I think they count for the draw. But nobody knows for sure, as well as nobody knows for sure how many players count for the draw: top 14 players or all players in squad? Nobody knows. The same with arrows. These are Nordeus misteries í ½í¸„
What I'm sure about is that unassigned cones count for speed of training: if you have cones enough for a new star in a player, training speed slows down though you don't assign the points.
Cholo