Confused about Player Budget

apathyduck · 11-19-2022, 02:35 PM

I don't understand why I have ~27 mil allocated for my player budget but i only have about ~2mil available for FA signing. Not entirely sure how the budget is supposed to work or what I can do about it.

Edit: Been a hot minute since i've used forums. Not sure why its not embedding but link here: https://imgur.com/a/GPswuKK

JeffR · 11-20-2022, 02:49 AM

Does the league have a salary cap? That will also (in addition to your owner's budget) limit how much you can spend.

apathyduck · 11-20-2022, 01:56 PM

Yea Its the NHL (unsurprisingly I'm the Ducks)

My cap hit is even less than that since I'm coming out of the rebuild with young players so I've been frontloading my current UFA's.

Should have just posted the whole screen the first time, sorry.

https://imgur.com/a/4ClP9Xr

This is sounding like a bug maybe?

JeffR · 11-21-2022, 03:07 AM

One other possibility to check first: do you have a bunch of open offers to free agents? Each of those will reduce how much you have to spend.

apathyduck · 11-21-2022, 04:19 AM

Ok I think I might have it figured out. Didn't think I did but I had been stuck on this day since Shesterkin was out there and was looking at signing him but ran into this

So I DID have a bunch of offers out, but it was all extensions (as in already signed for current year). When I simmed to the next day a bunch of them accepted the extensions, and all of a sudden my budget is up to 14 mil.

It appears to be calculating this extension money as money that I can't spend on FA this years while the offer is pending, but when they sign it then calculates it as only being on the books starting next year correctly.

Also with players deals still expiring this year my total salary next year is still less than it is this year so its not like im just going over budget next year either.

Unfortunately Shesterkin also signed by the time I simmed forward

11-19-2022, 02:35 PM	#1
apathyduck Bat Boy Join Date: Nov 2022 Posts: 3	Confused about Player Budget I don't understand why I have ~27 mil allocated for my player budget but i only have about ~2mil available for FA signing. Not entirely sure how the budget is supposed to work or what I can do about it. Edit: Been a hot minute since i've used forums. Not sure why its not embedding but link here: https://imgur.com/a/GPswuKK Last edited by apathyduck; 11-19-2022 at 02:37 PM.

11-20-2022, 02:49 AM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,433	Does the league have a salary cap? That will also (in addition to your owner's budget) limit how much you can spend.

11-20-2022, 01:56 PM	#3
apathyduck Bat Boy Join Date: Nov 2022 Posts: 3	Yea Its the NHL (unsurprisingly I'm the Ducks) My cap hit is even less than that since I'm coming out of the rebuild with young players so I've been frontloading my current UFA's. Should have just posted the whole screen the first time, sorry. https://imgur.com/a/4ClP9Xr This is sounding like a bug maybe?

11-21-2022, 03:07 AM	#4
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,433	One other possibility to check first: do you have a bunch of open offers to free agents? Each of those will reduce how much you have to spend.

11-21-2022, 04:19 AM	#5
apathyduck Bat Boy Join Date: Nov 2022 Posts: 3	Ok I think I might have it figured out. Didn't think I did but I had been stuck on this day since Shesterkin was out there and was looking at signing him but ran into this So I DID have a bunch of offers out, but it was all extensions (as in already signed for current year). When I simmed to the next day a bunch of them accepted the extensions, and all of a sudden my budget is up to 14 mil. It appears to be calculating this extension money as money that I can't spend on FA this years while the offer is pending, but when they sign it then calculates it as only being on the books starting next year correctly. Also with players deals still expiring this year my total salary next year is still less than it is this year so its not like im just going over budget next year either. Unfortunately Shesterkin also signed by the time I simmed forward