Sandbox Expansion Team's Farm System

[ashine24]

In a sandbox game where I've created an expansion team, I've sent down some of my prospects to my AHL farm team. Currently the farm team's roster is below half full and the team's preseason is about to begin. Will the roster be automatically filled so that the team can play or do I need to sign free agents to the team? I'm currently acting as the GM and head coach of my NHL expansion team and (I've read on here about this already) even though I have the box checked to allow me control of my farm team, it still won't let me assign assistant coaches or sign free agents to the AHL team. All I can do is promote/demote players.

[Adam B]

Originally Posted by ashine24

In a sandbox game where I've created an expansion team, I've sent down some of my prospects to my AHL farm team. Currently the farm team's roster is below half full and the team's preseason is about to begin. Will the roster be automatically filled so that the team can play or do I need to sign free agents to the team? I'm currently acting as the GM and head coach of my NHL expansion team and (I've read on here about this already) even though I have the box checked to allow me control of my farm team, it still won't let me assign assistant coaches or sign free agents to the AHL team. All I can do is promote/demote players.

The AI GM of the AHL team will fill in roster gaps.