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Originally Posted by TurboJ
Playing NHL in the '70s. Do NHL/WHA players ever become unrestricted free agents?
Also, when league rules say 19 max dressed players, am I supposed to run 5D or 11F? IIRC this era backup goalies were a thing already....?
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For the NHL, they'll only become unrestricted if a team releases their rights, or they weren't drafted (i.e. if a WHA player wasn't selected in the NHL draft, when his WHA contract runs out any NHL team can sign him.)
WHA is always unrestricted - when a player's contract runs out, he can sign with any other WHA team.
With the 19-man rosters, 6D/11F generally works best, it's less awkward for the AI to fill that extra forward spot than make an odd number of D work.