http://www.generalfanager.com/cba
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A professional season is qualified by 11 or more professional games for an 18/19 year old player, or 1 or more professional games for a player aged 20 or older. This can include NHL, minor league, and European professional league seasons played while under an SPC.
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So Gillies having played 7 AHL games this year will have had 2 professional seasons going into a potential summer 2017 expansion draft, suggesting he would have to be protected.