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

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