Historical Expansion Draft issue

DFyvie · 10-10-2019, 11:53 AM

So I sim'd the 1990 season and took over the San Jose Sharks in the summer of 1991 and cracked my knuckles and engaged the 'expansion draft' to get my roster in place. I had a whopping 10 picks to build my team. 10. 1 goalie and 9 skaters. Is this right?

Orioles1966 · 10-10-2019, 12:53 PM

Go read Minnesota North Stars(Wikipedia) and that will explain why the Sharks only got 10 players in your draft.

It's hard to explain but I think the North Stars owners were awarded an expansion team in San Jose and part of the agreement was a dispersal draft along with a expansion draft,

JeffR · 10-10-2019, 01:39 PM

Yeah, we'd like to add the Sharks-Stars roster split at some point, but it'll be a little more complicated to do than a regular expansion draft.

DFyvie · 10-10-2019, 02:02 PM

No, I'm aware of the totally bizarre North Stars/Sharks thang. But the last version of the game was just a straight expansion draft because reality would be really hard to replicate. Okay, I'll not bother with a Sharks expansion then.

10-10-2019, 11:53 AM	#1
DFyvie Major Leagues Join Date: May 2014 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 370 Blog Entries: 2	Historical Expansion Draft issue So I sim'd the 1990 season and took over the San Jose Sharks in the summer of 1991 and cracked my knuckles and engaged the 'expansion draft' to get my roster in place. I had a whopping 10 picks to build my team. 10. 1 goalie and 9 skaters. Is this right?

10-10-2019, 12:53 PM	#2
Orioles1966 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,869	Go read Minnesota North Stars(Wikipedia) and that will explain why the Sharks only got 10 players in your draft. It's hard to explain but I think the North Stars owners were awarded an expansion team in San Jose and part of the agreement was a dispersal draft along with a expansion draft,

10-10-2019, 01:39 PM	#3
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 16,623	Yeah, we'd like to add the Sharks-Stars roster split at some point, but it'll be a little more complicated to do than a regular expansion draft.

10-10-2019, 02:02 PM	#4
DFyvie Major Leagues Join Date: May 2014 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 370 Blog Entries: 2	No, I'm aware of the totally bizarre North Stars/Sharks thang. But the last version of the game was just a straight expansion draft because reality would be really hard to replicate. Okay, I'll not bother with a Sharks expansion then.