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BryceBruins · BRHL2 Co-Commish

BryceBruins · BRHL2 Co-Commish

Teams who have signed guys thus far (will show on next update) Boston, Calgary, Detroit, NYR

VanIslander · Guru

NYI signings just now sent to the league email; copy to BryceBruin's PM.

BryceBruins · BRHL2 Co-Commish

Quick update, Ive received offers from NYI, Florida, TB, and CHicago since my last post. I won't get to them tonight (going to the OIler game) so if you get them in by Wednesday afternoon, they will be put in. Everything will be up Wednesday night.

Bryce

Sabres · Guru

I take it there isnt going to be much grace on this deadline? I missed this thread until today but would like to sign some guys as long as it doesnt go towards there rookie 3 year deal. Does it? Like would I have to sign a guy like Osullivan to a 3 year deal and this would be year 1 of his deal? Otherwise Id rather next year be year 1 of his deal.

BryceBruins · BRHL2 Co-Commish

this would count as their year 1 of their 3 year entry contract, although with him having much poorer ratings because its based on his 05-06 seaosn, his entry level deal would likely be at a very low salary.

Like I said, I won't get to them tonight, if you send em in by tomorrow I will get to them. I would STRONGLY advise creating guys now, because it does come at the lower salary, and especially a team like your's could compete for the minors title.

Bryce

Predsgm · Guru

hey bryce,

i sent my email to you on the weekend. but you did not mention on the message board here that you received nashville's entry level contracts.. can you tell me if you have received them and im all okay. if not ill resend them again.

thanks

David Barbosa
GM preds

BryceBruins · BRHL2 Co-Commish

forgot to mention yours, yes they've been received, thanks David

Sabres · Guru

Arent entry level contract always between 450,000-1,000,000 anyways? They are all "cheap" in a sense anyways, but also what kind of a rating would Osullivan get for the AHL team? Just curious.

BryceBruins · BRHL2 Co-Commish

Generally guys are getting high 50s low 60s overall. O Sullivan happens to have been created in the BRHL so you can see his ratings here http://www.thebrhl.com/LinkedRosters.html#Calgary

He's probably one of, if not the highest rated player who didn't play in the NHL last season.

Sabres · Guru

Other than winning money though, does this benefit us? The only way you win money with this is to make the finals or have the MVP in the minors right? But isnt there some benefit to waiting to sign your players to contracts that are going to be real cheap for an extra year in the pros? Ie if I sign Osullivan yes he can play in the AHL, but I lose one year of him at like 1M/yr in the pros? Not sure if the advantage is there really to sign him?

CBJackets · Guru

Sabres wrote:

Other than winning money though, does this benefit us? The only way you win money with this is to make the finals or have the MVP in the minors right? But isnt there some benefit to waiting to sign your players to contracts that are going to be real cheap for an extra year in the pros? Ie if I sign Osullivan yes he can play in the AHL, but I lose one year of him at like 1M/yr in the pros? Not sure if the advantage is there really to sign him?

Ya, that is what I'm thinking. Unless you have a real shot at winning then there's no point in signing a guy and losing one year of a good contract.

Sabres · Guru

I think they should just be signed 1 year after their NHL team signs them. So a guy like Kessel should be signed right after the draft next year. Only with entry level contracts though.

CBJackets · Guru

Sabres wrote:

I think they should just be signed 1 year after their NHL team signs them. So a guy like Kessel should be signed right after the draft next year. Only with entry level contracts though.

Ya I agree, and I'm pretty sure it's somewhere in the rulebook. 60 NHL games and a must-sign or something.

Philippe27 · Guru

Can we stop the whining over small details?
Thanks Bryce