Expansion Draft Rules

Expansion Draft

An expansion team will select as many players as there are teams in the League ,
including at least 3 goaltenders, 9 defenseman, and 14 forwards.
The extra players can be of any position, including goaltenders.

Clubs will have two options for players they wish to protect in the Expansion Draft:

a) Seven forwards, three defensemen and one goaltender
b) Eight skaters (forwards/defensemen) and one goaltender

Players that were rookies in the prior STHL season are exempt from the expansion draft and do not have to be protected.
All first- and second-year professionals, as well as all unsigned draft choices, will be exempt from selection (and will not be counted toward their club’s applicable protection limits).

The existing teams can only lose only 1 player per expansion team drafting, in the case of 2 teams being added in the same draft, an existing team could lose up to 2 players maximum but no more than 1 goalie.