S27 Expansion Update

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Protection Lists

Each organization have now submitted their protection lists and notified the players that are eligible for the Expansion Draft. The full list of protected players will not be made public but only be given to the two Expansion Organizations.

They have been given special permission to reach out to the players eligible for the Expansion Draft (normal circumstances it would be tampering) and scout them in preparation for the draft. The draft itself will be held offline around the 9th/10th of August, the results of which will be posted as an announcement on the forum. After the publication the players selected will be invited to the respective expansion organization's locker room.


Some reminders about expansion draft rules:
Any player picked by an Expansion Organization in the Expansion Draft may not return to the original organization in Free Agency for the next FOUR (4) subsequent seasons (S27-S30). This includes exposed pending Free Agents for S27, who are considered part of the organization they were under contract with at the time of the protection list deadline in S26.

Non-manager players that have announced their retirement prior to the Protection List deadline are excluded from both protection and exposed lists.

If an exposed non-manager player chooses to retire during S26 after the Protection List deadline or S27 after being selected in the Expansion Draft, the EXP who is selecting/selected that player will be given a compensatory pick in the closest upcoming Prospect Draft between the Xth and Yth round in order of retirement. For example if two selected players for EXP A retire prior to the S27 Prospect Draft, EXP A is given two compensatory picks, one between the 1st and 2nd round and one between the 2nd and 3rd round.