Expansion club de-listings: guaranteed drafting?

So Gold Coast have just delisted 5 of it's players with another to come (I believe?). GWS will do the same down the track most likely. Seeing as these players were the 'crem' of the crop a few years back and with training in the system. Will they be guaranteed being picked up? Particularly when all you hear is how lack of talent pool these next few drafts will be?