InjuredChoker
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Ok, so regarding the expansion draft, looking at my team I have no choice but to protect Thornton, Marleau, Pavelski, Couture, Vlasic, Burns and Martin due to them all have NTC.
And Karlsson, Donskoi, Tierney are exempt from the expansion draft because they have 2 or less pro years (NHL, AHL), correct?
EDIT: I think I answered my own question by re-reading everything on the first one since Thornton and Marleau are the only 2 with NMC, NTC doesnt count
No, elite league seasons count as pro for players that old. Tierney however, are we going by two-year pro by this season and not next, since Zadorov is exempt? In that case Tierney would be exempt, yes?
risto is correct.
see rule clarifications L-O in the expansion draft section (i added letters to expansion draft clarification so it would be easier to reference them), especially rule O:
O - For purposes of this mock, games played in Europe count as professional games if they were played in the highest level league of the country (regular season and playoffs) and if they were played in the SHL, Liiga (FHL), KHL, NLA, DEL and/or Extraliga.
donskoi's draft year was 2010. he has played professionally every year since. he's not exempt from the expansion draft. for the record, this is not the same as in current CBA.
melker karlsson's draft year was 2008. he has played professionally since 09-10. not exempt either. both need to be protected or they will exposed (if agreement isn't made with expansion teams).
tierney is exempt.
marleau and jumbo are the only ones with NMC and thus autoprotected.