BFHL Hockey Simulation League

Alright, usually for me, hockey doesn't take holidays ;)

But as there seems to be some popular demand for not having the weight of BFHL on our shoulders during the holiday season, we won't be simming the dates from December 21, 2009 to January 1, 2010.

In addition, as a gift, we will sim five rest days to give some of your guys a chance to heal up.  Check the shout box for when this has been done.  Probably sometime on Monday.  Note you really should be watching your players minutes if you haven't been, to avoid this 'Exhaustion' injury.

Alright, second time in a week that the sim has been messed up because of inattention to a teams' roster.  We don't want this league to be a burden on anyone however, it's not unreasonable to at least do a quick check up on your team once a week.  the sim runs Monday to Friday at 850pm PST.

There have been a couple instances where people are asking why they are over cap in the farm when they think they shouldn't.

In this season of BFHL, everyone is on a two way contract.  Note that players that have played 25 pro games will have their contracts pernamently turned into one way contracts.  No more 90% discount!

Tony the Tigers, on a bit roll of late, knocking off the flying low Aviators, have dipped into the waiver pool looking for more veteran presense and depth down the middle.  They have claimed Craig Conroy from the Supastas, who made a big splash themselves in the free agent pool picking up Patrick Marleau.  This was a necessary salary cap move for the Supastas as Conroy is now on a one way contract and they probably still need a little bit more help to get some breathing room!

Free Agent News

Below are the results of the free agent signing period for December 4th, 2009:

Martin Skoula signed with Storm for $575,000 for 3 year(s) with $0 in bonus.
Andy Greene signed with Storm for $750,000 for 4 year(s) with $0 in bonus.
Patrick Marleau signed with Supastas for $6,300,000 for 1 year(s) with $0 in bonus.

It's come to my attention that some of you may not be setting lines properly.  Note that yes the sim will use the last lines you have BUT you need to make sure you copy your lines to all the other 10 games available in the client program. If you set the lines for Day 1 only, Day 2-10 will remain unset and the sim will auto roster/auto lines you those games.

If you want your lines to stick for a while, make sure to hit that "Copy lines to all other days" button.

Just an update for the waivers settings.  Players put on waivers were going straight to the farm.  It's now set so at first simulation, your guy will show on waivers.  GMs have until the next simulation day to claim them if desired.

The Storm and Nokians have completed the first trade of the season.

Going to the Nokians is RW, Nathan Horton

Going to the Storm is D, Tobias Enstrom.

Both players are expected to join their respective teams tonight on emergency charter, in time for the opening face off!

Sorry for the delay, busy weekend and travelling.

We will probably continue accepting FA offers the rest of the season.  Not much to pick from so the window for submitting bids for the time being would be the first Friday of every month starting with December 4th, 2009 as the next opportunity.

Here are the results of October 30th, 2009 submitted bids:

A lot less activity than I expected!!  Next week October 30th, 8:50pm deadline is your next chance to pick up some players to fill out your team.  No more opportunities for freebie releases of players.  As of this posting, the STS file is now updated (10:22pm timestamp)

Here's a quick summary of what happened.

Players Dropped

Chris Osgood
Martin Brodeur
Michael Ryder
Francois Beauchemin
Marek Zidlicky
Dan Cleary

Players Signed