Free agency usually isn't really that exciting in SHL. What would it take for you to seek a new team in free agency? Or if you wouldn’t ever do so, why not?
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I don't think so. I like it too much in Atlanta. The only thing that could conceivably get me to find a new team is if there were major personel changes in the team and management, or if they didn't have the room for me and I still wanted to continue my career on this player.

Jae-ik Barron || C || S73 || Great Falls Grizzlies || Atlanta Inferno
Player Type: Two-Way Forward / Shadow
Birthplace: Seongnam, South Korea
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 201 lbs
Number: 27
Nationality: Canadian / South Korean
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Transactions:
(S72) Drafted 4th overall by the Great Falls Grizzlies
(S73) Drafted 13th overall by the Atlanta Inferno
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SMJHL Regular Season Statistics:
S72-S74 (GFG) - 198 GP | 35 G | 99 A | 134 P | -38 | 84 PIM | 254 HIT | 115 SB | 19:24 TOI
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SMJHL Playoff Statistics:
S72-S74 (GFG) - 19 GP | 6 G | 9 A | 15 P | +1 | 10 PIM | 22 HIT | 12 SB | 20:13 TOI


Adam Barron || D || S50 || Retired
Player Type: Two-Way Defenseman
Birthplace: Bonavista, NL, Canada
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 195 lbs
Number: 27
Peak TPE: 2318
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SHL Regular Season Statistics:
S52-68 : 1042 GP | 174 G | 466 A | 640 P | +278 | 427 PIM | 1103 HIT | 1743 SB | xx TOI
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SHL Playoff Statistics:
10 Post-seasons - 94 GP | 26 G | 37 A | 63 P | +5 | 32 PIM | 117 HIT | 159 SB | xx TOI
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SMJHL Regular Season Statistics:
S49-S51 (HFX) - 150 GP | 12 G | 59 A | 71 P | -8 | 92 PIM | 143 HIT | 157 SB | 19:27 TOI
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SMJHL Playoff Statistics:
S49-S51 (HFX) - 18 GP | 3 G | 10 A | 13 P | +8 | 10 PIM | 11 HIT | 23 SB | 22:40 TOI
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Transactions:
(S49) Drafted 18th overall by the Halifax Raiders
(S50) Drafted 1st overall by the Winnipeg Jets
(S57) Traded to the Toronto North Stars
(S63) Traded to the Baltimore Platoon
(S66) Signed with the Atlanta Inferno
(S67) Signed with the San Francisco Pride
(S68) Retired during the Off-season
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Awards & Accomplishments:
SHL Challenge Cup: winner (S66)
SHL Anton Razov Trophy: nominated (S58)
SHL Ron Mexico Trophy: nominated (S58)
SHL Scott Stevens Trophy: winner (S58)
SHL Aidan Richan Trophy: nominated (S58)
SHL Bojo Biscuit: nominated (S61)
SHL Turd Ferguson: winner (S68)
IIHF: gold (S54, S56, S57, S58), silver (S61, S62), bronze (S55, S63, S64)
IIHF Best Defenseman: winner (S58, S61)
WJC: gold (S51), silver (S50)

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It's either getting a cup or not getting a cup. Most likely I will not go to FA from MAN. If I do get traded in the future it is quite likely I will try out the FA however!

No idea. I have never really entertained the idea of going on free agency. That said, if I did, I would probably prefer to go to a good team for a change. Let's just say that I usually spent more time on rebuilding teams than anything else. So, you know, a decent change of pace and all that.

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Former Players: Yoshimitsu McCloud (LW, #64) -
Won a Four Star Cup once, knew ninjutsu, picture editors hated him, never tried free agency
Anton Harrier (LW, #90) -
Won WJC gold, liked skateboarding a lot, went to the finals with Manhattan, kept his seat glued in LR

I have no plans to test free agency. I am happy in Toronto and am excited to be apart of a group of players who will hopefully bring a cup home in the near future.

Credit to Amidships & sulovilen

I don't want Seppanen to seek free agency unless we're at the tail end of our career, Seppanen hasn't won anything, and winning a cup or something is essential to hall of fame efforts and Atlanta has no chance at making a deep run.

Kristian Seppanen | | RD | | Malamutes | | Inferno Name: Kristian Seppanen Birthplace: Finland Height: 6'3"Weight: 237 Number: 13] Current Team: YukonYukon Captain S74-Present----------------------------------------------- SMJHL Regular Season Stats: 211 GP | 14 G | 97 A | 111 P | -12 | 299 H | 581 SB | 35 GA | 209 TASMJHL Post Season Stats: 43 GP | 2 G | 28 A | 30 P | +15 | 34 H | 124 SB | 8 GA | 51 TASHL Regular Season Stats: SHL Post Season Stats:  ----------------------------------------------- Transactions:Drafted 11 OA by the Yukon Malamutes in the S72 SMJHL Entry DraftDrafted 14 OA by the Atlanta Inferno in the S73 SHL Entry Draft----------------------------------------------- Awards:S73 SMJHL All-Star Team Awards: S73 Wheel Dog Award - Best DEF S74 Wheel Dog Award - Best DEF S73 Growler Award - 179 SB  S74 Growler Award - 178 SB  S74 Lead Dog Award - Team Leader 

Denebor Milasch would really only go to free agency if there was a massive turn over in culture in the Toronto Locker room or if the team felt it was time to move on. Milasch has nothing against going to free agency, but would rather play most of his career for one team if possible.

Thank you @Ragnar  for the Sig!

Previously: Patrick Shepherd (S52 - S64)

The only way I would ever consider testing free agency in the SHL is if I was close to some records and the Forge did not need me anymore. Otherwise, I'm PFL

Graj Virrok || D (S68/69), F (S70-current) || Philadelphia Forge
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SMJHL Stats

S65: Goalkeeper

S66 (KEL): 66GP | 1 G | 14A | 15P | -57  | 68 sog | 1.47 sh% | 2 ppp | 82 hits | 150blks | 32 pim

S67 (KEL): 66GP | 4 G | 24A | 28P | -19  | 165sog | 2.42 sh% | 8 ppp | 71 hits | 120blks | 28 pim

SMJHL Totals (KEL): 132 GP | 5 G | 38 A | 43 P | -76 | 233 sog | 2.15 sh% | 10 ppp | 153 hits | 270 blks | 60 pim

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SHL Stats:

S68 (PHI): 66GP | 3 G | 33 A | 36 P | +45  | 119sog | 2.52 sh% | 0 ppp | 44 hits | 82 blks | 30 pim

S69 (PHI): 66GP | 2 G | 32 A | 34 P | +55  | 146sog | 1.37 sh% | 0 ppp | 54 hits | 164 blks | 20 pim

Defenseman Totals: 132 GP | 5 G | 65 A | 70 P | +100 | 265 sog | 1.89 sh% | 0 ppp | 98 hits | 246 blks | 50 PIM

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S70 (PHI):  66 GP | 31 G | 49 A | 80 P | +54  | 208sog | 14.90sh% | 3 ppp | 155 hits | 34 blks | 50 pim

S71 (PHI):  66 GP | 23 G | 48 A | 71 P | +17  | 208sog | 11.06sh% | 22 ppp | 167 hits | 49 blks | 50 pim

S72 (PHI):  66 GP | 39 G | 52 A | 91 P | +42  | 277sog | 14.08sh% | 19 ppp | 71 hits | 64 blks | 65 pim

S73 (PHI): 66 GP | 40 G | 69 A | 109 P | +53 | 272sog | 14.7sh% | 30 ppp | 74 hits | 54 blks | 40 pim

S74 (PHI): 66 GP | 54 G | 53 A | 107 P | +46 | 312sog | 17.3sh% | 25 ppp | 83 hits | 58 blks | 44 pim

S75 (PHI): 66 GP | 55 G | 57 A | 112 P | +51 | 349sog | 15.8sh% | 35 ppp | 63 hits | 62 blks | 52 pim

S76 (PHI): 66 GP | 49 G | 51 A | 100 P | +12 | 309sog | 15.9sh% | 28 ppp | 70 hits | 54 blks | 27 pim

S77 (PHI): 66 GP | 31 G | 62 A | 93 P | +19 | 248sog | 12.5sh% | 32 ppp | 139 hits | 38 blks | 40 pim

Forward Totals: 528 GP | 322 G | 441 A | 763 P | +294  | 2183sog | 14.75sh% | 194 ppp | 822 hits | 413 blks | 368 pim

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Career Totals: 660 GP | 327 G | 506 A | 833 P | +394 | 2448 sog | 13.4sh% | 194 ppp | 920 hits | 659 blks | 436 PIM

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Achievements:

Won Bronze in WJC with Sweden in S65

Made S68 All-Rookie team as Defenseman with Philadelphia Forge[/pbl

[pbl]Won Silver in IIHF with Sweden in S69

S69 Challenge Cup Champion with the Philadelphia Forge

Made S69 All-Star Game as Defenseman with Philadelphia Forge

Won Silver in IIHF with Sweden in S70

Won Bronze in IIHF with Sweden in S72[/b]

[pbl]Won the S72 Jeff Dar Award with the Philadelphia Forge

Won Gold in IIHF with Sweden in S73

Won Gold in IIHF with Sweden in S75

Made S75 All-Star team as Forward with Philadelphia Forge

Made S75 All-Star Game as Forward with Philadelphia Forge

Nominated for S75 Jeff Dar award with Philadelphia Forge

Nominated for S75 Sarmad Khan award with Philadelphia Forge

Made S76 All-Star Game as Forward with Philadelphia Forge

Recorded 4 consecutive 100-point seasons from S73-S76 with Philadelphia Forge

Made S77 All-Star Game as Forward with Philadelphia Forge

SHL Totals: All-Star teams: 2 | All-Star Games: 4+ | Awards: 1 | Award Nominations: 3

IIHF/WJC totals: 2 Gold | 2 Silver | 2 Bronze

Transactions:

S65: Drafted at Round 2, Pick 1 (15oa) by the Kelowna Knights

Signed 1 year, $4,000,000 contract with the Kelowna Knights

S66: Drafted at Round 1, Pick 18 (18oa) by the Philadeplhia Forge

Signed 1 year, $3,000,000 contract with the Philadelphia Forge

Awarded $500,000 for Bronze Medal in S66 WJC

Signed 3 year, $9,000,000 ($3,000,000/yr) extension with the Philadelphia Forge

Signed 2-year, $8,000,000 ($4,000,000/yr) contract with the Philadelphia Forge

Career Earnings: $20,500,000

Thanks to EAB and sulovien for the sigs!

I might go to free agency when i feel i have done enough for calgary and try what free agency feels like and what it is to play on another a SHL team

Kaarlo Koivunen || RD || Yukon Malmutes || Calgary Dragons 



Name: Kaarlo Koivunen

Birthplace: Rauma, Finland

Height: 6'1"

Weight: 200 lbs

Number: 28

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Career Statistics:

SMJHL Regular Season:

S73 | 66 GP | 6 G | 30 A | 36 P | +2 | 40 PIM | 93 H

S74 | 66 GP | 6 G | 28 A | 34 P | +8 | 32 PIM | 88 H

S75 | 66 GP | 10 G | 26 A | 36 P | +26 | 32 PIM | 84 H

S76 | 66 GP | 6 G | 17 A | 23 P | -32 | 36 PIM | 117 H

SMJHL Post season:

S73 | 13 GP | 0 G | 8 A | 8 P | -4 | 6 PIM | 16 H

S74 | 11 GP | 0 G | 1 A | 1 P | -1 | 2 PIM | 20 H

S75 | 6 GP | 2 G | 1 A | 3 P | 1 | 0 PIM | 10 H

S76 | 6 GP | 1 G | 1 A | 2 P | -4 | 4 PIM | 13 H

SMJHL Career: 

 Regular Season: 

 264 GP | 28 G | 101 A | 129 P | +4 | 140 PIM | 382 H
 Playoffs: 
 36 GP | 3 G | 11 A | 14 P | -8 | 12 PIM | 59 H

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Drafted by yukon malmutes in the s73 SMJHL draft as the 49th pick 

Drafted by calgary dragons in the s74 SHL draft as the 36th pick

I would love to try free agency some time. I didn't really restrict my SHL teams last draft because I figured I'd at least get to try FA if I ended up on a team I didn't like. Alas I ended up on WPG and that won't change until they tell me it has to

I don't get to ever leave New Orleans for the obvious reasons, and when you've GM'd as long as I have, you forget what FA is really like. But for the most part, if I COULD leave a team, it would only be when I have a player at my peak, but I'm stuck on a rebuilding team. I don't need my player to go 5-40-5 when he should be a piece on a cup winning team.

Joe Kurczewski ll New Orleans Specters GM ll 1679 TPE

Drafted 12th overall by the Calgary Dragons in the S31 SHL Entry Draft
Drafted 22nd Overall to STL in the SMJHL S30 Entry Draft
Named Assistant Captain of the Scarecrows for S30
Named Captain of the Scarecrows for S31 and S32
Won the IIHF Gold Medal with Team USA in S31
Traded to Montreal at the S32 Trade Deadline
Named STL Scarecrows Co-GM
Won the S32 Challenge Cup with the Calgary Dragons
Won the IIHF Gold Medal with Team USA in S34
Won the S39 Four Star Cup as GM of the St. Louis Scarecrows
Won the S40 Challenge Cup with the Calgary Dragons
Won the S40 Ron Mexico Trophy (League MVP as voted by the awards committee)
Won the S40 Sarmad Khan Trophy (League MVP as voted by the players)
Won the IIHF Gold Medal with Team USA in S40.
Won the S42 Challenge Cup with the Calgary Dragons
Won the S42 Jeff Dar Trophy for Best Two-Way Forward
Won the S42 Anton Razov Trophy for Playoff MVP
Won the S44 Four Star Cup as GM of the St. Louis Scarecrows
Traded in the S44/S45 offseason to the Edmonton Blizzard for an S46 1st Round Pick
Won the S45 Challenge Cup with the Edmonton Blizzard
Won the S45 Four Star Cup as GM of the St. Louis Scarerows
Was awarded one of the two expansion franchises for S46 (New Orleans Specters)
 SHL STATS

Regular Season
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S33: 50 GP - 6 G - 9 A - 15 PTS
S34: 50 GP - 14 G - 14 A - 28 PTS
S35: 50 GP - 14 G - 12 A - 26 PTS
S36: 50 GP - 23 G - 29 A - 52 PTS
S37: 50 GP - 28 G - 29 A - 57 PTS
S38: 50 GP - 25 G - 21 A - 46 PTS
S39: 50 GP - 17 G - 30 A - 47 PTS
S40: 50 GP - 29 G - 37 A - 66 PTS
S41: 50 GP - 25 G - 38 A - 63 PTS
S42: 50 GP - 18 G - 35 A - 53 PTS
S43: 50 GP - 17 G - 35 A - 52 PTS
S44: 50 GP - 21 G - 24 A - 45 PTS
S45: 50 GP - 22 G - 37 A - 59 PTS
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Career: 650 GP - 259 G - 350 A - 609 PTS

Playoffs:
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S32: 2 GP - 0 G - 0 A - 0 PTS (Won Challenge Cup)
S33: 16 GP - 6 G - 3 A - 9 PTS (Lost in Cup Final to NEW 4-2)

S34: Did Not Qualify
S35: 13 GP - 7 G - 4 A - 11 PTS (Lost in 2nd Round to POR 4-3)
S36: 11 GP - 5 G - 7 A - 12 PTS (Lost in 2nd Round to TEX 4-0)
S37: 7 GP - 5 G - 8 A - 13 PTS (Lost in 1st Round to SEA 4-3)
S38: 17 GP - 10 G - 11 A - 21 PTS (Lost in Cup Final to MAN 4-2)
S39: 4 GP - 1 G  - 1 A - 2 PTS (Lost in 1st Round to LAP 4-0)
S40: 19 GP - 6 G - 18 A - 24 PTS (Won Challenge Cup)
S41: 6 GP - 3 G - 3 A - 6 PTS (Lost in 1st Round to WPG 4-2)
S42: 16 GP - 10 G - 15 A - 25 PTS (Won Challenge Cup)
S43: 6 GP - 5 G - 3 A - 8 PTS (Lost in 1st Round to WPG 4-2)
S44: 5 GP - 0 G - 2 A - 2 PTS (Lost in 1st Round to EDM 4-1)
S45: 18 GP - 9 G - 10 A - 19 PTS(Won Challenge Cup)
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Totals: 138 GP - 68 G - 84 A - 152 PTS

SMJHL STATS
Regular Season:

S30: 50 GP - 13 G - 13 A - 26 PTS 
S31: 50 GP - 17 G - 21 A - 38 PTS
S32: STL: 42 GP - 14 G - 7 A - 21 PTS
S32: MTL: 8 GP - 2 G - 2 A - 4 PTS 
S32: TOT: 50 GP - 16 G - 9 A - 25 PTS
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Playoffs: 
 
S30: 7GP - 3 G - 3 A - 6 PTS
S31: 4GP - 0 G - 0 A - 0 PTS
S32: 4GP - 3 G - 1 A - 4 PTS


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I think the only way I'd pursue FA is if the team I was on just didn't need me, either because I was too bad or they had a replacement and were fine with not getting value back for me. FA can be fun to get interest, but it's definitely very stressful too.

[S72] - D - Cheeks Klapanen

Klapanen Update Thread

Would probably help to know more people around the league, but I'd really only seek FA if my locker room were particularly dead or we just didn't mesh well. If my GMs bet on me by drafting me, I don't wanna bail on them once I reach my prime.

I'm a very loyal player - even if my team sucks, I probably wouldn't openly desire free agency. A trade is fine, maybe I can help out both teams with that, but I generally just want to be as useful as possible. 

It does seem like it would be fun to be a free agent though, lots of suitors!

Personally, I, like many other SHLers, are loyal to their team. The only way I would ever leave, is if they gave Gabe the keys to the franchise. We all saw what happened in his brief stint in Vancouver..

render cred: @rum_ham, @Rangerjase @Ragnar @supertardis101 @Jogurtaa @Drokeep @evilallbran @Carpy48 @enigmatic
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Igor Victory | LD | PHI | Tampere, Finland
Number: 11
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 228#
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Notables:
Drafted 48th by ANC in S54 SMJHL draft
S54 HoF Ceremony Host
S55 HoF Ceremony Host
Drafted 12th OA by TBB in S55 SHL draft
S55 Finland WJC GM - Bronze
S56 Finland WJC Co-GM
S56 SMJHL Intern
S57-S60- Anchorage Armada Co-GM
S57 4 Star Champion
S57 WJC Finland GM - Gold Medal
S60 Signed FA Contract with Philadelphia Forge
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SHL Stats:
S58 - TBB: GP:66 G:3 A:11 P:14 +/-:-12 PIM:4 H:63 SB:121 TOI:18:18
S59 - TBB: GP:66 G:3 A: 17 P:20 +/-:-11 PIM: 15 H:66 SB:115 TOI:18:39
S60 - PHI: GP: 66 G:11 A:24 P:35 +/-:18 PIM: 28 H:85 SB:104 TOI:19:26
S61 - PHI:

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SMJHL stats: All games played with ANC

S54- GP:50 G:4 A:7 P:11 +/-:-1 PIM:28 H:51 SB:30 DGR: 63 TOI: 18:20

S55- GP:50 G:5 A:7 P:12: +/-:7 PIM:4 H:59 SB:68 DGR:71 TOI:17:39

S56- GP:50 G:4 A:22 P:26 +/-:-4 PIM:15 H:60 SB:30 DGR: 75 TOI:20:42

S57- GP:55 G:13 A:20 P:33 +/-:39 PIM:29 H:116 SB:108 DGR:84 TOI:20:34

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SMJHL playoff stats

S54- GP:7 G:1 A:1 P:2 +/-:-2 PIM:9 H:9 SB:10 DGR:72 TOI:19:38

S55- GP:7 G:0 A:5 P:5 +/-: -3 PIM:2 H:14 SB:10 DGR:63 TOI:17:20

S56- GP:16 G:5 A:5 P:10 +/-:-1 PIM:2 H:19 SB:11 DGR:76 TOI:21:11

S57- GP: 16 G:2 A:3 P:5 +/-:8 PIM:10 H:21 SB:10 TOI:20:34

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International Representations

S54 WJC FIN - Bronze
S55 WJC FIN - Bronze
S56 WJC FIN
S57 WJC FIN - GOLD
S57 IIHF FIN
S58 IIHF FIN
S58 IIHF FIN

Seattle is really my best chance since joining in 2017 to finally win a cup, I'd be an idiot wanting to leave in UFA. The goalie market is also so saturated