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Originally Posted by getbak
If they don't have the expansion draft before the entry draft, the Las Vegas team won't have any assets going into the draft to potentially make deals at the draft or before the expansion draft.
Also, the existing teams would be in limbo at the draft because they wouldn't know which players they're going to lose in the expansion draft. Teams would be reluctant to make any trades before the expansion draft that would affect their exposed list for the expansion draft. The only trades you'd see at the draft would be where teams were trying to position themselves better for the expansion draft rather than trying to make themselves better for the upcoming season.
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Yes, they need to have the expansion draft before the entry draft.
But I still think there is an easy solution: simply have the expansion draft not be
effective until July 1st.
Host the expansion draft on June 24th (or whatever), with the transactions taking effect on July 1st.
That would allow for the draft to take place, and let teams know where they stand. At the same time, it eliminates the issues of having a few days remaining on contracts.