GamePlanHockey

As previously mentioned, our web server will be physically moved by the hosting company. The date has now been set to this Saturday (Dec 8th). That means that the game will be unavailable during the move. Expect a down time for at least 4-8 hours, maybe more. Hopefully everything goes well and we can have all current game worlds up and running later that day.

(Note that if you live in North America the server will go offline late Friday evening/night due to time zone differences.)

You have probably noticed that all team mascots have disappeared from the game. The license that grants us permission to use the mascots have expired and unfortunately it seems like we won’t be able to extend this license to the same terms any longer. We’re currently working hard to find another provider of team mascots. 

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed bug where waiver claims could be stuck even after the player transfered to his new team
• Fixed bug where a player didn’t receive scratched status when injured or assigned to minor league.
• Fixed bug where draft picks couldn't be removed from a trade offer (when countering an offer).
• Fixed bug where the "Find player filter" (Transfer page) didn’t load the correct results.
• Fixed bug where player confidence could be shown in green even if the label said “Uncomfortable”.
• Fixed bug where total ice time on lineup could be below 100%.

IR

New feature IR & Waivers

• IR
  Teams now have the possibility to place injured players on the injured reserve list. By doing so the player’s salary will not be counted against the team’s salary cap. This will allow the team to either recall a player from the affiliate or to sign a replacement from the free agent list. All players assigned to the injured reserve list must spend a minimum of 5 days on the list before being activated. Once the player is healthy he must be activated within another 5 days else he will be eligible for waivers (see below).
   
• Waivers
  In order to free cap space teams may place up to 3 players on waivers. Waived players will not count their salary against the team’s salary cap and they will not be able to play games for the team while being placed on the waivers. All waived players are available for free transfer to any other team who are willing to acquiring the player’s contract. 
  
  Interested teams then have the possibility to put in a claim for the player. If more than one team puts in a claim then a lottery will decide which team that gets the player. The worse the league position the better the chance in the lottery. The lottery is held (and transfer) at the end of the next day after the first claim.
  
  Waived players are available for claim to any team that would be eligible to trade for the player. All waived players may be found on the transfer page by using the search panel.
  
  Notes!
  This is a first version of the waivers in GPHM and it's not yet feature complete. There are some important differences between the current waivers in GPHM and how things work in the NHL. In GPHM a player won’t need to clear waivers before being sent down to the affiliate. All 2-way players may still be moved up and down the affiliate without any restrictions. And 1-way players still can’t be sent down to the affiliate even if being placed on the waiver list.

• Improved computer team trade statuses, Computer teams will protect their top players and young prospects (Previously installed)
• Add/Remove player to/from shortlist directly from player dropdowns.
• Rework of the transfer page. Latest transactions are now the default view. Improved loading in find players (no default search result). Find player result for free agents will no longer display player’s interest for team, instead a general interest value is displayed to show how many other teams are interested in the player.
• Salary cap penalties are now removed if team is promoted or relegated.
   
• Improved page loading speed for manager, team and player pages. Tabs will load on demand.
• Adjustment player development. Small decrease for juniors.
• Adjustment of retirement age. Bigger chance of retirement.
• Adjustment of contract demands. Reputation has bigger impact and decrease in demands for older players.
• Adjustment of assistant ratings in game analysis
• Adjustment of injuries (decreased)
• Adjustment of simulator locks (decreased)
   
• Fixed bug where player was auto recalled from affiliate even if injured
• Fixed bug where account type was not synced if manager switched worlds
• Fixed bug where players was ruled as underestimating the opponent in every game
• Fixed bug where inbox message for playoff relegation was not correct
• Fixed bug where inbox message was not sent on free agent signing for shortlisted player
• Fixed bug where pending contract was not transformed to promoted league level
• Fixed bug where negative cap on current season blocked pending signing for next season
• Fixed minor layout bugs
• Fixed bug for stats sorter on team page
• Fixed bug where no inbox message was sent for injured affilaite players