How does the league draft work?
Before the draft each team picks a number out of a hat. The frist round of the draft starts with #1 who picks a player, and then #2, and so on until the highest # from the hat picks last. The second round of the draft goes in reverse order with the highest # from the hat picking first and #1 picking last. The picker (usually, the captain) may pick any player on the draft list with a couple of exceptions. If a picker has a protected player by either protection or carpool he cannot pick a non-protected player of equal rating or lower. For example, team #3 has two protected players rated 2 & 3, team #3 cannot pick a non-protected player rated 3,2, or 1 before he takes his protected 3, but they could draft a 4 or 5. Goalies follow the same rules for being picked as the skaters do.
