Impact of expansion on your team
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NoShowWilly
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Might hurt our draft position next year. As it stands right now, the draft will have little impact.
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They'll take one average player from us so I don't see how it will have much of an impact at all.
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I'd have to look at the other 29 teams, but it wouldn't be surprising if we lost Malcolm Subban to Vegas. Our goalie situation is fluid - we currently have 5 goalies for the NHL and AHL - Rask, Gustavsson, Smith, Subban, and McIntyre. But Gustavsson and Smith are both UFAs this year, and Subban and McIntyre are RFAs in 2017-8.
Assuming we don't resign Gustavsson (a possibility, though not a sure thing - probably 50-50) and Smith (quite possible - we stocked him away in Iowa last year), we need a mystery journeyman goalie this year. Subban might be ripe enough to play in the NHL in 2017-8, so Vegas might bite.
We don't have much defensively that they'd want - protecting Chara (required), Krug, and McQuaid leaves Seidenberg (1 year, old vet) and Kevan Miller (PLEASE take him!), with tweeners Trotman, Morrow, Miller. I don't even know which of them would be poachable. Our eighth best forward might be Vatrano...but I'm assuming we don't get a replacement for Eriksson. And I'm not sure he's up for grabs.
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Nylander Stamkos JVR Kadri Komarov Rielly Gardiner C.Carrick Andersen and two AHL prospects protected. Leafs will be okay.
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I think Vegas will have better goalies to choose from, Boston should be pretty safe..
Fleury, Elliott, Raanta, Chad Johnson, Bernier, Neuvy, a Tampa goalie, hell I'd rather have Markstrom from the Nucks.
Fleury, Elliott, Raanta, Chad Johnson, Bernier, Neuvy, a Tampa goalie, hell I'd rather have Markstrom from the Nucks.
On ice, Carolina is really well positioned for a 2017 expansion draft with all of Aho, Hanifin, Slavin, Pesce, Fleury, etc. exempt.
Off ice, if things play out as expected, the Carolina market/fanbase is really going to get dumped on until either a local owner steps forward or QC gets a team. I can already see a pic being taken on a thin attendance night in November. It will get posted on Twitter and HF, and there will be an ample number of comments denigrating the Carolina market/fanbase. It’s not going to be a pleasant experience to read all the vitriol that will be directed our way. We’re going to need thick skin, that’s for sure.
More importantly, I hope the speculation that will run rampant about the franchise doesn’t motivate people to not re-invest in a young team that is getting closer to the light at the end of the tunnel.
Off ice, if things play out as expected, the Carolina market/fanbase is really going to get dumped on until either a local owner steps forward or QC gets a team. I can already see a pic being taken on a thin attendance night in November. It will get posted on Twitter and HF, and there will be an ample number of comments denigrating the Carolina market/fanbase. It’s not going to be a pleasant experience to read all the vitriol that will be directed our way. We’re going to need thick skin, that’s for sure.
More importantly, I hope the speculation that will run rampant about the franchise doesn’t motivate people to not re-invest in a young team that is getting closer to the light at the end of the tunnel.
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I think the Jets are in a similar position, which is why overall I think we'll benefit from the expansion. We have a lot of protected young talent, and while the additional team is theoretically diluting the overall depth of teams, I think the Jets can hopefully take advantage of that by not sacraficing any key depth (assuming they don't pursue a LHD and expose enstrom)
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Las Vegas will have no prospect pool to speak of and since they don't get compensated when an UFA they picked leaves this time around it's very likely they'll pick prospects instead of upcoming UFA's .
I mean sure Ben Bishop is a better player than Malcolm Subban but is Ben Biship gonna sign as an UFA with an expansion team unless overpaid like crazy ?
Probably forces a decision on Fleury/Murray a bit earlier than we might have gone for it. That aside, our core is well protected. Might lose a prospect we'd rather not, but no biggie.
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Stars wouldn't lose anything major. Probably a 3rd line forward or a mid to bottom pairing defenseman . Every good player can be protected or is exempt unless some guys randomly start to break out of nowhere like say Patrick Nemeth or Jamie Oleksiak. Not going to have any issues with NMC's either.
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Detroit can really only be helped by the expansion draft. They won't lose anyone important and there is the chance they can entice Vegas to pick up a big contract like Howard or Ericsson they want to shed. Heck maybe even Kronwall. Detroit doesn't really have any good young prospects or NHL talent a team would want, just some vets who can provide leadership and experience (and $$$ in case Vegas needs some to get to the cap floor early on)
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Avs potentially having Zadorov exposed. Or if they go with the 8 players option one of Grig/Soderberg exposed.
And Pickard/Varly needs to be sorted out
And Pickard/Varly needs to be sorted out
