Expansion not picking enough players

AdequateRandomGaming · 12-25-2021, 07:50 PM

Hello,

I am playing the LA Kings historical challenge and made it to 1991, where the San Jose Sharks enter the league. I proceeded over to the protection of my players, then it went to the expansion draft as normal. The Sharks only picked 10 players, and the draft was over (they picked 3 from the Flyers and 2 from the Habs).

I don't believe this is correct and wanted to bring it up to your attention.

JeffR · 12-26-2021, 02:36 AM

No, that's working as intended, they only got 10 players in the expansion draft that year. What's missing is the Minnesota dispersal draft, where the Sharks got (more or less) the bottom half of the Stars' roster, as a way of un-doing the Minnesota-Cleveland merger in 1978 (the Sharks were owned by the Gund brothers, who had owned Cleveland.) Now that we've made some changes to the drafts that will allow us to add that kind of "draft", we're going to go back and add those drafts that we previously couldn't do, but I'm not sure when - it's on the to-do list, but I don't know if it'll make it into an update this year.

AdequateRandomGaming · 12-26-2021, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffR

No, that's working as intended, they only got 10 players in the expansion draft that year. What's missing is the Minnesota dispersal draft, where the Sharks got (more or less) the bottom half of the Stars' roster, as a way of un-doing the Minnesota-Cleveland merger in 1978 (the Sharks were owned by the Gund brothers, who had owned Cleveland.) Now that we've made some changes to the drafts that will allow us to add that kind of "draft", we're going to go back and add those drafts that we previously couldn't do, but I'm not sure when - it's on the to-do list, but I don't know if it'll make it into an update this year.

Thank you for the clarification Jeff.

12-25-2021, 07:50 PM	#1
AdequateRandomGaming Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 200	Expansion not picking enough players Hello, I am playing the LA Kings historical challenge and made it to 1991, where the San Jose Sharks enter the league. I proceeded over to the protection of my players, then it went to the expansion draft as normal. The Sharks only picked 10 players, and the draft was over (they picked 3 from the Flyers and 2 from the Habs). I don't believe this is correct and wanted to bring it up to your attention.

12-26-2021, 02:36 AM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,231	No, that's working as intended, they only got 10 players in the expansion draft that year. What's missing is the Minnesota dispersal draft, where the Sharks got (more or less) the bottom half of the Stars' roster, as a way of un-doing the Minnesota-Cleveland merger in 1978 (the Sharks were owned by the Gund brothers, who had owned Cleveland.) Now that we've made some changes to the drafts that will allow us to add that kind of "draft", we're going to go back and add those drafts that we previously couldn't do, but I'm not sure when - it's on the to-do list, but I don't know if it'll make it into an update this year.