Successful Waiver Claims

By Matthew Kershaw (Calgary Flames) On Saturday 21st October 2023 / 2:59pm

1. Robert Bortuzzo - Sabres (Flames)
2. Sam Carrick - Predators
3. Josh Levio - Sabres (Flames)
4. Jesper Fast - Hurricanes (Sabres)
5. Zach Aston-Reese - Flames (Golden Knights)
6. Denis Gurianov - Golden Knights
7. Michael Amadio - Penguins (Sabres, Wild, Golden Knights)
8. Gavin Bayreuther - Flames
9. Noah Juulsen - Flames
10. Lucas Johansen - Blackhawks
11. Logan Brown - Winnipeg Jets
12. Joel Kirvivanta - Maple Leafs
13. Riley Tufte - Winnipeg Jets
14. Vincent Deharnais - Oilers (Sabres, Ducks)
15. Scott Wedgewood - Oilers (Wilds, Avalanche, Jets, Ducks, Blues, Blue Jackets)
16. Jonas Johanson - Flames (Jets, Canucks)
17. Hunter Shepherd - Jets
18. Calvin Peterson - Blackhawks

Waivers Rules Updates 2023/24

Sometimes only in real world situations do we spot the need for a rule to be officially added to our rules. That is what has happened in the situation w/ Jordan Martinook.

To provide clarity, to mimic the NHL situations as best we can, and to honor a previous president (even though there may be many situations where we didn't but should have) we have an updated set of rules.

These will apply back to the start of the 2023/24 HFNHL preseason.

In the next post, we'll start listing the players who go through waivers and have multiple claims and who those claimants are.

New Waivers Rules

8.1 Waivers 

All players 24 and younger will be exempt from waivers. All those 25 and older must clear waivers to be sent to the farm.

Priority

Priority during the Off-Season is set by the number of points during the previous regular season, worst to best. In the event that two or more teams have identical points the tie-breaker shall be average goal difference ('goals for' subtract 'goals against'), where the team with the worst goal difference shall have higher priority. In the event that two teams have identical records and Avg Goal difference, priority order will be set by the fewest goals scored having higher priority.

Priority does not change regardless of the number of selections any one team may make on the same day.

Priority during the regular season is set by order of reverse points, worst to best, starting once all teams in the league have completed one game day.

Waiver order is managed manually, DO NOT rely on the order within the sim, as this is often incorrect.

Claimed Players

Players claimed can be traded immediately following a claim, except in a situation where there are multiple claims on the same player.

Waiver No Trade

Where more than one team makes a claim, that player cannot be traded unless all other teams who were involved in the original claim have passed (in order of priority on the day of the claim).

If a team would take the player, the team with the original team has to either waive to the next claimant or keep the player.

This Waiver No Trade clause applies until the end of the playoffs of the current season.

A Waiver No Trade thread will be posted on the HFBoards and the player will be designated 'no-trade' within the sim.

Claims

While claims can be made in the web, all claims are only official with a corresponding email to SimGod.

Upcoming Schedule:

By Matthew Kershaw (Calgary Flames) On Monday 16th October 2023 / 12:20pm

Monday: Double Header (GD 19 ,20), all signed players promoted to PRO ROSTER
Tuesday: Set your rosters to 23 players
Wednesday: Set your rosters to 23 players, Sim Game Day 21
Thursday: Sim Game Day 22
Friday: Regular Season schedule added, Sim rolled over to regular season. Final day of pre-season Waivers
Saturday: REGULAR SEASON DAY ONE

Waiver Claims

By Matthew Kershaw (Calgary Flames) On Monday 16th October 2023 / 9:02am

The following players have been claimed:

Paul Stastny - Ducks

Sebastian Aho (D) - Predators

Jacob Bryson - Oilers

The remainder of players cleared.

Weekend Double Headers

By Matthew Kershaw (Calgary Flames) On Friday 13th October 2023 / 6:34pm

Saturday and Sunday will both be double headers --

Waivers Oct 13, 2023

The following players were claimed on waivers:

Travis Dermott - Wild

Danton Heinen - Wings

Zach Aston-Reese - Wild

Jimmy Vesey - Hurricanes

Patrick Brown - Wild

Jordan Martinook - Oilers

Alex Edler - Oilers

Zach Bogosian - Hurricanes

Paul Stastny - Rangers

YESTERDAY -

Dylan McIlrath - Jets

Justin Danforth - Panthers

All other players cleared.

Waiver Order and more

By Matthew Kershaw (Calgary Flames) On Friday 13th October 2023 / 12:39pm

NOTE: 

There are going to be times when you get a N/A next to a player you want to claim -- you'll have to email SimGod if you believe you have a higher priority than the team listed.   The sim just shows the latest claim

 

Waivers Order

1 - Edmonton Oilers
2 - New York Rangers
3 - Carolina Hurricanes
4 - Nashville Predators
5 - Boston Bruins
6 - Ottawa Senators
7 - Pittsburgh Penguins
8 - Buffalo Sabres
9 - Arizona Coyotes
10 - New York Islanders
11 - Calgary Flames
12 - Minnesota Wild
13 - Chicago Blackhawks
14 - Seattle Kraken
15 - Vegas Golden Knights
16 - Detroit Red Wings
17 - Colorado Avalanche
18 - Winnipeg Jets
19 - Tampa Bay Lightning
20 - Philadelphia Flyers
21 - Anaheim Ducks
22 - Montreal Canadiens
23 - Dallas Stars
24 - Florida Panthers
25 - Washington Capitals
26 - Los Angeles Kings
27 - St. Louis Blues
28 - New Jersey Devils
29 - Columbus Blue Jackets
30 - San Jose Sharks
31 - Toronto Maple Leafs
32 - Vancouver Canucks

The waiver order does NOT reset if a team claims a player.  This same order applies to every player.

Waivers

WAIVERS

Waiver management can now be done from within the web, that is both waiving players and also making claims

HOWEVER: All waiver claims done on the web still require an email to SIMGOD. If there is a dispute about the waiver order, emails remain king and proof about claims. Sadly, the sim has its own methods which I cannot change for waiver order and I still need to manually check these.

During the preseason, waiver days remain at 3 days but I'll be manually managing this to ensure some stability in the system.
 

NEW in 2023

There is something new in town, a completely re-worked front-end experience for the HFNHL.

The biggest change that's now being tested -- You can now do your LINES and ROSTERS 100% on the web.

No more client file - unless you want to use it, the old ways remain. This functionality will be ready for the last few games of the pre-season.

We are going to test the new site during this last week of the pre-season.

The League file for your client is located under the MAIN+ menu.

Tomorrow, there will be passwords given out for each team to log into the sim so you can start to manage rosters and lines here in this space.

Good luck,

SimGod!