Cap/Roster question

[Guest]

Hey guys I'm the new GM in Anchorage, and I have a couple questions.

I'm up against the cap(420K)
I had 46 active players
I released a player to free up some cap room, leaving me now with 45 active.
This enabled me to offer two contracts for the 2 roster spots the game reuires me to fill. Now when I exported I got a message:
You are 2 positions short, and you only have 45 active players
Question 1) will the game possibly sign these players or just ignore my offers and randomly sign 2 guys.
Question 2) Will the game make a random player cut so that we'll have enough money to fill the roster.

If the game signs the 2 I offered I will be fine, I'm just ot sure it will..

RD

[Guest]

If those two players don't sign the game will cut players and sign others in order to keep you under the cap and have a full team.

[irabowman]

Question: I am looking at a player I want to trade for. His current salary is 8 mill and bonus is 7 mill, next year salary 9 mill bonus 5 mill. I want to make sure I am correct before I make a offer. If the trade is accepted I pick up his current salary, the team he is with now the bonus is a cap hit to them. Is this correct or do I pay his bonus also? I am willing to take on his salary, but if I pay the bonus too he gets little to expensive for me.

[Aston]

Yeah, those messages don't take into account your current offers. If they go through, it'll be fine. The logic applies only when the games are run -- after I import the stage files and any transactions take place.

@ira, you will pick up any salary on his deal only, and his old team will take a $7M cap penalty this year, and a $5M cap penalty next year.