[Pelican]

Hard to tell, but I think what may have happened is that the expansion draft and the amateur draft dates may have conflicted, or overlapped, or maybe the wrong sequence? I recall wanting to move up the expansion draft date, for some reason, and being warned that this could wreak havoc on the process. Although the dates can be changed, the complexity of scouting and contracts and rosters makes that a risky business. I may be barking up the wrong tree, if you did not try to change any of the dates.