Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daidaitawa na NHL Entry Draft yana buƙatar 'yan wasa su cika shekaru 18 kafin 15 ga Satumba a shekarar da aka gudanar da aikin, ban da' yan wasan da suka wuce shekaru 20 kafin 31 ga Disamba na wannan shekarar, na biyun ba ya shafi 'yan wasan da ba' yan Arewacin Amurka ba. An tsara tsarin da aka tsara ta hanyar kakar wasan da ta gabata: ƙungiyoyin da ba su da wasa ba sun fara tsarawa a cikin tsari na sanyawa a cikin matsayi, sannan ƙungiyoyin da suka yi gasa a cikin kakar wasan da aka tsara ta hanyar sakamakon gasar cin kofin Stanley. Da zarar kakar wasa ta kare, ana gudanar da caca mai nauyi ga kungiyoyi 14 da suka rasa wasan karshe, suna ba wa kungiyoyi damar hawa zuwa babban zaɓi ciki har da zaɓi na farko. Daga 1995 zuwa 2012, ƙungiyar da ta ci caca za ta iya motsawa sama da zaɓi huɗu kawai, yana hana wasu ƙungiyoyi cin nasarar babban zaɓi ba tare da la'akari da cin caca ba. A wannan lokacin, 'yan tsibirin sun lashe caca sau biyu, suna karɓar babban zaɓi a duk sau biyu (2000 da 2009).
) Ya ce: Teamungiyar ta gama ƙarshe a cikin gasar zakarun Turai a cikin kakar 2000-01, amma ta zaɓi na biyu a cikin shirin bayan Atlanta Thrashers ta ci caca.