Post by Personnel Representative on May 12, 2011 10:48:37 GMT -5
Some important notes about RFA and RFA negotiations. For newbies, all RFA offers are sent through PMs to the Player Rep's inbox. He subsequently forwards these to the player's team for matching option.
Welcome to RFA
What is it, and How Does it Work?
RFA means restricted Free Agent. It means that the team the player is on has rights to that player, and added security for their prospects. If you want to sign a RFA, you must submit an offer sheet to PR. He then forwards it to the team that owns the players rights, and they have the chance to match it and keep the player, or let him go and recieve compensation. Additional details/requirements outlined below.
Information:
AKA What to include
- Player Name
- Status ("RFA" in this case - but also include the team that has his rights, if you can)
- Age
- Current Contract (mainly pay)
- Last seasons stats (GP-G-A-PTS- and +/- for fowards, GP-W-L-S%-GAA for goalies)
- New contract offer
- Terms of the deal (NTC, NMC, etc)
- For RFAs, write-ups don't mean as much, so you don;t have to spend a lot of time on them, but can they ever hurt?
Format
AKA Requirements of the PM
- Player's name and the letters "RFA" in the subject line
- quote previous PMs (instead of clicking on "reply", click "quote")
- if you are submitting offers for more than one FA, offer each in separate PMs. Failure to do so can result in lost/ignored offers! Extensions can be done in one PM, though its usually easier to do separates.
Notes About Offers
AKA Additional Info you MUST know
- Remember to retract any offers you no longer wish to offer. Any offers for unsigned guys stays in my inbox (essentially forever), and the guy may otherwise sign at any time.
- Be patient. I generally receive many offers per player and may not reply to you.
- Sometimes PR will mark offers as read before I read them for organizational purposes. ProBoards has a glitch where when this happens, our outbox will NOT be updated indicating I have opened your offer. Don;t worry about asking about the offer. There i a 99.999% chance I recieved it and opened it. No worries.
- Every player signed comes with a 15-game (or 1 season - which ever comes first) NTC. This avoids teams signing players JUST to trade them, as often happens in sim leagues.
- unless otherwise noted in offers you send, I will always consider money amounts to be a per-year salary. So if I see 5M/3 years, it means 5 mil a year for 3 years, not 5 mil OVER 3 years.
- Unless otherwise negotiated, all offers are considered 1-way offers, meaning the player will need to clear waivers to be sent to the minors.
- Please have an updated roster page. It might help you, or it might hurt you, but you don;t want players requesting trades mid-season when you are trying to work other stuff out. Plus, lots of guys will be drawn to other guys for various reasons .
- if you send me an offer and I accept it, its considered signed and finalized. Similarly, if you accept an offer from me, its considered signed and finalized. If I accept, you cannot PM back and say, "actually, we withdraw that, and offer ___ instead".
- For now, for RFAs "either/or/or" offers are not available, as things would get messy.
Notes About RFA
AKA Additional RFA Info you MUST know
- Arbitration is an option for RFAs and RFAs only. Don't be afraid to use it.
- The only time players will be RFA in this league is after their FIRST contract. So when your draft pick's FIRST contract runs out, he is RFA. After that, he is a UFA. That way we don't have to deal with all the messy age/GP gibberish that exists in the real NHL.
- If you choose to match an RFA offer for a player on your team, he cannot be traded for one season. This is not a NTC, its a "He cannot be traded" rule. Know and understand this difference. It's important.
- You MUST have your OWN draft picks to use as compensation when submitting an RFA offer sheet. Compensation is as follows:
$1,000,000 or below = No Compensation
$1,000,001 to $1,600,000 = 2nd Round Pick
$1,600,001 to $3,000,000 = 1st Round Pick
$3,000,001 to $4,500,000 = 1st and 2nd Round Pick
$4,500,001 to $6,000,000 = Two 1st Round Picks and a 2nd Round Pick
$6,000,001 to $7,500,000 = Three 1st Round Picks
$7,500,001 and over = Four 1st Round Picks
Examples:
AKA How exactly to get the job done
RFA Offer
(Subject Line: "Wayne Gretzky RFA")
Wayne Gretzky
Center
RFA - Edmonton Oilers
33
50 games, 40 goals, 50 assists, 1001 points
previous contract: 3M/5 years
offer: 4 years 5M
NMC
I have all my picks required for this deal. Gretzky will captain the Placeholders, and will be our starting centre. We also have Marty McSoreley, and have placed offers to Juri Kurri, Mark Messier and Luc Robitaille in hopes of securing more familiar faces for Wayne to work with.
Welcome to RFA
What is it, and How Does it Work?
RFA means restricted Free Agent. It means that the team the player is on has rights to that player, and added security for their prospects. If you want to sign a RFA, you must submit an offer sheet to PR. He then forwards it to the team that owns the players rights, and they have the chance to match it and keep the player, or let him go and recieve compensation. Additional details/requirements outlined below.
Information:
AKA What to include
- Player Name
- Status ("RFA" in this case - but also include the team that has his rights, if you can)
- Age
- Current Contract (mainly pay)
- Last seasons stats (GP-G-A-PTS- and +/- for fowards, GP-W-L-S%-GAA for goalies)
- New contract offer
- Terms of the deal (NTC, NMC, etc)
- For RFAs, write-ups don't mean as much, so you don;t have to spend a lot of time on them, but can they ever hurt?
Format
AKA Requirements of the PM
- Player's name and the letters "RFA" in the subject line
- quote previous PMs (instead of clicking on "reply", click "quote")
- if you are submitting offers for more than one FA, offer each in separate PMs. Failure to do so can result in lost/ignored offers! Extensions can be done in one PM, though its usually easier to do separates.
Notes About Offers
AKA Additional Info you MUST know
- Remember to retract any offers you no longer wish to offer. Any offers for unsigned guys stays in my inbox (essentially forever), and the guy may otherwise sign at any time.
- Be patient. I generally receive many offers per player and may not reply to you.
- Sometimes PR will mark offers as read before I read them for organizational purposes. ProBoards has a glitch where when this happens, our outbox will NOT be updated indicating I have opened your offer. Don;t worry about asking about the offer. There i a 99.999% chance I recieved it and opened it. No worries.
- Every player signed comes with a 15-game (or 1 season - which ever comes first) NTC. This avoids teams signing players JUST to trade them, as often happens in sim leagues.
- unless otherwise noted in offers you send, I will always consider money amounts to be a per-year salary. So if I see 5M/3 years, it means 5 mil a year for 3 years, not 5 mil OVER 3 years.
- Unless otherwise negotiated, all offers are considered 1-way offers, meaning the player will need to clear waivers to be sent to the minors.
- Please have an updated roster page. It might help you, or it might hurt you, but you don;t want players requesting trades mid-season when you are trying to work other stuff out. Plus, lots of guys will be drawn to other guys for various reasons .
- if you send me an offer and I accept it, its considered signed and finalized. Similarly, if you accept an offer from me, its considered signed and finalized. If I accept, you cannot PM back and say, "actually, we withdraw that, and offer ___ instead".
- For now, for RFAs "either/or/or" offers are not available, as things would get messy.
Notes About RFA
AKA Additional RFA Info you MUST know
- Arbitration is an option for RFAs and RFAs only. Don't be afraid to use it.
- The only time players will be RFA in this league is after their FIRST contract. So when your draft pick's FIRST contract runs out, he is RFA. After that, he is a UFA. That way we don't have to deal with all the messy age/GP gibberish that exists in the real NHL.
- If you choose to match an RFA offer for a player on your team, he cannot be traded for one season. This is not a NTC, its a "He cannot be traded" rule. Know and understand this difference. It's important.
- You MUST have your OWN draft picks to use as compensation when submitting an RFA offer sheet. Compensation is as follows:
$1,000,000 or below = No Compensation
$1,000,001 to $1,600,000 = 2nd Round Pick
$1,600,001 to $3,000,000 = 1st Round Pick
$3,000,001 to $4,500,000 = 1st and 2nd Round Pick
$4,500,001 to $6,000,000 = Two 1st Round Picks and a 2nd Round Pick
$6,000,001 to $7,500,000 = Three 1st Round Picks
$7,500,001 and over = Four 1st Round Picks
Examples:
AKA How exactly to get the job done
RFA Offer
(Subject Line: "Wayne Gretzky RFA")
Wayne Gretzky
Center
RFA - Edmonton Oilers
33
50 games, 40 goals, 50 assists, 1001 points
previous contract: 3M/5 years
offer: 4 years 5M
NMC
I have all my picks required for this deal. Gretzky will captain the Placeholders, and will be our starting centre. We also have Marty McSoreley, and have placed offers to Juri Kurri, Mark Messier and Luc Robitaille in hopes of securing more familiar faces for Wayne to work with.
