WHO TO PROTECT IN EXPANSION DRAFT?

[PsychoticPondGoons]

easy.  Any Entry level deal signed 2015 or later is exempt

Jonathan is correct.

[blkhwkfn]

Haha thanks, i was trying to be lazy. Ended up reading some of the thread. Was thinking that but wanted to confirm. Thanks again

[Jonathan]

Ok question and this may have been covered already. Rookies and second year players are exempt from the expansion draft. So when is a second year player a 3rd year player? Lets use Connor McDavid as an example, when does he become a 3rd year guy? First day of the new season (2017-18) or after this current season ends?

easy.  Any Entry level deal signed 2015 or later is exempt

[blkhwkfn]

Ok question and this may have been covered already. Rookies and second year players are exempt from the expansion draft. So when is a second year player a 3rd year player? Lets use Connor McDavid as an example, when does he become a 3rd year guy? First day of the new season (2017-18) or after this current season ends?

[PsychoticPondGoons]

correct

We may need to space it out to allow 2 wks from the end of the Expansion Draft to the start of Free Agency.
Vegas needs time to draft.
FNHL Commish needs time to verify eligibility of Expansion Draft players picked by Vegas.
Time to clean up rosters for teams and Vegas.
Time to rollover all team contracts.

Thinking ahead Vegas Expansion Draft might take 3-5 days to complete. Just saying it might be longer than usual to get FA rolling or Expansion Draft might take place sooner.

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's protected list


Forwards:
Nic Dowd
Alexander Wennberg
Steven Stamkos
Brendan Gallager
Reilly Smith
Marcus Johansson
Justin Abdelkader

Defensemen:
Alec Martinez
Rasmus Ristolainen 
Justin Faulk

Goalie:
Ben Bishop

Don't believe Dowd is even eligible to be drafted but led me to realize why not post the "unprotected" & eligible to be drafted Bolts.

Eligible to be drafted by Vegas

C/LW/RW Tom Pyatt (Ottawa)
C/RW Ben Smith (Toronto)
D Paul Postma (Winnipeg)
D Justin Falk (Buffalo)
D Matt Tennyson (Carolina)
D Connor Carrick  (Toronto)
D Brendan Smith (Detroit)
D Andrej Sekera (Edmonton)
G Antti Niemi  (Dallas)

[PigsRule]

Definitely. Expansion Draft will happen 1 wk before the 2017 August FNHL Contract Rollover period. So about 2wks before FNHL Free Agency starts, the FNHL Expansion Draft will take place publicly in an expansion draft thread.

So everyone's got liek 2.5 months to get their rosters ready for expansion draft exposure.

correct

[PsychoticPondGoons]

I will add a few questions, mostly about timing:

Will there be a grace period between the finals and the deadline to protect players ? I found that trading opens back up.

** FNHL Stanley Cup Champion crowned (scoring system updates overnight) & Trading Resumes April 10, 2017 10h00 ET 

Definitely. Expansion Draft will happen 1 wk before the 2017 August FNHL Contract Rollover period. So about 2wks before FNHL Free Agency starts, the FNHL Expansion Draft will take place publicly in an expansion draft thread.

So everyone's got liek 2.5 months to get their rosters ready for expansion draft exposure.

[Jonathan]

I will add a few questions, mostly about timing:

Will there be a grace period between the finals and the deadline to protect players ? I found that trading opens back up.

** FNHL Stanley Cup Champion crowned (scoring system updates overnight) & Trading Resumes April 10, 2017 10h00 ET 

[Jonathan]

Got some questions to be answered.
1) what happens to players that are left off rosters do they go back to original owners if not taken in draft?
2) is vegas required to take certain amount of players from each team so not one team loses alot of players?
3) can a team pull back a player if a player gets taken.
4) if vegas takes a player from sharks can he trade that player to another team like the wild for example if the wild likes a certain player?
Just asking?

I'll answer these best as possible, But PPG and PR will chime in.

1. You only lose players if they get drafted by Vegas
2. No, They can take whoever they want, as long as they are not protected.
3. No, you have to protect players before the draft.
4. After the draft, Vegas can do as they please, just like the other 30 teams. They can't trade with a team that has the same owner. That is the only restriction, but it is in place right now. Like I can't trade with Montreal, even though I don't run them. Conflict of interest.