2016/17 Drafts

What is the pre season rookie draft? All remaining players or still only eligible rookies?


Russian?
Still only rookie eligible players I believe, but you get a better look at them in pre-season I suppose.
 
For those coaches that have the cap space available and are wanting an extra pre-season draft pick, a reminder of the below rule that you must get your delistments in before Thursday night's game.
Rules
11) You have until the first bounce in the AFL preseason* to delist any players in order to get an extra pre-season pick.
 
Not sure how exactly much cap space I have including the four rookies I recruited. Are we able to get an update?
The four rookies were free, if that's any help.
 
As per the opening post:
13) Pre-season draft picks are due 24 hours after the previous pick or 6pm March 6*, whichever is later. All players with salaries listed are dropped back to minimum salaries, and autopicks are from oldest to youngest of these players if you can afford the extra $42k, or from the top of the list if you can't. The only exception is if you redraft your own contracted delisted player - in this case the player will return to his existing contract. Passes are not allowed in the PSD. You may use your pick to permanently promote one of your rookies on a draftee/minimum contract, but will not receive any additional pre-season rookie draft picks even if that frees up enough space for one.
14) At the conclusion of the PSD, any pre-season rookie draft picks that no longer fit within a team's cap will be autopassed.
15) Pre-season rookie draft picks are due 24 hours after the previous pick or 48 hours after the last PSD pick, whichever is later. There are no autopicks.

So I read that as first pick due no later than 6pm March 6. As a reminder, minimum salaries for corresponding lengths are 130/163/195/228/260.

I've had a quick look and I believe this is the draft order. Let me know if you think otherwise:

Preseason Draft
Round 1
1.
Adelaide Lions (Roylion )
2. Gippsland Sharks (Continstar )
3. Western Vultures ( sante )
4. Dragon Island Southerners (Danoz )
5. Port Adelaide (Russian )
6. Brisbane Bears (Presti_is_god )
7. Wagga Wagga Warthogs (Gee Dub )
8. Harbour City Hornets (knobby )

Round 2
9.
Dragon Island Southerners

Round 3
10.
Dragon Island Southerners

Preseason Rookie Draft
Round 1
1.
Northern Reds (Bluesy )
2. Western Vultures
3. Dragon Island Southerners
4. Harbour City Hornets
5. St Kilda Titans (ShaunDuggan )

Round 2
6.
Western Vultures
7. St Kilda Titans

Round 3
8.
Western Vultures
9. St Kilda Titans

Rounds 4-7
10.
Western Vultures
11. Western Vultures
12. Western Vultures
13. Western Vultures
 
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I think Port Adelaide would have pick 2 in the PSD unless I'm reading the draft wrong, but it seems solid otherwise

Do we know what the rule will be on players with more than 1 year on their contract? Im assuming minimum for a 2/3 year deal?
I've assumed the order is just reverse ladder order like it has been with previous drafts.

Good question about the players with more than one year remaining. I don't know for certain but I assume it would be whatever length at minimum salary for that length you like. Maybe Russian needs to clarify this one?
 

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I've assumed the order is just reverse ladder order like it has been with previous drafts.

Good question about the players with more than one year remaining. I don't know for certain but I assume it would be whatever length at minimum salary for that length you like. Maybe Russian needs to clarify this one?
I think you're correct on the draft order. I had a look at the Official Lists thread and it kind of confirms this.

No idea on players with 2+ year deals.
 
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