ROUND 1 RESULTS
The following are the rules and players eligible for free agency this off-season. Be sure to review all of the items below, as some rules have changed this year. Please read these rules very carefully. Once again, we will not listen to any complaints from General Managers who fail to follow these simple, but fundamental rules, and keep in mind that submitting in the wrong format will result in your offer being ignored without exception. Its a lot of work to go through these offers and following the requested format reduces the workload considerably. This list of free agents can ultimately be found on the message board, the home page and the yahoo group folders. For the most recent updates to this notice, please refer to the message board. The Rules: I. Submission: All offers must be sent to reggieswing@sympatico.ca - all e-mails get received and Im in the process of trying to get rid of the notice about the mailbox being full, which is incorrect that said, Ill confirm receipt of offers as they arrive. The subject of the e-mail should be "HFNHL Contract Offers: Team Name". If you send an email with a different subject it will not be sorted properly and may be lost. Ideally, your offers should be sent via excel or as a table within the e-mail, as noted in the format below. II. Format: All offers should be in the following prioritized bid format: Rank Player Name Prev Team: Base Salary x No. Years For Example: Priority Player Name Team Salary ($) Term (yrs) 1 Wayne Gretzky EDM $7,500,000 4 1 Gordie Howe DET $7,000,000 4 2 Guy Lafleur MONT $6,000,000 4 1 Bobby Orr BOS $7,000,000 4 2 Denis Potvin NYI $5,000,000 4 1 Brian Trottier NYI $1,500,000 2 2 Bob Gainey MONT $1,250,000 4 In the above instance, you would sign Gretzky, Howe, Orr and Trottier if your bids were the best on all four. Lafleur would only be signed if you failed to land Gretzky or Howe, while Potvin would only be signed if you failed to land Orr and Gainey only if you failed to sign Ricci. Basically, since all negotiation happens at once, this allows you to avoid getting stuck with more players than you wanted. You can have as many groupings as you want, and list further choices as well (3rd, 4th etc.). But keep in mind in the above scenario with four #1 priority offers, these bids could result in the team landing all four players. There may be instances where your second choice is ready to sign with you right away, but you are still in another round of bidding for your higher selection. For instance, Gainey may be willing to sign that deal, but you are still in the final bidding for Trottier. In this case, the General Manager would be contacted and given the option to pull the trigger on Gainey right away, and/or remain in the bidding for Trottier (which would result in re-opening the bidding for Gainey if the General Manager held off signing the deal with Gainey immediately). Keep in mind, the longer a priority list, the less likely a player low down on the list will consider the offer if several of your team is still in the hunt for higher priority players on the same list (basically, the agent gets a feel for whether the offer will ever become firm or not). Once again, the maximum salary in the HFNHL remains $8 million per year. And finally, there are no signing bonuses and no performance bonuses. III. Restricted Free Agents : OFFER -- COMPENSATION Up to $660,000 - No compensation $660,000 to $1 million - One 3rd round draft pick $1 to $2 million - One second round pick $2 to $3 million - One 1st and one 3rd round pick $3 to $4 million - One 1st, one 2nd and one 3rd round pick $4 to $5 million - Two 1sts, one 2nd and one 3rd round pick Over $5 million - Four 1st round picks Compensation must be paid in consecutive years beginning with the 2009 draft. DO NOT BID ON AN RFA IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION. If you do, you risk being fined as one team was last year (a minimum penalty of $500,000 will apply). Also, you can only bid on as many RFAs as you have compensation to pay. You cannot bid on 5 players, and then decide which ones you want to keep later, although you can prioritize offer sheets as per the description above. IV. Bidding Deadline: Bids are due by Midnight EST on the 12th of July and are to be sent no earlier than Midnight on the 6th of July (to ensure all those involved in free agency have submitted their offers already). Bids should be sent to reggieswing@sympatico.ca. V. Evaluation of Bids: Bids will be reviewed based on total salary (base * years), ice time, line-mates, contender status, player loyalty, etc. However, annual compensation will be the main factor, followed by player loyalty. When necessary, several Admin team members will be used to evaluate close bidding. A few other notes: - If one bid is clearly superior (rating at least 20% higher than the next highest bid), the player will sign immediately with that team** - If one bid is received, the player will sign with that team** - If three or more bids are received and none sign the player in the first round, there will be a second round (and ONLY one more round) of bidding, with the top three bidding teams participating, and going through the same review process. The top bid submitted thus far will also be revealed. At the end of this second round, the top bid will sign the player** **IMPORTANT NOTE - if the best offers received for a player are obviously well below legitimate market value (for example, signing Martin Broduer to a $2 million contract), the league office retains the right to have the player hold out and wait to receive a better offer at another point in the season. This holds true for RFAs as well - a team presenting an offer sheet to another team's RFA does not automatically sign the player in question - they have to feel the offer is a good one first, then the team holding the rights has the choice to match or not. So please keep in mind the qualifying offer a player must have already turned down when considering making an offer (i.e. it should be significantly better than a 10% raise). Teams with Restricted Free Agents: those teams whose players sign offer sheets will have the option to match the offer in question or receive compensation (either negotiated or draft picks as per above). Regardless, any player signing an offer sheet will automatically have a no-trade clause for the next year.
VI. All offers are final.
VII. Eligibility:
A. North American Free Agency Eligibility
B. European Free Agency Eligibility (New Rule) Note: this rule has changed, in that a player does not have to have played a game in the NHL or AHL before being eligible to be signed, but rather has just signed an agreement to play in the NHL this coming season. However, even if they have signed, they are still subject to rule (VIII) Free Agent Playing in Europe, in the event they return overseas. Post-Free Agency rules: Any Europeans who has not signed to play in the NHL, but subsequently signs an NHL deal after July 12th, will be eligible for free agent offers from any HFNHL team with the top offers evaluated a minimum of 48 hours past the date of the official signing, similar to past protocol.
European born players fall under North American rules if they meet one of the following conditions:
Keep in mind the number of contract years for younger player is set in stone. For prospects and rookies under 25 years old - who are also subject to the updated rookie salary cap of $875,000 they are limited to following contract lengths: Failure to adhere to the proper term for these rookies will result in the offer not being considered.
VIII. Signed Player Playing in Europe
IX. Salary Cap X. Roster Limit Keep in mind the roster limit for the upcoming season is a total of 80 players between your pro roster and prospect list. Many teams are near or at the maximum already, so be sure to take this into consideration before submitting offers. Player buyouts and prospect releases have already taken place, so there remains no other way to get rid of a player on your roster until next offseason other than trading. Draft pick and financial penalties may be levied against any team above the 80 player limit at the start of the regular season.
Reggie Swingstein UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT LIST The following players contracts expired and are Unrestricted free agents Player Name Team Age Position Dan Turple Anaheim 22 G Jocelyn Thibault Atlanta 32 G Mike Morrison Atlanta 28 G Brian Boucher Buffalo 30 G Marc Denis Carolina 30 G Jeff Harvey Columbus 23 G Jose Theodore Dallas 31 G Steve Shields Los Angeles 35 G Dan Cloutier Montreal 31 G Dominic Hasek New Jersey 42 G Kelly Guard New Jersey 25 G Johan Hedberg New York Islanders 34 G Olaf Kolzig New York Rangers 37 G Yutaka Fukufuji New York Rangers 25 G David Aebischer Ottawa 29 G Dan Cloutier Philadelphia 31 G Brent Johnson Philadelphia 30 G Curtis Joseph Phoenix 40 G Yannick Lehoux Phoenix 25 G Robert Esche San Jose 29 G Dwayne Roloson Toronto 37 G Maxime Ouellet Vancouver 26 G David McKee Vancouver 23 G Jon Klemm Anaheim 37 D Richard Matvichuk Anaheim 34 D Richard Petiot Anaheim 26 D Reid Cashman Anaheim 24 D Luke Richardson Atlanta 38 D Maxim Kondratiev Atlanta 24 D Bobby Allen Boston 28 D Dick Tarnstrom Buffalo 32 D Alexei Zhitnik Carolina 34 D Dale Purinton Carolina 29 D Brian Sipotz Chicago 26 D Brandon Rogers Chicago 25 D Olli Malvimvaara Colorado 25 D Ryan Stokes Colorado 25 D Joel Bouchard Columbus 33 D Tom Poti Columbus 30 D Steven Later Columbus 23 D Darius Kasparaitis Dallas 34 D Sean Hill Detroit 37 D Rhett Warrener Detroit 31 D Nate Guenin Detroit 24 D Alain Nasreddine Edmonton 31 D James Sanford Los Angeles 23 D Bret Hedican Minnesota 37 D Brian Pothier Minnesota 30 D Brad Ference Minnesota 28 D Brad Norton Montreal 30 D Jim Fahey Montreal 28 D Karlis Skrastins Nashville 33 D Shaun Heshka Nashville 22 D Bruno St-Jacques New Jersey 26 D Charlie Cook New Jersey 25 D Andrei Zyuzin New York Islanders 29 D Glen Wesley New York Rangers 38 D Roman Hamrlik New York Rangers 33 D Paul Albers Ottawa 21 D Jesse Boulerice Phoenix 28 D Sandis Ozolinsh Pittsburg 35 D Petteri Nummelin Pittsburg 34 D Bryce Lampman San Jose 25 D Jamie Rivers Tampa 30 D Anders Eriksson Washington 32 D Jason Allison Atlanta 32 C David Vyborny Buffalo 32 C Robert Lang Carolina 36 C Sergei Brylin Carolina 33 C Michal Handzus Carolina 30 C Martin Guerin Colorado 25 C Dustin Johner Colorado 24 C Grant Potulny Columbus 28 C Marty Sertich Columbus 24 C Justin Donati Detroit 26 C Scott Barney Florida 28 C Michael Zigomanis Florida 26 C Wes Walz Los Angeles 37 C Glen Metropolit Los Angeles 33 C Johnny Pohl Los Angeles 28 C Justin Mapleloft New Jersey 24 C Mathieu Biron Phoenix 27 C Chris Gratton St Louis 32 C Kip Miller Tampa 37 C Karel Pilar Toronto 30 C Mark Rycroft Anaheim 29 LW Mark Hartigan Atlanta 29 LW David Koci Atlanta 26 LW Sean Collins Chicago 24 LW Martin Gelinas Colorado 37 LW Mark Rooneem Colorado 24 LW Tyson Nash Detroit 32 LW Wayne Primeau Detroit 31 LW Jeff Cowan Florida 31 LW Andre Roy Los Angeles 32 LW Bates Battaglia Minnesota 31 LW Bill Thomas Minnesota 24 LW Scott Thornton Montreal 36 LW Martin Kariya Nashville 26 LW Trent Whitefield Phoenix 28 LW Todd Bertuzzi Pittsburg 32 LW Chris Dingman Pittsburg 30 LW Gary Roberts St Louis 41 LW Chris Collins Vancouver 23 LW Peter Sejna Washington 27 LW Nicholas Dimitrakos Atlanta 28 RW Tomi Maki Atlanta 24 RW Jeff O'Neil Boston 31 RW Martin Lapointe Calgary 34 RW Mike Glumac Calgary 27 RW Mark Recchi Carolina 39 RW Fernando Pisani Carolina 30 RW Denis Hamel Chicago 30 RW Chris Dyment Chicago 27 RW Petr Kanko Chicago 23 RW Tyler Dyck Columbus 24 RW Darren Reid Columbus 24 RW Scott Sheppard Columbus 24 RW Tim Konsorada Columbus 23 RW Brendan Shanahan Detroit 38 RW Mathias Tjarnqvist Detroit 28 RW Luch Aquino Detroit 22 RW Stephane Goulet Detroit 21 RW Tyler Donati Detroit 20 RW Vladimir Orszagh Edmonton 30 RW Craig Adams Los Angeles 30 RW Erik Rasmussen Los Angeles 30 RW David Vandergulik Los Angeles 24 RW Richard Zednik Minnesota 31 RW Steven Goertzen Nashville 23 RW Peter Bondra New Jersey 39 RW Mike Grier New Jersey 32 RW Dan Hinote Pittsburg 30 RW Josh Langfeld Vancouver 30 RW Anson Carter Washington 33 RWRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS The following restricted free agents players have been qualified by their respective teams, but are open to signing offer sheets. Compensation for RFAs is as follows: Up to $660,000 - No compensation $660,000 to $1,000,000 - One 3rd round draft pick $1,000,001 to $2,000,000 million - One second round pick $2,000,001 to $3,000,000 million - One 1st and one 3rd round pick $3,000,001 to $4,000,000 million - One 1st, one 2nd and one 3rd round pick $4,000,001 to $5,000,000 million - Two 1sts, one 2nd and one 3rd round pick Over $5 million - Four 1st round picks Player Name Team Age Position Hannu Toivinen Edmonton 23 G RFA Cam Ward Los Angeles 23 G RFA Jordan Sigalet Montreal 26 G RFA Josh Gorges Boston 24 D RFA David Hale Calgary 26 D RFA Aaron Johnson Calgary 24 D RFA Milan Jurcina Carolina 25 D RFA Dennis Wideman Los Angeles 25 D RFA Mathieu Roy New Jersey 25 D RFA Trevor Daley Washington 23 D RFA Matt Jones Atlanta 24 C RFA Stephen Weiss Carolina 24 C RFA Mark Bell Columbus 27 C RFA Jay McClement Detroit 24 C RFA Sean Avery Nashville 27 C RFA Tim Connolly Philadelphia 26 C RFA Alex Tanguay Chicago 27 LW RFA Travis Moen Edmonton 25 LW RFA Martin Havlet Edmonton 26 LW RFA Jussi Jokinen Los Angeles 24 LW RFA Jannick Hansen Pittsburg 21 LW RFA Tim Jackman Atlanta 25 RW RFA Joffrey Lupul Carolina 24 RW RFA T.J. Trevelyan New York Rangers 23 RW RFARELEASED PROSPECTS The following released prospects are eligible are now unrestricted free agents, although the same rules apply to these players (i.e. players in Europe are non eligible). Team Player Name Age Anaheim Tuomas Pihlman Prospect Anaheim Kyle Radke Prospect Anaheim Roman Malek Prospect Anaheim Evgeny Gladskikh Prospect Anaheim Jonathan Carrier Prospect Anaheim David Lidstrom Prospect Atlanta Chad Morin Prospect Atlanta Boris Mironov Prospect Atlanta Jamie Storr Prospect Atlanta Martin Prusek Prospect Atlanta Jaroslav Balastik Prospect Atlanta Brandon Reid Prospect Boston Brett Cloutier Prospect Boston Craig Olynick Prospect Calgary Kriss Hogg Prospect Calgary Ryan Garlock Prospect Calgary Lennart Pettrell Prospect Calgary Alexander Naurov Prospect Calgary Jonathan Ferland Prospect Calgary Timo Helbling Prospect Calgary Konstantin Glazachev Prospect Calgary Vadim Khomitski Euro Chicago Ben Simon Prospect Chicago Brian Ihnacak Prospect Chicago Nick Kuiper Prospect Chicago Bret Nasby Prospect Chicago Evan Schafer Prospect Chicago Chris Hulit Prospect Chicago Danny Stewart Prospect Chicago Vladimir Karpov Prospect Chicago John Grahame Euro Colorado Jean-Pierre Vigier Prospect Colorado James Sharrow Prospect Colorado Mikko Kalteva Prospect Colorado Brandon Cullen Prospect Colorado Anton Hedman Prospect Colorado Masi Marjamδki Prospect Colorado Christopher Heino-Lindberg Prospect Columbus Rem Murray Prospect Columbus Filip Novak Prospect Columbus Alexander Drozdetsky Prospect Columbus Bjorn Melin Prospect Columbus Teemu Nurmi Prospect Columbus Darren Haydar Prospect Columbus Tomas Malec Prospect Dallas Ryan Steeves Prospect Dallas Jake Taylor Prospect Dallas Justin Vienneau Prospect Dallas Thomas Morrow Prospect Dallas Alexander Mikhailish Prospect Florida Matt Kassian Prospect Florida Anton But Prospect Florida Vic Oreskovich Prospect Florida Kevin Schaeffer Prospect Florida Oliver Setzinger Prospect Florida Petr Tenkrat Prospect Florida Alex Vasiliev Prospect Florida Fredric Cassivi (Euro) Prospect LA Drew Fisher Prospect LA Rastislav Konecny Prospect LA Michal Mikeska Prospect LA Dev Heshmatpour Prospect Montreal Jonas Nordquist Prospect Montreal Mattias Karlsson Prospect Montreal Bobby Bolt Prospect Montreal Mathieu Melanson Prospect Montreal Sergei Anshakov Prospect Montreal Ken Roche Prospect Montreal Kyle Bailey Prospect Montreal Lee Falardeau Prospect Montreal Craig Voakes Prospect Montreal Mattias Hellstrom Prospect Montreal Jeremy Duchense Prospect Montreal Mike Brown Prospect Montreal Marek Troncinsky Prospect Montreal Igor Musatov Prospect Montreal Stefan Liv Prospect Montreal Arron Alphonso Prospect Montreal Darin Olver Prospect Nashville Oleg Kvasha Prospect Nashville Parker VanBuskirk Prospect Nashville Tyler Swystun Prospect New Jersey Jeremy Swanson Prospect New Jersey Martin Tuma Prospect New Jersey Kyle Medvec Prospect New Jersey Tim Cook Prospect New Jersey Nick Tuzzolino Prospect New Jersey Jaroslav Markovic Prospect New Jersey Maxime Daigneault Prospect New Jersey Guillaume Desbiens Prospect NYI Ville Nieminen Prospect NYI Nikita Alexeev Prospect NYI Mikko Luoma Prospect NYI Lukas Mensator Prospect NYI Dan Travis Prospect NYI Kevin Armstrong Prospect NYR Patrick Ehelechner Prospect NYR Janne Kolehmainen Prospect NYR Sergei Ogorodnikov Prospect NYR Rob Page Prospect NYR Valterri Tenkanen Prospect Philadelphia Jonas Johansson Prospect Philadelphia Nikita Korovkin Prospect Philadelphia Victor Uchevatov Prospect Philadelphia Justin Maiser Prospect Philadelphia Scott Seney Prospect Phoenix Chris Simon (euro) Prospect Phoenix Yannick Lehoux (euro) Prospect Phoenix Aki Seitsonen Prospect Phoenix Jared Gomes Prospect Phoenix Robby Dee Prospect Phoenix Rickard Wallin Prospect Phoenix Jakub Koreis Prospect Phoenix Greg Jacina (euro) Prospect Phoenix Juraj Gracik Prospect Phoenix Patrick Wellar Prospect Phoenix Scott Lehman Prospect Phoenix Clayton Barthel Prospect Phoenix Matt Nickerson Prospect Phoenix Tomas Mojzis Prospect San Jose Howie Martin Prospect San Jose Yuri Trubachev Prospect San Jose Roman Psurny Prospect San Jose Stanislav Balan Prospect San Jose Jeff Likens Prospect San Jose Dmitri Utkin Prospect San Jose Roman Tesliuk Prospect San Jose Olivier Latendresse Prospect San Jose Ruslan Zainullen Prospect San Jose John Hecimovic Prospect San Jose Sergei Zinovjev Prospect San Jose Evgeny Tunik Prospect St. Louis Scott Kelman Prospect St. Louis Joni Lappalainen Prospect St. Louis Mikko Kankaanpera Prospect Tampa Bay Ivan Majesky Prospect Tampa Bay Mikael Holmqvist Prospect Tampa Bay Patrik Stefan Prospect Tampa Bay Lars Jonsson Prospect Tampa Bay Sebastian Caron Prospect Tampa Bay Eric Boguniecki Prospect Tampa Bay Karol Krizan Prospect Vancouver Martin Sagat Prospect Vancouver Konstantin Rudenko Prospect Vancouver Marc Chouinard (Euro) Prospect Vancouver Alexander Korolyuk (Euro) Prospect Vancouver Jon DiSalvatore Prospect Vancouver Kevin Romy Prospect Vancouver Peter Guggisberg Prospect Washington Dmitry Afanasenkov Prospect Washington Vladimir Kubus Prospect Washington Nils Ekman Prospect Washington Oleg Tverdovsky Prospect Washington Peter Tsimikalis Prospect Washington Todd Ford Prospect Washington Shawn Collymore Prospect Washington Brad Schell Prospect Washington Tobias Whelan Prospect Washington Luke Fritshaw Prospect |