National Lacrosse League set for expansion draft July 12th
Published on June 27, 2006 under National Lacrosse League (NLL)
San Jose Stealth News Release
SAN JOSE - The San Jose Stealth and the National Lacrosse League announced the NLL Expansion Draft will be conducted on Wednesday, July 12 at 1 PM Pacific.
The expansion draft will fill the rosters of the league's two newest teams -- New York and Chicago - which begin play in the 2007 season.
The Chicago Shamrox and the New York club (name to be announced) will each select up to eleven players from the rosters of the 10 existing NLL teams. The Shamrox will have the first selection in the Expansion Draft. New York won a coin flip between the two expansion clubs, and was given the choice of selecting first in either the Expansion Draft or the 2006 Entry Draft. New York chose to select first in the Entry Draft, giving Chicago the first pick in the Expansion Draft (the teams will alternate selections). The coin flip took place at the league's Board of Governors Meetings at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Details surrounding the Entry Draft will be announced at a later date.
The existing clubs can each protect up to fourteen players on its current roster for the Expansion Draft. Clubs may either protect one goaltender and thirteen of its runners (forwards/defenseman/transition players) or two goaltenders and ten runners.
The list of players left unprotected by their clubs, and therefore made available in the expansion draft, will be announced later this week. During the Expansion Draft, once a player is selected from an existing club, the club is then allowed to protect one of its remaining unprotected players. No team may lose more than two of its players in the Expansion Draft. Once two players from a club have been selected, the club's remaining unprotected players are no longer available in the Expansion Draft.
The Expansion Draft will take place on Wednesday, July 12 at 1 PM Pacific conference call. Results will be posted live at the league's official website, nll.com.
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