MakingMoves121
Joined: Apr. 2016
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Here's a crazy idea.... hear me out.
2022 - The Sabres and Coyotes contract. Players enter a dispersal draft.
2024 - Florida relocates to Buffalo.
2026 - NHL awards expansion teams to Quebec City and Houston.
Players in Buffalo and Arizona get a fresh start on new teams. Dispersal draft is one round, no limit on who can get picked from where. Non-selected players enter waivers. Those not picked at the end become free agents. All non-picked players under 20 enter upcoming NHL Draft for reselection. Order of dispersal draft will be contingent on multiple factors, including record in the last 10 seasons, playoff appearances, Cups won, first-overall draft selections, etc.
Panthers finally leave Florida to bring hockey back to Buffalo.
Two new teams join the league, league benefits from additional expansion money. Coin flip determines who picks first.