Number8
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I can't remember how it worked with Vegas or if the process has changed. Does bolded above mean:There’s not even a concept of ‘pick order’ in a one team expansion draft. They’re not picking against any other club and not having to prioritize most demanded players as early picks. They’re just submitting a list of the 30 players they take, one per team, to the league. The order means nothing. Calvin Pickard was not the priority pick of the Vegas expansion draft even though he’s the first listed on the published result. Because sequence meant nothing when every team (this time, Vegas excepted) loses exactly one player.
the last time it was relevant what order players were picked in was the last time two expansion teams were drafting at the same time and had to prioritize the players they wanted to grab before the other team did.
List of available players are made known. Seattle then has x amount of time to review list and make side deals. Once they've done that, they submit the whole list to the League at once and then it's a done deal?
Or is it like a draft in that Seattle picks a player from a Team A and then has a certain amount of time to pick a player from Team B after they've considered the impact on the rest of their picks/needs and any potential trade talks?
I honestly can't remember how it works.