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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn
The replacement eligible player (determined August 31st) needs to be on the 40-man roster in order to be able to be put on the playoff roster as a replacement.
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Markus, the irony here is that I think this is one of the places that OOTP's amazing flexibility can make things confusing. I wish I had the game in front of me here at work... don't tell my boss I said that... to confirm this, but my recollection is that one of the reasons I had so many issues with how injured players and the playoff rosters worked is that I tended to do it all in the "wrong" place.
For years, I would go to the main transactions page (the one with six windows) and change the default Active Roster area (top left) to the playoff roster and the default 40 man roster area (top middle) to the Eligible Playoff Roster and then I would make all my moves. And time after time, I would read on the board that I would be able to substitute a player for the injured one, but I could never make it work.
And then one season, for no apparent reason, I decided to actually click the Playoff Roster button and use that interface instead. And sure enough, when I placed the player on the DL, there was actually a little dialogue telling me I could replace him. And when I did, it worked fine.