I know this is late, but the threshold for eligible draftees should have been around less than 5 games in the NHL or something. There is a plethora of guys who I've looked up that I wanted to draft, but have played maybe one or two games in the NHL before being sent back to the AHL. Obviously the whole "9 game" cup of coffee before the ELC kicks in plays a major factor, but this is one area where I think we should have tweaked from the DDL rules.