PFHL Free Agents

please read the rules

Players listed below

K. Free Agents

If a player is 30 at the beginning of the season he is 30 going
into the free agent market, there will NOT be a set day for ages,
if a players age is 29 at the beginning of the year he will
be 29 at the end of the year. The software ages players at the beginning
of each season and that is his age for the entire season.

If a team does not have a player signed by the end of the
designated signing period, the player will ignore all attempts to sign and
will test the free agent market.

A player will become a restricted free agent when his contract expires
(unrestricted if he is 31 or over when it expires)
.

If a Free Agent from a teams roster does not get picked up after Free Agency, he will be released
from that teams roster and will go to the Unassigned Players list. They will also be draft eligible.
SIGNING PERIOD:

After every season there will be a set date where you will have a
timeframe to place your bids on players.    Once the signing period is over,
all posted bids are final and the highest bidding team gets the player
according to the rules below.

If you don't make a qualifying offer for your own RFA before the deadline and no other teams bid on them,
they will be transferred to the Unassigned list.
A qualifying offer is a mandatory 1 year contract @ 100% of the players listed salary

NOTE: Once a player is signed to a contract, he will have that contract
until the contract expires or he is signed to another. If a player retires in the NHL,
he will also retire in the PFHL you will be forced to pay out the contract in a
lump sum once the player has not played any games in the NHL the previous season.

RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS:

A player that is under the age of 30 when his contract expires
becomes a restricted free agent. Signing a restricted free agent
means the signing team is required to compensate the previous owner
with draft picks.

The current owner of the RFA has the right to match the offer or take compensation
for a player if a qualifying offer is submitted by the owning team.

Compensation in the form of draft picks will be given to teams who
choose not to match a restricted free agency contract. Compensation
is decided by the amount the restricted free agent is signed for.
(ie: bid format is : Signing Bonus money X #years = bid)

Draft pick compensation terms are as follows.

TERMS: This chart shows the compensation for the total bid amount:

   7,500,001 and above      - 5 first round picks
   6,000,001 to 7,500,000   - 4 first round picks
   4,500,001 to 6,000,000   - 3 first round picks
   3,000,001 to 4,500,000   - 2 first round picks
   2,000,001 to 3,000,000   - 1st round pick
   1,000,001 to 2,000,000   - 2nd round pick
     500,001 to 1,000,000   - 3rd round pick
     250,001 to   500,000   - 4th round pick
                  250,000   - 5th round pick

NOTE:
You can't bid on a free agent requiring compensation of a pick(s) you don't
have, including multiple bids. The compensation picks start at the current year.
The following conditions apply :
- One of the picks must be for the next ddraaft and belong to the bidding team.
- The bidding team must have a first rounnd pick available in subsequent years
- The owner taking compensation can electt to combine picks for more recent years
(ie, 2 firsts next year and 1 in the following year, or 3 next year only, or
any combination if negotiated with the bidding team). If the teams cannot come
to an agreement on this, then the compensation will be first round picks in
consecutive years, and the picks must be owned by the bidding team.
*** In the case of tie bids the team that offered the higher signing bonus
will be the winner. If this does not resolve the tie, the commish will
roll a dice to determine the winner.

UN-RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS:

A player that is 31 or older when his contract expires will considered
a unrestricted free agent and no compensation will be given to sign.

BIDDING FORMAT:

EVERY BID MUST BE SUBMITTED IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT

The bids will be in a #years X signing bonus = Total bid (signing bonus).

Example "I bid 1.2 million a season for 4 years on (player X) = 4.8 million
This total is paid out now if it's the highest bid, and his assigned salary is
paid throughout the duration of the contract. The total bid amount is deducted
from the team's bank account immediately upon winning the bid.

*** In the case of tie bids the team that offered the higher signing bonus
will be the winner. If this does not resolve the tie, the commish will
roll a dice to determine the winner.

*** A team's bids will become null if they place more dollar value bids than they
currently have in their bank accounts.

Brandon