Darren DregerVerified account
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Expansion draft potential. Each team has option of protecting 3d, 7F and I goalie or 8 skaters +1 goalie. Expansion determined before draft
Pierre LeBrunVerified account
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Daly says prospects plus first- and second-year NHL players will be exempt from a potential expansion draft.
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Should clarify: first- and second-year "pros" exempt from potential expansion draft, not necessarily NHL players. Pro includes AHL
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Daly says most simple thing to know on expansion draft: teams can only lose one player max if it's expansion by one team; 2 player max if 2
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Bottom line on expansion draft as a few GMs said: each team has potential to lose either a No. 4 or No. 5 D, or a No. 6 or No. 7 F or a G
Who do we protect? I', fine if we lose a 4/5 DMan (i.e. Tyutin) or a bottom-6 forward...maybe Clarkson :wink:. If the expansion draft were to happen NEXT offseason, we would be forced to include Wennberg, and potentially Karlsson, in our protected list of players since they will be past their first 2 professional years.
This is who I would protect knowing the info above...
Forwards: Saad, Jenner, Atkinson, Dubinsky, Foligno, Wennberg, Karlsson/Rychel (not sure which one would be more valuable to protect)
Defense: Jones, Murray, Savard
Goalie: Bob
This could get interesting...notice how I left Hartnell off that list. Maybe we try and swing a trade with the expansion team for Hartnell so that we don't have to protect him and lose him for nothing. The goalie situation could also make this interesting, if Korpisalo has a good year next year, do you risk losing him for nothing?
@DarrenDreger
Expansion draft potential. Each team has option of protecting 3d, 7F and I goalie or 8 skaters +1 goalie. Expansion determined before draft
Pierre LeBrunVerified account
@Real_ESPNLeBrun
Daly says prospects plus first- and second-year NHL players will be exempt from a potential expansion draft.
...
Should clarify: first- and second-year "pros" exempt from potential expansion draft, not necessarily NHL players. Pro includes AHL
...
Daly says most simple thing to know on expansion draft: teams can only lose one player max if it's expansion by one team; 2 player max if 2
...
Bottom line on expansion draft as a few GMs said: each team has potential to lose either a No. 4 or No. 5 D, or a No. 6 or No. 7 F or a G
Who do we protect? I', fine if we lose a 4/5 DMan (i.e. Tyutin) or a bottom-6 forward...maybe Clarkson :wink:. If the expansion draft were to happen NEXT offseason, we would be forced to include Wennberg, and potentially Karlsson, in our protected list of players since they will be past their first 2 professional years.
This is who I would protect knowing the info above...
Forwards: Saad, Jenner, Atkinson, Dubinsky, Foligno, Wennberg, Karlsson/Rychel (not sure which one would be more valuable to protect)
Defense: Jones, Murray, Savard
Goalie: Bob
This could get interesting...notice how I left Hartnell off that list. Maybe we try and swing a trade with the expansion team for Hartnell so that we don't have to protect him and lose him for nothing. The goalie situation could also make this interesting, if Korpisalo has a good year next year, do you risk losing him for nothing?