As we are approaching the end of the UFA Bidding Period, this is a final reminder that all RFAs must be signed by Saturday, July 15th, or they will become UFAs and will be added to Day 16 of UFA bidding on Sunday, July 16th.

The linked RFA Sheet has been updated to show which RFAs have been signed, and which are still unsigned. If it says "signed", "intend to match", etc, beside your player's name that means you are good. If not, that means you either still have to post their signing, or send us a contract offer, or match the player's irl deal. (Note: RFAs who were signed early on in the season have already been recorded in the contract database, and thus are not listed on the sheet, ie they are fine).

Only players/contracts that have been posted in either the Contract Matching Thread or RFA Extension Thread have been recorded. It is your responsibility as GM to make sure you have matched/signed everyone that you intend to keep. Simply reaching an agreement with BOG will not do, the contract must be posted, and be in the correct thread.

If you think there is a mistake on the sheet, or if you have any questions, please reach out to a BOG member by Saturday. Thanks.

Sincerely,
BOG

Clarification on off-season LTIR-

The use of off-season LTIR is permitted by the NHL as long as the team using LTIR is over the 10% cushion, the player will be injured at least 10 games/24 days after the regular season starts, and the team is cap compliant by opening day.

-BOG

Due to actions from specific GMs, we are welcome to gathering the opinions of all GMs on these matters. The following link, is a link to a Google Form in regards to BOG voting. The voting will finish on Friday, July 21st at 11pm EST. Voting will be publicly available after it closes.
Click here to vote

Edit: Voting is not mandatory, but encouraged

Thank you to everyone for signing themselves up for the BOG election. The voting is now underway! Good luck!
Click here

Voting closes Sunday, June 30th at 11:59pm. Those who don’t vote will have an activity check placed against them, and considered to be replaced.

Thank you to all that voted.

It was extremely close, but Dangles has won the 6th spot with 8 votes! Cam was second with 7.

Welcome to the BOG Dangles!

Below is a link to a questionnaire regarding what it should take for a vote to pass the BOG. This will be open until Saturday at 11:59pm.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0hbaS743kmz97qtzabm6b4yPVKOv2g78AH2GmsZvMbtoeTg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Thank you!

I am leaving this open awhile longer as we only had 11, yes 11, GMs vote. Your participation is requested in these votes and if you continue to not participate, you may be subject to penalties.

After 2 weeks of being open, it’s time to close the poll.

The winner was 4-2 (non BOG) and 3-2 (bog involved) with 58.8% of the vote.

Thank you to those that participated.

It's time to vote to see if people want Mike back in the game. Please use the below link and fill out the form. We will be tracking who is/is not voting.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBB7Al_iaK-Wz4EGim57xWambpsnK00rpDZgrGcrcOd-MEdw/viewform?usp=sharing

Didn't think i'd need to specify this but fill the form out in it's entirety.

The final results of the poll was...

No - 14
Yes - 7
Don't care - 6

UDFA Draft Information

The 23-24 season is fast approaching, which means our UDFA Draft will take place. For those who don't know what the UDFA draft is, it is a draft where teams get to select up to 2 players who are undrafted* free agents. The draft will start next Saturday, September 16th at 11:00 am EST. Like the entry draft, each team will have until a deadline to make their pick. These deadlines are 30 minutes apart and will not change if a team makes their selection early. Draft picks can not be traded and may be passed if a team elects to not draft anyone. To draft a player you must have a contract spot for them.

Below is linked the draft sheet which includes the draft order and available players. All players allowed to be selected are included on the list.

2023 UDFA Draft Sheet

Waivers will open Monday, October 2nd and will work as they did last year. Monday - Wednesday you can waive players and Thurs - Sat. you can claim players. Waiver awards will be posted Sundays.

For pre-season/October, you are allowed 2 waiver claims. Once one claim is awarded, you go to the back of the line.

Linked here is the Waivers Sheet for the 2023-24 Season: V5.3 Waivers

Waiver priority for the first month of the season will be based off of last year's standings + playoff results.
After the first GM Game scoring period of the year is completed, waiver priority will be the inverse order of this year's standings.

Please follow all the rules outlined in the respective threads.

-BOG

A new rule has been agreed upon by the BoG.

GMs will be allowed to call up a player at anytime during a scoring period if one of their players goes down with an injury.

Once a player is called up, that player is the only one who accumulates points for the scoring period, not the injured player. Also, the called up player must then pass through waivers (if not exempt) to be taken off the roster once the injured player is reinserted into a scoring period. If another player is injured while the initial injured player (now healthy) is waiting for the next scoring period, the now heathy player can be the “call up”

This rule will be inserted in to the GM Game rules doc.


-BoG-

VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Roster lock for October will be 11:59pm Wednesday Oct. 11th! Your team MUST be set and cap compliant by this time.

Cap floor is $62.4m

Failure to be compliant may result in penalties which will be at the BOGs discretion.

-BOG-

The following teams will be penalized the subsequent penalties for non-compliance at roster lock.


No waivers, under cap floor, over roster allowance
2024 3rd VGK


No waivers, over roster limit
2026 5th LA
2024 7th LA


no waivers
2025 5th NJ


No waivers
2024 5th TB


missed a waiver player, had 2 roster players he didn't own
2024 5th DAL


no waivers
2024 5th NSH


didn't waive all players
2024 5th WSH


-BOG-

Clarification/tweak to this rule…

Your player must miss 5 games due to injury to be eligible for a swap. This doesn’t include illness or being a healthy scratch. These 5 games must be within 1 scoring period.

Now that the 1st Scoring Period of the season is complete, waiver priority order will be based on the inverse of the overall league standings. Please see the November tab on the linked sheet. This will be the priority order for all claims made in November.

Waivers Sheet

-BOG

December lock will be at 11:59pm Dec 2

Waiver priority order for December has been set. Please see the attached sheet. Order is the inverse of the overall league standings at the time of December roster lock.

Waivers Sheet

-BOG

Waiver order for January has been set. Please see attached. Order is the inverse of league standings at January lock.

Waivers Sheet

-BOG

We are looking for a replacement GM for Florida, please DM myself or amy other BOG member if you have an AGM that would like to apply. Send us their twitter handle and their CF handle. Thanks

-BOG

RFA re-signs will take place in the off-season with the exception of RFAs that re-sign IRL prior to the offseason and you are matching their IRL deal.

Note: This does not apply to RFAs in game that have a contract beyond this season and have signed an extension IRL. Those players will need to be negotiated at their end of their in game contract.

Waiver order for Feb has been set. See attached. Order is the inverse of standings at Feb roster lock.

Waivers Sheet

Also, a reminder to GMs as we near the near the trade deadline, you are responsible for making sure you inherit the GM Game contract, not irl contract, for any player you acquire via trade or claim on waivers. We are 3 years into v5 now, so many players' contracts are different. The "Skater Card" on the main scoring sheet should have the most accurate contractual details.

-BOG

1. The Trade Deadline will be at 11:59pm EST on February 29th.
2. All players that had to wait until 2 weeks prior to the TDL will be eligible for trade on February 16th.
3. The March roster lock will take place on March 1st.

Happy trading!