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That trade offer is not worth complaining about at all OP. No it isn't a fair trade both ways but it isn't completely atrocious to be called a troll offer. it is a respectable attempt but has poor value of return for what you are giving up.
 
This is one worth mentioning and Matt I'm not calling you out per se here but really?
 
http://www.gameplanhockey.com/goalie?gpid=427(22yo G at 84OVR with gifted and enthusiastic for development) for http://www.gameplanhockey.com/player?gpid=14498 (25yo D at 75OVR with gifted and purposeful for development)
 
Would you accept this offer in reverse Matt? If so lets trade Broz for Berardi then I'll accept your offer.
 
Besides this trade being a WTF from Matt the only thing wrong with it is that the player being offered will never be near as good nor is near as valuable now much less in the future yet has the same trade value as the player being requested in return. The defender he is offering has too high a trade value. That isn't Matt's fault.
 
PSA TO EVERYONE: Think about the trade you are offering. Would you even consider accepting the trade you are thinking about offering if the situation were reversed? If not don't bother sending it.

It is a bad contract in terms of player age+length when player skill is also taken into account. Could you imagine a NHL team signing a PA Parenteau, Patrik Berglund or Benoit Puliot like player to a 8 year deal then after 1 year trying to trade him? No other NHL team would want to take him due to the very bad length of the contract for the kind of player he is. The only time a contract longer than 4 or 5 years can and should be seen as good is when it is a top end player and the salary isn't over the top. The player I mentioned is not by any stretch a top player and is at best a good 2nd line option and on top of it he will not grow which makes the very long contract that much less appealing. A 5 year contract for the player I showed should be seen as the extreme high to a good contract. That is why 7 or 8 depending upon how you look at it is a bad contract for that kind of player.
 
Also why are so many 1 year contracts being labeled as bad? 1 year contracts are highly sought after in trades in real life for a reason.
 
My roster example:
http://www.gameplanhockey.com/player?gpid=14758
I'm not trying to say this player should have high value in the trade market as he shouldn't but it should not say bad contract situation. It is a 1 year very cheap contract. That is the kind of contract that is coveted in real life trades.
 
All that being said the change to see what changes the value is really nice.

I run the GM Games main site and forums. I've been trying my best in affiliation with Game Plan Hockey Manager to get both his game and the forum going.
 
Hoping we can make the most of the tech here first.. I'm going to try somethings today.
 
How many league worlds are there? We can begin the process of creating sections for each 

If you check out the bottom of the forum, there is now a live chat that will has historic messages saved. I can share the arrowchat embed code for you that can be added to any HTML pages. One if jquery, one is iframe and can be targetted by chat room.
 
Let's try also adding a few sections to see how that flies. 
 
I don't believe it's the worst thing in the world that there are separate communications ID's .. some people may have no desire to chat at all, and just want to play the game in peace.

Ok, there is a Game Worlds category now with each of the worlds being described, as well as a live chat room from the bottom menu bar.

now let's get recruiting more peeps for the worlds and where's your avatar?

The release of trades to beta is coming soon. Probably next week.
 
A heads up. The release contains an adjustment of the salary cap penalty rule when releasing players. Half the salary will then be locked for the remainder of the player's contract. So if you have any unwanted players now is the time to release them! ;-)