A player like Lethonen is available to be drafted on his draft year.
And then if he goes undrafted, he moves to the Free Agent pool and is free game.
Now this rule would not even affect a team taking a player like Lethonen once he’s been signed by the Leafs because the signing happens in the offseason when Free Agents pick-up is unavailable in our league.
Same thing with Jiri Sekac a few years ago.
Signed by Montreal on July 1st.
In FI Dynasty League, you can’t add the player on July 1st.
You have to wait at the Draft to get you’re first opportunity to pick him like Garden Gnomes did this year.
If nobody drafts him from the FA pool he goes through the Post-Draft Waivers where every team can claim him before he truly becomes free game once again.
It’s a non-issue really.
The only thing is a GM could claim Sekac/Lethonen prior to the end of the season, prior to him being signed by an NHL team, because maybe you read rumors, or maybe you’re so smart that you predicted the guy will get an NHL contract before he actually does.
If that’s the case, then by all means the GM who make such a move and liberate a spot on his minors for an undrafted/unsigned KHL players deserves to get the player !
I got undrafted CHL overagers Nico Daws and Pavel Gogolev in my minors last season because I though they would get draft this year. I hit on Daws, and missed on Gogolev.
I had to make space on my roster for those gambles.
Don’t take that away from this league.
