Waivers getting weird

treestreetgaming · 10-28-2024, 08:19 AM

In my standard sim where I expanded the league at the start I'm a few years in and teams are waiving their start players such as Jack Hughes and others. I'm assuming it has something to do with the salary cap but you would think the AI would hold their stars with value such as his. I simmed past this particular waiver day but would be willing to upload the save if that helps.

JeffR · 10-28-2024, 09:01 AM

If there's very limited cap space around the whole league, you'll start to see strange waiver moves as teams desperately try to get under the cap but can't use the best method, cap dump trades, because no one else has cap room to spare, either. Have a look at the cap hits around the league - are all the teams very close to the cap?

10-28-2024, 08:19 AM	#1
treestreetgaming Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Maine Posts: 71	Waivers getting weird In my standard sim where I expanded the league at the start I'm a few years in and teams are waiving their start players such as Jack Hughes and others. I'm assuming it has something to do with the salary cap but you would think the AI would hold their stars with value such as his. I simmed past this particular waiver day but would be willing to upload the save if that helps.

10-28-2024, 09:01 AM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,253	If there's very limited cap space around the whole league, you'll start to see strange waiver moves as teams desperately try to get under the cap but can't use the best method, cap dump trades, because no one else has cap room to spare, either. Have a look at the cap hits around the league - are all the teams very close to the cap?