Contracts and Extensions in HLM

Understand Contracts, Extensions, and Clauses

HLM contracts show what a player earns, how many years remain, and whether a clause limits team moves. An extension is a separate agreement that begins after the current contract ends. During a negotiation, choose the term, salary, and any eligible clause, then check the player’s Signing interest before sending the offer.

HLM contracts explained

A contract’s short summary displays its remaining years and average annual value. Open the full contract information to see the salary by season, contract status, clause, and any agreed extension.

Contract detail	What it tells you
Length	How many seasons remain on the current contract.
Average annual value	The yearly cap value shown in the contract summary.
Contract status	The player’s status when the current contract expires.
Extension	The future agreement that starts after the current contract ends.
Contract clause	A restriction that can affect trades or loans once its starting year arrives.

The game shows the information available to your team. If a contract detail is unknown, do not treat an estimate as a confirmed term when comparing players.

Offer a contract extension

Open the player’s contract and choose the contract negotiation option.
Select a term and salary within the ranges shown on the screen.
Add an eligible contract clause when that option is available.
Review Signing interest, your cap space, and the clause’s starting year.
Send the offer.

Changing the term, salary, or clause updates the visible interest in the offer. The game only lists contract lengths, salaries, and clauses that are available for that negotiation.

Hockey Legacy Manager contract extension screen showing term, salary, clause, starting year, and Signing interest — Set the offer terms and review Signing interest before sending a contract extension.

An accepted extension does not replace the current contract immediately. The player finishes the remaining seasons on the current deal, then the extension becomes the active contract.

Understand contract clauses

Contract clauses become active when the player is 27 years old or has seven years of professional experience, whichever happens first. If the player has reached neither condition when the contract begins, the clause starts in the first contract year when one condition is met. The negotiation screen displays that starting year before you submit the offer.

Clause	Effect once active
No movement clause	The player can block trades and cannot be loaned to another league.
No trade clause	The player can block a trade to any other team.
Modified no trade clause	The player can block trades to the number of teams specified in the clause.

When a clause blocks the selected destination, the Trade screen says that the player’s contract clause prevents a trade to that team. You can ask the player to waive the clause for that destination, but the player can accept or decline. The trade guide explains the other checks made on the Trade screen.

Hockey Legacy Manager contract clause selector showing clause choices, a modified no-trade team count, and the clause starting year — The negotiation screen shows which clauses are available and when the selected clause begins.

Use a tryout

You can offer a Tryout only during preseason. The player must be an unsigned free agent with no contract. The league must require player contracts and cannot be an academic league.

Players on tryouts are listed separately on the Contracts screen. A tryout does not stop the player from signing a standard contract with another team, so decide whether to sign the player before the tryout deadline shown by the game.

Buy out a contract

The buyout window runs from June 21 to June 30. During that period, open Contracts → More to find the buyout action. Review the displayed result before confirming because the cost remains on your team’s finances after the player is released.

The buyout lasts twice as long as the contract’s remaining term. Its total salary cost depends on the player’s age:

Player age	Share of remaining salary paid
25 or younger	One third
26 or older	Two thirds

That cost is spread across the full buyout period. For example, a contract with two seasons left creates a four-season buyout charge. Check the effect on future cap space before confirming. The free agency and salary cap guide covers the other contract decisions that affect your available cap space.

Hockey Legacy Manager buyout confirmation showing a player’s remaining contract, buyout duration, and yearly cost — Review the full buyout period and its yearly cost before releasing the player.

A no movement clause can also prevent a loan. See waivers and roster moves for the rules that apply when moving a player off your active roster.