GM Game 6 Expansion Draft Thread

Gecklund

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Jul 17, 2012
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Post your lists for expansion here. The draft will also take place here. Use Capfriendly's tool to determine if a player is exempt or needs to be protected. NMCs have to be protected.

Post in this format or close to it

:nhl
Protected forwards
  1. Wayne Gretzky
  2. Mario Lemieux
  3. John Scott
  4. Jamal Mayers
  5. Ben Eager
  6. Scott Nichol
  7. Cam McIntyre
Protected defensemen
  1. Scott Hannan
  2. Brad Stuart
  3. Colin White
Protected Goalie
  1. Martin Jones
Notable Exempt
  1. SJSharks39
Notable Exposed
  1. Gordie Howe
  2. Bobby Orr
Any questions or help needed ask in the discussion thread, discord, or PM me directly and I'll do my best to answer them. I want to keep this as clear as possible.

LISTS MUST BE SUBMITTED THURSDAY AT 7PM EST. IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR LIST, ONE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU AND YOU WILL NOT LIKE IT.

 

Gecklund

Registered User
Jul 17, 2012
25,142
11,717
California
:sharks
Protected forwards
  1. Tomas Hertl
  2. Logan Couture
  3. Timo Meier
  4. Evander Kane
  5. Kevin Labanc
  6. Joel Armia
  7. Joe Thornton
Protected defensemen
  1. Erik Karlsson (NMC)
  2. Brent Burns
  3. Marc Eduoard Vlasic (NMC)
Protected goalie
  1. Martin Jones
Notable Exempt
  1. Frederik Handemark
  2. Lean Bergmann
  3. Mario Ferraro
  4. Ryan Merkley
  5. Noah Gregor
Notable Exposed
  1. Melker Karlsson
  2. Alex True
  3. Stefan Noesen
  4. Tim Heed
  5. Radim Simek
  6. Aaron Dell
:cbj

Protected forwards
  1. PL Dubois
  2. Josh Anderson
  3. Cam Atkinson
  4. Eric Staal
  5. Gustav Nyquist
  6. Oliver Bjorkstrand
  7. Boone Jenner
Protected defensemen
  1. Seth Jones
  2. Zach Werenski
  3. Vlad Gavrikov
Protected goalie
  1. Joonas Korpisalo
Notable exempt
  1. Emil Bemstrom
  2. Alex Texier
  3. Elvis Merzlikins
  4. Mikhail Grigorenko
Notable exposed
  1. Nick Foligno
  2. Riley Nash
  3. Ryan Murray
  4. David Savard
  5. Markus Nutivaara
:panthers

Protected forwards
  1. Jonathan Huberdeau (NMC)
  2. Alex Barkov
  3. Frank Vatrano
  4. Brett Connolly
  5. Filip Forsberg
  6. Colton Sissons
  7. Lucas Wallmark
Protected defensemen
  1. Keith Yandle (NMC)
  2. Aaron Ekblad
  3. Mackenzie Weegar
Protected goalie
  1. Sergei Bobrovsky (NMC)
Notable exempt
  1. Owen Tippett
  2. Grigori Denisenko
  3. Max Gildon
Notable exposed
  1. Noel Acciari
  2. Anton Stralman
  3. Chris Driedger
  4. Michael Matheson
 
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ConnorMcMullet

#12 Colby Cave
Jun 10, 2017
10,290
18,008
:canes

Protected Forwards:

1. Sebastian Aho
2. Teuvo Teravainen
3. Andrei Svechnikov
4. Vincent Trochek

Protected Defensemen:

1. Jacob Slavin
2. Dougie Hamilton
3. Brett Pesce
4. Mattias Ekholm

Protected Goalie:

1. Petr Mrazek

Notable Exempt:

Martin Necas, Ryan Suzuki, Dominik Bokk, Jamieson Rees

Notable Exposed:

Morgan Geekie, Ryan Dzingel, Nino Niederreiter, Jordan Staal, Warren Foegele, Brock McGinn, Jake Gardiner, Ondrej Kase, Haydn Fleury, James Reimer
 
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AveryStar4Eva

Registered User
Aug 28, 2014
7,453
5,782
:stars

Protected Forwards:

1. Jamie Benn
2. Tyler Seguin
3. Alexander Radulov
4. Roope Hintz
5. Denis Gurianov
6. Radek Faksa
7. Jason Dickinson

Protected Defencemen:

1. Miro Heiskanen
2. John Klingberg
3. Esa Lindell

Protected Goalie:

1. Ben Bishop

Notable Exempt:

Jason Robertson, Jake Oettinger, Ty Dellandra, Thomas Harley

Notable Exposed:

Joe Pavelski, Stephen Johns, Blake Comeau, Andrew Cogliano, Adam Mascherin, Nick Caamano, Jamie Oleksiak, Antoin Khudobin, Colton Point, Taylor Fedun, Julius Honka

:rangers

Protected Forwards:

1. Artemi Panarin
2. Chris Kreider
3. Mika Zibanejad
4. Ryan Strome
5. Pavel Buchnevich
6. Filip Chytil
7. Julian Gauthier

Protected Defencemen:

1. Jacob Trouba
2. Ryan Lindgren
3. Anthony DeAngelo

Protected Goalie:

1. Alex Georgiev

Notable Exempt:

Adam Fox, Igor Shesterkin, Kappo Kaako, K’Andre Miller, Vitali Kravtsov

Notable Exposed:

Brendan Lemieux, Brett Howden, Lias Andersson, Brendan Smith, Marc Staal, Henrik Lundqvist, Libor Hajek
 
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Llamamoto

Nice Bison. Kind Bison. Yep.
Sep 5, 2018
8,855
12,207
:edmonton

Protected forwards
  1. Connor McDavid
  2. Leon Draisaitl
  3. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
  4. Kailer Yamamoto
  5. Zach Kassian
  6. Andreas Athanasiou
  7. Brandon Saad
Protected defensemen
  1. Oscar Klefbom
  2. Darnell Nurse
  3. Ethan Bear
Protected Goalie
  1. Mikko Koskinen
Notable Exempt
  1. Bouchard
  2. Broberg
  3. Samorukov
Notable Exposed
  1. Adam Larsson
  2. Caleb Jones

:jets

Protected forwards
  1. Mark Scheifele
  2. Blake Wheeler
  3. Patrik Laine
  4. Kyle Connor
  5. Nikolaj Ehlers
  6. Adam Henrique
  7. Adam Lowry
Protected defensemen
  1. Josh Morrisey
  2. Jared Spurgeon
  3. Neal Pionk
Protected Goalie
  1. Connor Hellebuyck
Notable Exempt
  1. Ville Heinola
Notable Exposed
  1. Bryan Little
  2. Andrew Copp
 
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Zegs2sendhelp

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Jul 25, 2012
39,066
33,534
:ducks

Forwards
Ryan Getzlaf
Sam Steel
Troy Terry
Jakub Silfverberg
Danton Heinen
Sonny Milano
Rickard Rakell

Defense
Hampus Lindholm
Cam Fowler
Josh Manson

Goalie
John Gibson
 
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LT

Global Moderator
Jul 23, 2010
41,543
12,925
:avs

Forwards
Nathan MacKinnon
Mikko Rantanen
Gabriel Landeskog
Nazem Kadri
Andre Burakovsky
Valeri Nichushkin
Tyson Jost

Defenders
Cale Makar
Samuel Girard
Ryan Graves

Goaltenders
Philipp Grubauer

Notable Exposed
J.T. Compher
Joonas Donskoi
Nikita Zadorov
Ian Cole
Pavel Francouz

Notable Exempt
Shane Bowers
Martin Kaut
Bowen Byram
Conor Timmins
Justus Annunen
 
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LT

Global Moderator
Jul 23, 2010
41,543
12,925
:wild

Forwards
Kevin Fiala
Zach Parise
Mats Zuccarello
Joel Eriksson-Ek
Jack Roslovic
Jordan Greenway
Luke Kunin

Defenders
Ryan Suter
Mathew Dumba
Jonas Brodin

Goaltenders
Kaapo Kahkonen

Notable Exposed
Alex Galchenyuk
Marcus Foligno
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock

Notable Exempt
Kirill Kaprizov
Kristian Vesalainen
Calen Addison
 
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Peter Griffin

Registered User
Feb 13, 2003
34,783
7,030
Visit site
:nucks

Protected Forwards

1. Elias Pettersson
2. JT Miller
3. Bo Horvat
4. Brock Boeser
5. Tanner Pearson
6. Jake Virtanen
7. Adam Gaudette

Protected Defensemen

1. Alex Edler
2. Troy Stecher
3. Brogan Rafferty

Protected Goaltender

1. Jacob Markstrom

Notable Exempt

Quinn Hughes, Nikita Tryamkin, Michael DiPietro

Notable Exposed

Tyler Myers
Brandon Sutter
Michael Ferland
Antoine Roussel
Jay Beagle
Sven Baertschi
Jordie Benn

:kings

Protected Forwards

1. Anze Kopitar
2. Ondrej Palat
3. Adrian Kempe
4. Blake Lizotte

Protected Defensemen

1. Drew Doughty(NMC)
2. Matt Roy
3. Sean Walker
4. Kale Clague

Protected Goaltender

1. Cal Petersen

Notable Exempt

Gabriel Vilardi, Nikolai Prokhorkin, Rasmus Kupari

Notable Exposed

Jonathan Quick
Dustin Brown
Jeff Carter
Carl Grundstrom
Trevor Moore
Austin Wagner
Martin Frk
Michael Amadio
Kurtis MacDermid
 
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BumDum

The German Flash
Mar 16, 2020
777
472
Edmonton
:isles

Protected Forwards:

Barzal
Eberle
Lee
Nelson
Bailey
Beauvillier
Pegeau

Protected Defenceman:

Pulock
Pelech
Toews

Protected Goalies:

Varlamov

Exempt:

Noah Dobson

:pens

Protected Forwards:

Crosby
Malkin
Guentzal
Zucker
Hornqvist
Rust
Bonino

Protected Defenceman:

Letang
Dumoulin
Petterson

Protected Goalies:

Murray

Exempt:

Marino
Poulin
 
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OB5

Registered User
May 2, 2015
5,577
3,997
:habs

Protected Forwards

1. Jonathan Drouin
2. Tomas Tatar
3. Brendan Gallagher
4. Max Domi
5. Philip Danault
6. Jesperi Kotkaniemi
7. Jesse Puljujarvi

Protected Defensemen

1. Shea Weber
2. Jeff Petry
3. Victor Mete


Protected Goaltender

1. Carey Price (NMC)

Notable Exempt

Ryan Poehling, Nick Suzuki, Jesse Ylonen, Alex Romanov, Josh Brook, Cayden Primeau

Notable Exposed

Marcus Sorensen
Ben Chiarot
Brett Kulak
Noah Juulsen
Cale Fleury
Dylan Gambrell
Paul Byron

:bolts

Protected Forwards

1. Nikita Kucherov (NMC)
2. Stephen Stamkos (NMC)
3. Brayden Point
4.Anthony Cirelli
5. Alex Iafallo
6. Barclay Goodrow
7. Blake Coleman

Protected Defensemen

1. Victor Hedman (NMC)
2. Erik Cernak
3. Mikhail Sergachev

Protected Goaltender

1. Andrei Vasilevskiy

Notable Exempt

Nobody good

Notable Exposed

Tyler Johnson
Yanni Gourde
Patrick Maroon
 
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m0pe

Registered User
Feb 24, 2020
4,275
4,705
:leafs

Protected forwards
  1. Auston Matthews
  2. John Tavares
  3. Mitch Marner
  4. William Nylander
  5. Zach Hyman
  6. Kasperi Kapanen
  7. Andreas Johnsson
Protected defensemen
  1. Morgan Rielly
  2. Jake Muzzin
  3. Travis Dermott
Protected Goalie
  1. Fredrick Andersen
Notable Exempt
  1. Rasmus Sandin
  2. Ilya Mikheyev
Notable Exposed
  1. Alex Kerfoot
  2. Pierre Engvall
  3. Justin Holl
  4. Jack Campbell
 

m0pe

Registered User
Feb 24, 2020
4,275
4,705
:nashville

Protected forwards
  1. Matt Duchene
  2. Rocco Grimaldi
  3. Viktor Arvidsson
  4. Calle Jarnkrok
Protected defensemen
  1. Roman Josi
  2. Ryan Ellis
  3. Jake Bean
  4. Dante Fabbro
Protected Goalie
  1. Juuse Saros
Notable Exempt
  1. Urho Vaakanainen
  2. Morgan Geekie
  3. Jack Studnicka
  4. Owen Tippett
Notable Exposed
  1. Kyle Turris
  2. Nick Bjugstad
  3. Pekka Rinne
 
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DatsyukianDekes13

Registered User
May 22, 2020
314
326
:wings

Protected forwards
  1. Dylan Larkin
  2. Tyler Bertuzzi
  3. Anthony Mantha
  4. Robby Fabbri
  5. Michael Rasmussen
  6. Adam Erne
  7. Evgeny Svechnikov
Protected defensemen
  1. Filip Hronek
  2. Olli Juolevi
  3. Dennis Cholowski
Protected Goalie
  1. Thatcher Demko
Notable Exempt
  1. Filip Zadina
  2. Joe Veleno
  3. Moritz Seider
  4. Oliver Wahlstrom
Notable Exposed
  1. Danny Dekeyser
  2. Patrick Nemeth
  3. Johnathan Bernier
  4. Derek Stepan
  5. Sebastian Aho
 
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hockeynorth

Registered User
Aug 31, 2017
12,572
6,364
:sabres
Protected forwards:
  1. Jack Eichel
  2. Sam Reinhart
  3. Jeff Skinner
  4. David Krejci
  5. Rasmus Asplund
  6. Victor Olofsson
  7. Scott Laughton
Protected defensemen:
  1. Rasmus Dahlin
  2. Duncan Keith
  3. Cam Fowler
Protected goalie:
  1. Linus Ullmark
Notable exempt:
  1. Dylan Cozens
  2. Ukko-Pekka Luukonen
  3. Jacob Bryson
  4. Ryan Johnson
  5. Mattias Samuelsson
Notable exposed:
  1. Colin Miller
  2. Tage Thompson
 
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Blinny

This is the Sway
Jan 6, 2010
1,768
1,413
Dorchester
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Protected forwards
  1. David Pastrnak
  2. Patrice Bergeron
  3. Brad Marchand
  4. Ryan Johansen
  5. Jake DeBrusk
  6. Charlie Coyle
  7. Dominik Kahun
Protected defensemen
  1. Charlie McAvoy
  2. Brandon Carlo
  3. Brady Skjei
Protected goalie
  1. Tuukka Rask

Notable exposed
  1. Nick Ritchie
  2. Anders Bjork
  3. Sean Kuraly
  4. Auston Watson
  5. Jaro Halak
  6. Matt Grzelcyk
 

ZanTheMan

Registered User
Jun 6, 2013
447
162
:flames

Protected Forwards

1. Matthew Thachuk
2. Johnny Gaudreau
3. Sean Monahan
4. Mikael Backlund
5. Elias Lindholm
6. Dillon Dube
7. Andrew Mangiapane

Protected Defencemen
1. Noah Hanifin
2. Rasmus Andersson
3. Juuso Valimaki

Protected Goalie
1. David Rittich

Notable Exempt
1. Jakob Pelletier
2. Dmitri Zavgorodny
3. Dustin Wolf

Notable Exposed
1. Sam Bennett
2. Mark Jankowski
3. Milan Lucic (waived)
4. Mark Giordano
5. Oliver Kylington
6. Cam Talbot
 

Blinny

This is the Sway
Jan 6, 2010
1,768
1,413
Dorchester
FLYERS
Protected forwards
  1. Giroux
  2. Couturier
  3. Hayes
  4. Konecny
  5. Lindblom
  6. Vorachek
  7. Patrick
Protected defensemen
  1. Provorov
  2. Myers
  3. Sanheim
Protected goalie
  1. Hart

Notable exposed
  1. JVR
  2. Raffl
  3. Laughton
  4. Niskanen
  5. Grant
 
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Magic Mittens

Registered User
Nov 2, 2006
6,861
3,117
Calgary
:devils

Protected Forwards
Kyle Palmieri
Miles Wood
Pavel Zacha
Nico Hischier
Joseph Anderson
Janne Kuokkanen
Jesper Bratt

Protected Defensemen
Damon Severson
Will Butcher
Eric Johnson

Protected Goaltender
Cor.... Mackenzie Blackwood

Notable Exempt
Jack Hughes
Nikita Gusev
Nolan Foote
Jesper Boqvist

Notable Exposed
Travis Zajac
PK Subban
Micheal Mcleod
 

Magic Mittens

Registered User
Nov 2, 2006
6,861
3,117
Calgary
:blues

Protected Forwards
Vladimir Tarasenko
ROR
Jaden Schwartz
Brayden Schenn
Robert Thomas
Jordan Kyrou
David Perron






Protected Defensemen
Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn
Jake Walman


Protected Goaltender
Jordan Binnington

Notable Exempt
Klim Kostin
Erik Foley
Alex Nikita

Notable Exposed
Ville Husso
Samuel Blais
Justin Faulk
 

EvilDead

Shop smart. Shop S-Mart.
Nov 6, 2014
9,696
8,200
Taiwan
:hawks

Protected:
Toews
Kane
DeBrincat
Caggiula
Strome
Nylander
Highmore
Murphy
Seabrook
McCabe
Delia

Exempt:

Kubalik, Dach, Boqvist, Kurashev

Exposed:
Saad
Shaw
Smith
De Haan

:coyotes

Protected:
Schmaltz
Keller
Hinostroza
Chychrun
Ekman-Larsson
Hjalmarsson
Kessel
Dvorak
Fischer
Garland
Kuemper

Exempt:

Hayton, Jenik, Soderstrom

Exposed:

Raanta
Demers
Grabner
 
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ujju2

Registered User
Apr 9, 2016
9,626
6,467
Edmonton, AB
:caps

Protected Forwards:
Alex Ovechkin
Evgeny Kuznetsov
Nicklas Backstrom
Jakub Vrana
Tom Wilson
TJ Oshie
Lars Eller

Protected Defencemen:
John Carlson
Jonas Siegenthaler
Dmitry Orlov

Protected Goaltender:
Ilya Samsonov

Notable Exposed:
Carl Hagelin
Garnet Hathaway
Richard Panik
Nic Dowd
Nick Jensen
Michal Kempny
Lucas Johansen
Pheonix Copley
Vitek Vanacek

I didn't include 2020 UFAs (such as Holtby, Boyd, Gudas, Kovalchuk) in the list.
 

hockeynorth

Registered User
Aug 31, 2017
12,572
6,364
In order to permit you to follow along with our process (or offer a trade if you like someone) here is our sheet for making choices:

 

Gecklund

Registered User
Jul 17, 2012
25,142
11,717
California
:sens list

Forwards protected
  1. Bobby Ryan
  2. Connor Brown
  3. Anthony Duclair
  4. Brady Tkachuk
  5. Logan Brown
  6. Rudolf Balcers
  7. Nick Paul
Defense protected
  1. Nikita Zaitsev
  2. Thomas Chabot
  3. Maxime Lajoie
Goalie protected
  1. Filip Gustavsson
Notable exposed
  1. Colin White
  2. Chris Tierney
  3. Artem Anisimov
  4. Drake Batherson
  5. Anders Nilsson
 
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