SwedishFire
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Looks like the expansion draft is at the end of next season.
My protected list, if I had to choose today (7F 3D): McDavid, Draisaitl, Nuge, Neal, Kassian, Benson, Yamamoto | Klefbomb, Nurse, Bear
- TMac did us a huge favour by forcing Chia to send Bouchard down last year. As a result, Bouchard will not need to be protected.
- Russell will not need to be protected, because he will have just played out his contract.
- Nuge and Larsson will be pending UFA's, but we hold onto their rights until July 1st. They will need to be protected.
- As for players in the system, JP, Benson, Marody, Yamamoto, Bear, Jones, Lagesson, and Persson need to be protected.
Bear > Larsson because I'd rather hang onto the blossoming young guy vs the vet who is slowly getting phased out due to the current state of the game.
Edit: this clause "One defenseman who is a) under contract in 2021-22 and b) played in at least 40 NHL games the prior season or played in at least 70 NHL games in the prior two seasons." will complicate things.
We´ll see about Yamamoto and Benson, they arent even ordinary on the rooster yet. I would´ve taken McD, Leon, Nuge, Kassian, Jurco, Nygård
and depending on the state of Yamamoto, the last spot is between Yama or Neal who got only one year left on the real draft.
D Klefbom, Nurse, Bear. ANd we probably would loose Lagesson, or Neal if Seattle want vëteran depth.
The draft probably means the end of Larsson in oilers... then..