The age limit for RFAs has been ammended to match the NHL CBA.
XIII. Free Agents
A. Restricted Free Agents
i. Restricted Free Agents (RFA) are those players who are 27years of age or under (27 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.
This meaning if a player is 27 and has 1 year left on his contract, they are an RFA and you retain their rights to resign them without contestion from other teams (compensation).
If they are 28 with 1 year left, they will become an Unrestricted Free Agent.
This rule change will affect all rules based on the age of an RFA/UFA.
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you are correct. wikipedia wasn't specific and the nhl cba .pdf attatchment on nhlpa.com didn't work. But thanks for clearing it up.
For the 2005-06 season, a player age 31 with four accrued seasons will be an unrestricted free agent; in 2006-07, a player age 29 with four accrued seasons or with eight accrued seasons; in 2007-08, a player age 28 with four accrued seasons or with seven accrued seasons; beginning in 2008-09 and for the duration of the agreement, a player age 27 with four accrued seasons or with seven accrued seasons will be an unrestricted free agent.
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Yeah I got that from the CBA .pdf on nhlpa.com. I think the accrued seasons part makes it a little complicated for an FHL sim league but the age thing we might as well do like the NHL.
Just wanted to clarify...what are the rules regarding UFA?
Are we going with the 27 years and 1 year left = RFA right off the get go, or are we phasing it in somehow as the NHL is doing?
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Just wanted to clarify...what are the rules regarding UFA? Are we going with the 27 years and 1 year left = RFA right off the get go, or are we phasing it in somehow as the NHL is doing?
I think this is what we're using: 06-07: 29 years old 07-08: 28 years old 08-09 to 10-11: 27 years old
As it states in the rules we will be following the similar system to the new NHL CBA.
XIII. Free Agents
A. Restricted Free Agents
i. Restricted Free Agents (RFA) are those players who are 30 years of age or under (30 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: 06-07: 30 years old 07-08: 29 years old 08-09: 28 years old 10-11 to 11-12: 27 years old
This meaning, a player like Anson Carter (31, 1 YEAR left on contract) will be a UFA. And Bryan McCabe (30, 1 YEAR left on contract) will be a RFA. So the line between RFA and UFA is 30-31. Next year it will be 29-30, year after will be 28-29, and the year after that it will be 27-28.
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I also want to make sure that I'm totally getting the RFA years/dates correct here, because things seem contrary to what I would normally think...
We're starting season 06-07 right away, correct? So the RFA limit is 30 years old. So I don't really understand a guy like McCabe (30 years old right now with 1 year left on his contract) would be considered an RFA after this season. After this season he turns 31, and has 0 years left on his contract. So not only is he older than 30 years, but also, as of 07-08, the RFA limit is only 29 years old. So how can McCabe be RFA after this contract?
I also want to make sure that I'm totally getting the RFA years/dates correct here, because things seem contrary to what I would normally think... We're starting season 06-07 right away, correct? So the RFA limit is 30 years old. So I don't really understand a guy like McCabe (30 years old right now with 1 year left on his contract) would be considered an RFA after this season. After this season he turns 31, and has 0 years left on his contract. So not only is he older than 30 years, but also, as of 07-08, the RFA limit is only 29 years old. So how can McCabe be RFA after this contract?
We're starting 05-06 now. We follow the NHL but will be about 1 year behind.
ok, even with that though, after his contract his over, McCabe is still 31 when his contract expires...
So it's not really then how hold a player will be when his contract expires... it's how old he is when he's got 1 year left on his contract?
06-07: 30 years old 07-08: 29 years old 08-09: 28 years old 10-11 to 11-12: 27 years old
So let me know if I've got these things correct and whether they will be RFA or UFA...
-Radek Bonk... will be RFA because in 06-07 (next season) it's still 30 years. next year he will be 30 with 1 year left on his contract. -Brad Isbister... will be UFA because he's 28 right now with 3 years left, so he'll be 30 with 1 year left on his contract at the start of the 07-08 season. That will make him a UFA after the contract
-There are no 27 year olds (or younger) that will be UFA after their contracts because the longest contract for a 27 year old is 3 years right now (with the exception of Steen who is only 21). A 27 year old with 3 years on his contract puts him at 29 years old with 1 year on his contract for the 07-08 season. So even though he'll be 30 years old and have zero years on his contract, because he's got one year elft during 07-08, that's what matters.
Do I have that right?
-- Edited by Florida Panthers at 12:13, 2006-07-08
ok, even with that though, after his contract his over, McCabe is still 31 when his contract expires... So it's not really then how hold a player will be when his contract expires... it's how old he is when he's got 1 year left on his contract? 06-07: 30 years old 07-08: 29 years old 08-09: 28 years old 10-11 to 11-12: 27 years old So let me know if I've got these things correct and whether they will be RFA or UFA... -Radek Bonk... will be RFA because in 06-07 (next season) it's still 30 years. next year he will be 30 with 1 year left on his contract. -Brad Isbister... will be UFA because he's 28 right now with 3 years left, so he'll be 30 with 1 year left on his contract at the start of the 07-08 season. That will make him a UFA after the contract -There are no 27 year olds (or younger) that will be UFA after their contracts because the longest contract for a 27 year old is 3 years right now (with the exception of Steen who is only 21). A 27 year old with 3 years on his contract puts him at 29 years old with 1 year on his contract for the 07-08 season. So even though he'll be 30 years old and have zero years on his contract, because he's got one year elft during 07-08, that's what matters. Do I have that right? -- Edited by Florida Panthers at 12:13, 2006-07-08
That's the way I understand it too but I think if we follow the UFA ages we have are wrong. It should be: 06-07: 29 years old 07-08: 28 years old 08-09 to 10-11: 27 years old
instead of 06-07: 30 years old 07-08: 29 years old 08-09: 28 years old 10-11 to 11-12: 27 years old
McCabe is 30 with 1 yr left and he was UFA in the NHL not RFA.
Provided that the following players do not get tagged to stay with a team and sign a 1-year contract extention the following are some examples of the Age and RFA/UFA mark: Our first off-season. Saku Koivu - 31 years old - 1 year left. Will be a UFA. Niklas Sundstrom - 30 years old - 1 year left. Will be a RFA. Our Second off-season. Stephane Robidas - 28 years old - 2 years left. Will be a UFA. Tomas Kaberle - 27 years old - 2 years left. Will be a RFA. Our Third off-season. Marian Hossa - 26 years old - 3 years left. Will be a RFA. Vincent Lecavalier - 25 years old - 3 years left. Will be a RFA The Rules will now read, to clarify: a. RFA Age will change according to the following scale: BRHL2 Offseason #1 - 06-07: 30 years old BRHL2 Offseason #2 - 07-08: 29 years old BRHL2 Offseason #3 - 08-09: 28 years old BRHL2 Offseason #4 - 10-11 to 11-12: 27 years old Don't forget with age, a player doesn't age a year until the start of the next season. So, Bryan McCabe (30) will be a RFA. Because he will be 30 years old this off-season, and thus falls under the RFA/UFA Mark. He won't turn 31 years old until I select 'Start New Season' in the FHL sim, and then make a new Schedule.
-- Edited by BryceBruins at 00:10, 2006-07-09
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