expansion draft

collocation in English

meaningsofexpansionanddraft

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expansion
noun[C or U]
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/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/us
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/
the increase of something in size, number, ...
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draft
noun
uk
/drɑːft/us
/dræft/
a piece of text, a formal suggestion, or a drawing in its original state, often containing the main ideas and intentions but not the ...
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(Definition ofexpansionanddraftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This decision marked the first time in expansion history that leagues were required to share expansion revenue or provide players for another league'sexpansiondraft.
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As with the 1992expansiondraft, the order was determined by a coin toss.
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As part of this process, the league ran anexpansiondraft.
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First, there was theexpansiondraftand its requirements.
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The expansion was widely viewed as an unmitigated disaster, as the league refused to have anexpansiondraftto stock the team.
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One of the ways of stocking the new team or teams is anexpansiondraft.
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This forced the league to restock the team with anexpansiondraft.
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The first team was a collection of cast-offs culled mostly through anexpansiondraftafter the 1961 season.
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There would not be anotherexpansiondraftuntil the 2006 season.
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The loser of the coin toss is awarded the first selection in theexpansiondraft.
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The team's roster was then filled as a result of anexpansiondraftin 1995.
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The league did not have anexpansiondraft.
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These players were considered priority selections in theexpansiondraft.
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There is also anexpansiondraftat the end of the season.
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Not all players on a given team are available during anexpansiondraft, since each team can protect a certain number of players from being selected.
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Colorado exposed him to theexpansiondraftin 1979.
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The lack of medical information provided on players in theexpansiondraftcontributed heavily to the teams problems, as they finished the season with 17 players on injured reserve.
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As opposed to previous expansion drafts such as the 1961 draft, players from both leagues were available to the expansion clubs.
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The next three seasons to follow 1998, 1999 and 2000 would all have expansion drafts.
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He was taken in two expansion drafts.
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