioner)
B. FREE AGENCY
1) Each team is allowed 5 In-Season Free Agent Signings per season. This will be run in conjuction with the trade deadline. There will be no carry overs.
2) Players that sign as a Free Agent must be first inserted onto your active roster.
3) Eligible Free Agents are those players who were (or would have been if they had an NHL contract) eligible for the current season's UFA Draft (ie Prospects cannot be signed mid-season, although Overage Prospects can)
4) In-Season Free Agent Signings fall under the same player status rules as those in the draft - Players making $3M or less are 2-way, players making over $3M are 1-way
C. CALL-UPS (2 per Player)
1) Players may only be called-up a total of two times.
2) If a player has been called-up due to a player being placed on the IR, it will not count as a call-up
3) GM's are responsible for showing how many call-ups each player has had on their team page on the Message Board
D. WAIVER-WIRE
1) 1-way players cannot be sent directly to the farm team - they must first clear waivers. (100% of salary if player is claim)
a) Players that are waived; Can't be traded with "Salary Relief" unless first passing through re-entry waivers.
b) Teams will only be allowed a set number of times to waive 1 way players (5)
2) 1-way players on the farm team must clear re-entry waivers before being called up to the active roster. (50% of salary)
3) The time line to put a claim in will be 24hrs from when the team places a player on waivers on the Message Board. Any team claiming a player may not insert that player into their active roster until that 24 hours is up.
4) If a player is claimed off waivers, the team waiving the player and the team claiming the player are each responsible for 1/2 of the player's salary (or the player's adjusted salary, if they had been previously traded under the Brian Burke Rule). Split salaries will be rounded down to the nearest $1000
5) If a player is waived a second (or third etc) time, the player's currently assumed salary will be split in half, and the team that first waived the player will still be responsible for the same amount they had been paying.
6) Waiver-wire position will be determind by the UFA Draft order. The team that drafts last will get the first position on the waiver-wire, and the order will progress in reverse from the UFA draft.
7) There are no waivers during the off-season.
Waiver Salary Calculation Example
- Player A ($6M Cap Hit) traded from Team 1 to Team 2, with Team 1 taking on $1M. Team 1 pays $1M, Team 2 pays $5M.
- Player A then waived by Team 2, and claimed by Team 3. Team 1 pays $1M, Team 2 pays $2.5M, Team 3 pays $2.5M.
- Player A later waived by Team 3, and claimed by Team 4. Team 1 pays $1M, Team 2 pays $2.5M, Team 3 pays $1.25M, Team 4 pays $1.25M.
E. BUY-OUTS AND RELEASING PLAYERS
1) Teams will only need to buy out players if they come to the max players allowed (50)
2) The team will be responsible for 1/2 of a bought-out player's salary. If the player does not have a current contract, then no salary will be added to the team's cap.
3) A bought-out player becomes a free agent.
4) A player may be released during the Off-Season, and no salary will count against the team's cap
F. RETIREMENT
1) If a player on your roster retires before the start of the season you will not be penalized or be on the hook for his salary.
2) If the player retires during the season, the full amount of the salary will count towards team cap.
A. TRADES (No Maximum)
1) Trading is permitted between teams up until the SFHL Trade Deadline.
2) Trades must fall under all Rules & Regs at all times, and must be approved by a member of the SFHL Head Office before GM's can actually move players on Yahoo
3) Teams can trade any assets: Roster players, prospects, farm players, Entry or UFA draft picks (picks for the next 2 drafts), and In -Season Free Agent Signings. Teams may only trade away a maximum of 2 In-Season Free Agent Signings, and may only acquire a maximum of 2 In -Season Free Agent Signings.
4) "Sign-and-Trades" are permitted, but the player must appear in at least one game for the team signing him before they are traded (player must appear in the "Team Log" in Yahoo).
5) "Rental Player" trades (trading a player this season and getting the same player in an off-season trade) are not permitted.
6) Commish Office has oversight on all deals regurading conditional picks. Team cannot re-acquire conditional picks
7) A 1-way player who has cleared waivers and is on a farm team, if traded, must report directly to the new team's main roster (player does not need to clear re-entry waivers). A 1-way player who is on a main roster, if traded, cannot report directly to the new team's farm team without first going through waivers
8) Timetable of Trading Seasons
- Off-Season (Determined by the Commissioner) - Trading Period opens - Trading allowed up until deadline for submission of 15-Player Protected Lists (No trading of salaries allowed)
- Fall Draft - Trading Period re-opens 12-24 hours before the draft, and continues for 48 hours after the draft (Trading of salaries allowed)
- Regular Season - Trading Period re-opens at beginning of NHL regular season
- Trade Deadline (Determined by Commissioner)
B. FREE AGENCY
1) Each team is allowed 5 In-Season Free Agent Signings per season. This will be run in conjuction with the trade deadline. There will be no carry overs.
2) Players that sign as a Free Agent must be first inserted onto your active roster.
3) Eligible Free Agents are those players who were (or would have been if they had an NHL contract) eligible for the current season's UFA Draft (ie Prospects cannot be signed mid-season, although Overage Prospects can)
4) In-Season Free Agent Signings fall under the same player status rules as those in the draft - Players making $3M or less are 2-way, players making over $3M are 1-way
C. CALL-UPS (2 per Player)
1) Players may only be called-up a total of two times.
2) If a player has been called-up due to a player being placed on the IR, it will not count as a call-up
3) GM's are responsible for showing how many call-ups each player has had on their team page on the Message Board
D. WAIVER-WIRE
1) 1-way players cannot be sent directly to the farm team - they must first clear waivers. (100% of salary if player is claim)
a) Players that are waived; Can't be traded with "Salary Relief" unless first passing through re-entry waivers.
b) Teams will only be allowed a set number of times to waive 1 way players (5)
2) 1-way players on the farm team must clear re-entry waivers before being called up to the active roster. (50% of salary)
3) The time line to put a claim in will be 24hrs from when the team places a player on waivers on the Message Board. Any team claiming a player may not insert that player into their active roster until that 24 hours is up.
4) If a player is claimed off waivers, the team waiving the player and the team claiming the player are each responsible for 1/2 of the player's salary (or the player's adjusted salary, if they had been previously traded under the Brian Burke Rule). Split salaries will be rounded down to the nearest $1000
5) If a player is waived a second (or third etc) time, the player's currently assumed salary will be split in half, and the team that first waived the player will still be responsible for the same amount they had been paying.
6) Waiver-wire position will be determind by the UFA Draft order. The team that drafts last will get the first position on the waiver-wire, and the order will progress in reverse from the UFA draft.
7) There are no waivers during the off-season.
Waiver Salary Calculation Example
- Player A ($6M Cap Hit) traded from Team 1 to Team 2, with Team 1 taking on $1M. Team 1 pays $1M, Team 2 pays $5M.
- Player A then waived by Team 2, and claimed by Team 3. Team 1 pays $1M, Team 2 pays $2.5M, Team 3 pays $2.5M.
- Player A later waived by Team 3, and claimed by Team 4. Team 1 pays $1M, Team 2 pays $2.5M, Team 3 pays $1.25M, Team 4 pays $1.25M.
E. BUY-OUTS AND RELEASING PLAYERS
1) Teams will only need to buy out players if they come to the max players allowed (50)
2) The team will be responsible for 1/2 of a bought-out player's salary. If the player does not have a current contract, then no salary will be added to the team's cap.
3) A bought-out player becomes a free agent.
4) A player may be released during the Off-Season, and no salary will count against the team's cap
F. RETIREMENT
1) If a player on your roster retires before the start of the season you will not be penalized or be on the hook for his salary.
2) If the player retires during the season, the full amount of the salary will count towards team cap.