Offseason is 2 week long, and if you do not play competetive games in that weeks (if you do not go to playoffs or to games for staying in legue) you do not have to pay salaries. If <ou get kisk out in 1st week of playofs you have to pay salaries for 1st week, but not for 2nd.
3rd week is 1st week of new season and has 1 legue game in saturday. Financial week is sunday- sunday, not friday-friday like training week.