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He will be protectedWe’re losing him in the expansion draft aren’t we? Great game tonight
He will be protectedWe’re losing him in the expansion draft aren’t we? Great game tonight
After tonight’s game Evans is going to be on it. Also, chances are higher Danault does not resign.
My top 5 forwards are: kk, Toffoli, Gallagher, Anderson, and Evan's.
We can add 2 forwards to that group. I'd add a re-signed Danault and Tatar over the field.
Plus, Suzuki and Caufield don't need to be protected.
So we would only lose a Lehkonen, Armia, or Byron. I'm fine with that.
Unless Danault, Tuna, and Armia (all 3 UFAs) are resigned as soon as the offseason begins, I'd leave all 3 unprotected...
Id say its pretty clear now who will be protected.
KK, Gally, Toffoli, Anderson, Drouin, Evans, Lehkonen
Edmundson, Weber, Petry
Price
Chariot or Allen will be picked by Seattle
Barginbin will make the mistake to give the golden bridge to Danault just waiting for his 2 points in 6 games in the playoff.Seattle would then have an exclusive negotiation window with them. I bet MB signs Danault before then, or else he lets him go to the open market. Not sure they do a wink wink. If they try that, Seattle has a window where they can talk to him exclusively. I could see them offering more than whatever he agreed on with MB in the wink wink agreement, and him bolting for Seattle. If MB is going to re-sign him, better to do so before the expansion draft.
If MB doesn't plan on rebuilding and plans on competing for the playoffs, Tatar needs to be replaced with an offensive player if he walks. But MB may not know that. He is the one who let Radulov walk and then signed Hemsky.
They need to make two forwards available who are under contract for 2021-22 and have played quite a few NHL games over the past year or two. Your list would only provide Byron as that type of player. Drouin should not be protected, and would fulfill the forward requirement along with Byron.Id say its pretty clear now who will be protected.
KK, Gally, Toffoli, Anderson, Drouin, Evans, Lehkonen
Edmundson, Weber, Petry
Price
Chariot or Allen will be picked by Seattle
Why not protect Chiarot over Weber?
Why not re-signed Danault over Drouin?
He should be protected. But with the Marx Brothers running this team, what should, does not necessarily mean will.He will be protected
They need to make two forwards available who are under contract for 2021-22 and have played quite a few NHL games over the past year or two. Your list would only provide Byron as that type of player. Drouin should not be protected, and would fulfill the forward requirement along with Byron.
At forward, protect KK, Toffoli, Gallagher, Anderson, Evans and two of the UFAs/RFA -- Danault, Tatar, Armia and/or Lehkonen.
Id say its pretty clear now who will be protected.
KK, Gally, Toffoli, Anderson, Drouin, Evans, Lehkonen
Edmundson, Weber, Petry
Price
Chariot or Allen will be picked by Seattle
Are we the only team in the league with one sure fire D to protect? Can we get assets to protect other teams D and then trade them back to them?
There is no guarantee that Perry wants to come back. But there is no need to protect Drouin. It's highly unlikely that Seattle would select him, but it would be a good thing both for the Habs and Drouin if they did.They could just re-sign Perry and leave him unprotected
Weber is 100% being protected and its not even debatable. Its crazy talk to think Bergevin would be willing to give away Weber or Price to Seattle for free. He loves Weber, and Weber is a big part of the team. Weber's contract is also not as bad as it seems. After 2 years, if Weber doesnt retire, then the habs and Weber could agree to mutually terminate his contract and give him a new one. A contract in which he is paid more than 1 M per year, but does not have the 7.8 M cap hit.
They had all summer and reg season to re-sign Danault, and it did not happen. I doubt it happens before the expansion draft considering its not that far away. Danault will probably become a ufa and see whats out there.
Barginbin will make the mistake to give the golden bridge to Danault just waiting for his 2 points in 6 games in the playoff.
Also who cares with the exclusive windows. There are several ufas. Perhaps Seattle want to overpay him , then Danault should go for the money because if someone overpay him so then be it. We can live with Evans being our next defensive center.
Why not protect Chiarot over Weber?
Why not re-signed Danault over Drouin?