(07-05-2017, 04:52 PM)Ballerstorm Wrote:We could also simply remove the part about expansion teams auto matching the deal. That way expansion GMs would know the risk of taking a player with an expired deal in the draft, but would still get a couple days before the rest of the league to try and sign that player.
This is what I thought it was going to be, and I think the best solution. As long as Expansion teams are free to talk contract extensions with unprotected upcoming FAs before the draft.