Dates, Dates & Dates!

Alright, I sat down cleaned up some things to process and tried to work out the upcoming dates.

Next couple FA deadlines are Sept 29th, 2013 and October 13th, 2013 at 6pm PST.

Eight game Pre season will start on October 7th and the regular season will start October 28th.  Team cap and minimum player rules are relaxed for pre season but kick in hard during regular season.

So you'll have a couple weeks of trying out your team and making any roster adjustments if necessary before we get going for real.

BFHL Rosters Updated

Holy, it's already been a week? 

Glad I don't have a FA round to fuss over tonight ;)  Reminder that next deadline is September 22, 2013 6pm PST

So I've finally updated the site, sorry for the old files that were on there for way too long!  Open your client now and you will download the newest files.

2013 Open FA Round 2 Results, next round, Sept 22 6PM PST

Well you guys have been doing a lot more homework than me!  I'm kinda feeling down about my non participation this round! (Who's this Niklas Svedberg that everyone all of a sudden wanted)

Exciting nail biting bid for Martin St. Louis! (EDIT:  St. Louis Offers too close, he will further test/check the market)

Next round will be a couple weeks to give you some time to look at your teams more, make some moves or something.  Here are the unaudited results (there are some erroneous bids to cross off)

2013 Open FA Round 1 Results, next round, Sept 8

Well I'm glad we have some nutso GMs here to keep things entertaining.  For the couple new GMs, it's a learning experience :)

[Edit by Bombers:  Dicerolls witnessed by Bombers and Storm.  Note winning bid is the highest offered bid probability PLUS "Yes" result.]

Next Round: SEPTEMBER 8, 2013 6pm PST deadline.  Remember you need a minimum of 35 players.

Cutting to the chase, here are the results.

Own FA Updated, Sept 1, 2013 6PM PST is Round 1 Open FA deadline, buyout rule change

Hi all

I applied all the signings, released unsigned players, processed those annoying conditional trades (Note: ANNOYING).

Updated the Free Agent List . Now before you go nuts in free agency, note that we are changing buyouts next year.  Currently we just make you pay cash but we will be implementing a cap penalty for buyouts for the 2014-15 season.

Clarification of Rated Players that can be Dropped Exception

Hi BFHL GMs

It got pointed out to me that I didn't mention all the scenarios for what can happen to rated players that did not play in NHL last year.

In that email, I only said that you could drop a player without penalty if he didn't play last year due to our rating set being based on the last two years.

I should add that you could also elect to request that he goes to the prospect list because that's what normally would happen in our previous years.

Rule Clarification VERY IMPORTANT, MUST READ

BFHL tries to ensure that there are no duplicate players in free agency, but we are only human and errors do occur.  

This has happened twice now (Oduya, and now Orlov).  

GMs are responsible to make sure that THEIR players and prospects are not signed by another team.  If the "Original Owner" notices their players signed by a "New GM", it is the Original Owner's obligation to notify us.  If they don't and it results in duplicate players existing, the Original Owner loses that player.