OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - Connor McDavid placed on waivers at start of 26-27 season

JeffR · 11-21-2024, 01:00 AM

Thanks, got the save. I backed it up to the backup from a month earlier, and when I played it forward they didn't waive him in that one. In the main save, the Oilers picked up 3 players on waivers just prior to waiving him, but even with those plus their other NMC's, there isn't any situation I can see that would force them into needing to send him to the AHL, which seems to be what happened here.

But the timing is suspicious, it's right around the time the AI looks to cut cap hit for the end of the cushion period the next day, so a cap move seems like the most likely cause (although they're not actually over the cap.)

We'll have to do some more tests and see if we can re-create the logic that was used here, it looks like it might be some unusual combination of factors but we'll have to figure out exactly what it was.

11-21-2024, 01:00 AM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,433	Thanks, got the save. I backed it up to the backup from a month earlier, and when I played it forward they didn't waive him in that one. In the main save, the Oilers picked up 3 players on waivers just prior to waiving him, but even with those plus their other NMC's, there isn't any situation I can see that would force them into needing to send him to the AHL, which seems to be what happened here. But the timing is suspicious, it's right around the time the AI looks to cut cap hit for the end of the cushion period the next day, so a cap move seems like the most likely cause (although they're not actually over the cap.) We'll have to do some more tests and see if we can re-create the logic that was used here, it looks like it might be some unusual combination of factors but we'll have to figure out exactly what it was.