The rule on RFA's is unclear to me and no one else seems to have the answers, so I'd like the commish to jump in here and clear a thing or two up...
What the rule says:
i. Restricted Free Agents (RFA) are those players who are 29 years of age or under (29 with 1 year left if during the season). During the season, when a player will be a pending RFA the owning team is required to either offer that player a qualifying offer (see below) or allow the player to progress to UFA unimpeded.a. RFA Age will change according to the following scale: BRHL2 Off-season #1 / 06-07: 30 years old BRHL2 Off-season #2 / 07-08: 29 years old BRHL2 Off-season #3 / 08-09: 28 years old BRHL2 Off-season #4 / 09-10 to 11-12: 27 years old What does this mean in practice? It's really difficult to understand what this means...
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2007-08 - missed playoffs (29th overall) 2008-09 - missed playoffs (26th overall) 2009-10 - 7th place in Western Conference (99 pts), Conference Semi-Finals 2010-11 - missed playoffs (19th overall) 2011-12
The rule on RFA's is unclear to me and no one else seems to have the answers, so I'd like the commish to jump in here and clear a thing or two up...
What the rule says:
i. Restricted Free Agents (RFA) are those players who are 29 years of age or under (29 with 1 year left if during the season). During the season, when a player will be a pending RFA the owning team is required to either offer that player a qualifying offer (see below) or allow the player to progress to UFA unimpeded.
a. RFA Age will change according to the following scale:
BRHL2 Off-season #1 / 06-07: 30 years old BRHL2 Off-season #2 / 07-08: 29 years old BRHL2 Off-season #3 / 08-09: 28 years old BRHL2 Off-season #4 / 09-10 to 11-12: 27 years old
What does this mean in practice? It's really difficult to understand what this means...
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2007-08 - missed playoffs (29th overall) 2008-09 - missed playoffs (26th overall) 2009-10 - 7th place in Western Conference (99 pts), Conference Semi-Finals 2010-11 - missed playoffs (19th overall) 2011-12
in yr 1 players 31 with 1 yr deals were ufa.. year two players 30 with 1 yr deals are ufa's next year someone 29 with 1 yr will be a UFA in year 4 players 28 with 1 yr are UFA..