Talk:2024–25 NHL transactions

Buyouts

@Uncleben85, since you're normally the transactions guru - are Atkinson/Suter's buyouts correctly listed, or should they be dated tomorrow due to waivers/etc? I'm honestly not entirely sure how it works with respect to that. The Kip ^(contribs) 17:56, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Great question! A typical buyout will require waivers and will only be official after clearing, the next day. But a player with a NMC can waive the waivers period. If you look at Suter, he has an NMC and looks to have skipped going on waivers (the Stars' press release reads "Stars buy out defenseman Ryan Suter"); Atkinson has a M-NTC but not an NMC so would need waivers (Flyers' release reads "Flyers to Buy Out", "Flyers announced today they will buy out") –uncleben85 (talk) 22:53, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Going by your edit on the article - wait, wouldn't that mean Suter's the one that's already been bought out today, not Atkinson? The Kip ^(contribs) 23:05, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Yes! Sorry, just hid the wrong one. I also just put Skinner back in; he had an NMC and skipped going on waivers. –uncleben85 (talk) 04:15, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Listing college hockey imports

In the past, whenever we've added imports coming from college hockey we've linked to their former team's conference, but labelled it as "NCAA". For example,

April 4, 2024	Collin Graf	San Jose Sharks	Quinnipiac Bobcats	NCAA
April 4, 2024	Dylan Wendt	New Jersey Devils	Western Michigan Broncos	NCAA

instead of

April 4, 2024	Collin Graf	San Jose Sharks	Quinnipiac Bobcats	ECAC
April 4, 2024	Dylan Wendt	New Jersey Devils	Western Michigan Broncos	NCHC

I am wondering if, as NCAA imports come in this season, we should move to the latter, explicitly listing each conference instead of saying "NCAA". When I started the Imports project, it was sort of an arbitrary decision on my part to say "NCAA", because that's often how where the players are coming from is referred and it was easier to lump them in as a single league, but reflecting on how we refer to and specify "OHL", "QMJHL", and "WHL" instead of "CHL", maybe it makes sense to not lump them. Curious what others think. I can see arguments either way. –uncleben85 (talk) 19:01, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

I've noticed the draft pages have seen a switch to listing conferences instead of "NCAA", as well, e.g.,

1	Macklin Celebrini (C)	Canada	San Jose Sharks	Boston University Terriers (Hockey East)

–uncleben85 (talk) 19:02, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

I lean towards including the specific conference, effectively for the same rationale that we include specific junior leagues. The Kip ^(contribs) 23:14, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Retirement scope

@Uncleben85 - I'm not a diehard on whatever way it goes, but re: Staal - I thought the general consensus was within the last three seasons to list retirements? The Kip ^(contribs) 21:07, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

The consensus and working model is to go no further than just the past season. I'm not actually against changing it, but this thread is for transactions this season, so my inclination is to keep it as is. A player like Pavelski retiring does change the landscape for this season, but Staal has already been not playing and more importantly without contract so, for the sake of the transactions page, his official retirement does not have much bearing. It's also going to be a lot harder to track retirements the further we allow that window to go back; I'd personally suggest, if we do expand it, no more than 3 years as you suggest - but I'd start a discussion on the project page.--–uncleben85 (talk) 23:28, 5 August 2024 (UTC)