Duke749
Savannah Ghost Pirates
They might just want to season Armia on the Moose for a bit and when the time comes, call him up. Just spitballin though.
Also, last time players on entry level contracts were exempt. So that strikes off Scheifele, Trouba, Lowry, Ehlers, Petan and Copp from that protected list, assuming that this is taking place this summer and the RFA's haven't signed. I think I'm right here, but maybe not.
Any chance Hellebuyck starts with the Jets, backing up Pavs, getting a few starts here and there to get him comfortable with hopes he takes over at somepoint?
Or let him continue to be the guy in the A and wait til either an injury or the inevitable slump to call him up and see what he can do?
If Peluso is gone, Thor is still 12. He only missed one game last year, and played regularly on our 3rd. Lipon would probably be 13, or Ehlers, if he struggles, as Scheif was as a 19 year old. The bonus being that Ehlers could get 9 games, with coach being selective about which ones, all the while still getting the pro experience, and practice.
Of all the players assigned to the Moose, Chase De Leo had impressed me alot. I have a feeling he will have a good season down there.
Never trust THW
Exempt from the Expansion Draft are (i) all first and second-year pros and (ii) unsigned draft choices (except unsigned draft choices drafted from European clubs in the 1996 Entry Draft or before and who remain unsigned).
https://web.archive.org/web/2003090...keyNHLDraft00/jun13_expansiondraft_rules.html