InfinityIggy
Zagidulin's Dad
Seems like we have enough interest in the upcoming expansion draft, and who will be selected to justify a dedicated thread.
I'm interested, but have no idea who may or may not be taken for the purpose of trades. Or who could be traded beforehand for that matter.Seems like we have enough interest in the upcoming expansion draft, and who will be selected to justify a dedicated thread.
What's an expansion draft?
What's an expansion draft?
expected to do what?I hope they draft you to moderate their board .
I too think Brouwer is the most likely choice. I could see Stajan being expected as well.
I hope they draft you to moderate their board .
Just happened to be looking the Hockey News website and their expansion draft preview. They were discussing how Treliving needs to get the goalie situation figured out before the draft by acquiring/signing a goalie to protect and having McCollum available to be exposed. I can't recall ever seeing anything so I'll ask here: Is there a penalty for not having a goalie to protect? Or is it just for not having players that meet the exposure requirements?
Just happened to be looking the Hockey News website and their expansion draft preview. They were discussing how Treliving needs to get the goalie situation figured out before the draft by acquiring/signing a goalie to protect and having McCollum available to be exposed. I can't recall ever seeing anything so I'll ask here: Is there a penalty for not having a goalie to protect? Or is it just for not having players that meet the exposure requirements?
Anybody think there is any chance they just sign Versteeg in their UFA window and forgo a selection?
I know Versteeg wants to stay in AB if he can, but if they call him up and offer him $3-4 million total over a couple seasons I don't see how he says no after almost having to go to Switzerland last season because NHL offers were so sparse.
And from Vegas' viewpoint the guy had 15g and 37p last season. Way better year than any of the other schlubs they have to choose from off our roster, and skilled scoring forwards are going to be hard to come by for Vegas in the ED.
There's a chance, but I think it's really minor.
Vegas is going to try and get the most amount of free assets they can.
Their idea won't be to ice a real NHL team, their goal will be to get the 30 most valuable assets they can across the league and parlay as many as those as they can into draft picks and prospects over the next year or two.
So why double dip. The only reason to dip into FA early is to get core pieces... and if you're building your core from FA, you're ef'in up.
Yes, I believe you are correct and teams can protect UFAs. When they talk about the 72 hours Vegas has to talk to UFAs and RFAs, it always states unprotected.Pretty sure they can protect the UFA rights of Elliot or Johnson.
Even Treliving believes Calgary will lose a young player in the expansion draft. The only way it is Brouwer is if BT trades a pick for Las Vegas to take Brouwer. (Likely a fourth or higher)
Young indicates either Shinkaruk or Kulak with the latter being most likely.