Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: The franchise uses the players of the Blueshirts , including those who had been transferred to other NHA teams for the second half of the 1916 â `` 17 NHA season .
Simplified: The franchise had players from the Toronto Blueshirts , including those who had been sent to other NHA teams for the second half of the 1916 â `` 17 NHA season .