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[bellagiobob]

Oilers will lose Archibald, Haas or C.Jones in an expansion draft.
Maybe Adam Larsson if they sign him in the sense to be exposed and taken,,,

Haas is exempt.

 

[Spawn]

Trade Jones for a pick or forward and go 7-3 with Nurse, Bear and Leggeson on defence, McD Drai, Yams, Arch, Haas, Poolparty and traded pick are the forwards protected. Do not protect any UFA's like Nuge, Larsson or Barrie. Seattle will not pick a UFA without knowing he will sign with them.

That's not quite how the expansion draft works. Seattle knows whether the player will sign with them prior to picking them.

Teams will submit their protected lists to the league and at that point Seattle will have 72 hours to make their selections. During that 72 hour period they have exclusive rights to negotiate contracts with any unrestricted free agent left unprotected. If they come to an agreement in that 72 hour period they can sign that contract and that player becomes their selection from the players previous team.

So lets say the Oilers leave RNH unprotected under the promise "hey, we'll sign you to a $7M x 7 year deal but we can't sign it until after the draft."

Once Seattle's 72 hour window opens they could come to RNH and his agent and offer something like $8M x 7 at which point RNH can agree.

The day of the expansion draft rolls around and Seattle announces RNH as their selection from the Oilers along with a brand new contract.

Vegas did this with Derek Engelland from the Flames.