I am fine with the Sharks list. It's actually better than expected because I thought DW might expose Braun (which would be stupid IMO). I don't really care if Schlemko goes.
The thing is I am pretty sure DW has at least a decent idea of who LV might be interested in, and might have already worked out a deal either for them to take a certain player (say Ward, Boedker or Martin) and will have presumably discussed trading for players left unprotected.
I would not be surprised at all if McPhee put conditions on LV considering possible trades of a picked exposed player from another team such as exposing certain players that they already knew that they could flip to another team. For example, say McPhee know's that there is potential interest in various types of defensemen (such as a borderline top-pair defenseman on a not too long and not too terrible contract for next couple of years). McPhee tells DW "the price to play in the bidding game for exposed players is the Sharks exposing Paul Martin, Brendan Dillon, and David Schlemko; if you don't expose them we won't consider any deals with you on acquiring players other teams leave exposed".
So the exposure list could factor in discussions with McPhee that reflect his discussions with other GM's and DW's desire for certain players that maybe McPhee had a hint would be available.
