I'm not sure why we are doing a second wave at all. Teams didn't properly strategize if they were banking on the BOG bailing them out and having another opportunity to utilize a fallback, which is having a second waive of FA.

If you need (2) bottom-six forwards, you should bid on players accordingly, such as (6) so that you account in case teams have a better offer. Not bid on (2) and then realize you didn't get your want and than have another chance to recover

There's no harm in adding the unsigned UFA's from the first round into the mix.
Technically, UFA is not a process with an "end". Players are still eligible to be signed into the course of the regular season.

Whether we put them back on the market isn't really a question, as they shouldn't be off the market to begin with.
We simply don't have a method of determining if/when an unsigned player would agree to a contract, or things like PTO's.

Making those UFA's available in some fashion makes sense. This is one way to perhaps decrease their numbers, or at least get the majority of NHL-signed players onto teams.
We can use the waiver process during the regular season for players who sign after opening day, or a similar system for teams that wish to sign such a player.

Jagr doesn't have a contract, for example. If he signs at a later date, a team may be interested, but it isn't a surprise if nobody wants him while he doesn't have a contract.
Other players have signed in the KHL, but often have out clauses and could return to the NHL mid-season as well.

I assume we'll also have another waiver period after season starts and players are cut? They would become FA's if no one picks them up

Wait if someone waives a player and they aren't picked up they become an FA?

I would assume so yes. I think he's talking about buyouts. Waivers as in unconditional waivers.

In season waivers would only be for player reassignments to the minors.
You can't just waive a player and send them to free agency. The only way to drop a contract is via buyout.

Setting opening night rosters would determine which players remain on your NHL roster and which players head to the minors.
Those who aren't exempt but are being assigned to the minors would need to be submitted to waivers.

Yeah that makes sense to me

I may be away the 20th of August, so if we could potentially do the college offers over a 48h period that would be much appreciated. (Cousins birthdays are this weekend)

We can look in to that, I don't believe a date has been finalized. For future reference though, please use the Discussion Between BOG and Other GM's Thread, just for the sake of structure and organization.

For NCAA/CHL/INT'L free agents, teams must privately inform us of the players that they wish to bid on, being bind to that list. This insures that other teams don't benefit from other GMs' hard work and evaluation, simply because they are delusional and don't know who Spencer Foo is.

Thats my take on it. I hate when teams just bid on players they didn't independently know of, and then force the GMs who did the legwork to either invoke waiver priority or simply loose out on their desired player.

So what will happen with the 2nd wave of NHL free agents?

I think we should have a list of the second wave of NHL FAs, but for the College FAs we should do what Nick said

I think that we should gather intel to see if the GMs want to have another wave of NHL free agency, prior to constructing the list.

I agree with this

Same.

4-0 on supporting the GMs telling the BOG who they want to bid on for the NCAA/CHL/INT'L free agency (DTP, Bo, Tony, jabonri all in favor)

That passes per majority rules. I think that we need to further discuss on how we would accumulate data and when we would start bidding.

Well for starters, are NCAA/CHL/INTL players who signed with an NHL team the only ones who are eligible?

I'm going to say no because only one NCAA has signed thus far. If teams want to spend a waiver order on players that may never get a contract, so be it.

Yeah that's true. I have a list of most (if not all) ELC's signed this offseason and whether that player was drafted by a team or not if you guys want/need it.

I was looking into the Casey DeSmith issue that Jmac mentioned. It appears to me that he never should have been the property of Pittsburgh because he was signed by them months after the GM Game was started. I'm not sure how Florida got him, but I presume he was signed as an FA.

I mentioned this to Marco about a week ago when he asked.
Pittsburgh in our game never signed Casey DeSmith (I checked).

Florida legitimately acquired him in free agency and are the rightful owner of the player.

Pittsburgh/Toronto need to reverse the trade (if possible) or come to terms for compensation.

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5-0 on supporting the GMs telling the BOG who they want to bid on for the NCAA/CHL/INT'L free agency (DTP, Bo, Tony, jabonri, Rico all in favor)

Toronto and Pittsburgh have been informed that they need to work out compensation.

6-0 even though it already passed...

We will. Unless someone drafted something already