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We can either protect 7 forwards, 3 defensemen and one goaltender.
or 8 skaters in total and one goaltender. The first option allows us to protect 2 more players
Any player on a NMC is obligated to be protected and will count against the official tally. First and second-year professionals are exempt. I'm assuming our recent ELC signees (POJ, Capo) will fall under the exempt status since they will most likely still be year one/year two professionals
@XX brought up a good point in the other thread. We have a LOT of kids that are going to need protecting in this expansion.
SAY WE WENT WITH THE 8 SKATERS STRATEGY:
All players we will want to have protected (or have to, and obviously, subject to change)
NO TOUCH LIST:
Keller
Chychrun
OEL
Hjalmarsson
Dvorak
Stepan
Fischer
Galchenyuk
Perlini
Strome
Total: 10
One goalie:
Raanta
So if we were to go into the expansion draft with the same roster we have now (highly unlikely but for conversation's sake) one player on the no touchy list, plus these following players would have to be exposed:
Archibald
Cousins
Dauphin
Kruger
Demers
Kuemper
Pretty much all this means is we leave one player that we don't want to lose exposed along with the others. Meaning we are most likely at moving at least one of the players on the "no touchy" list. Again, @XX brought up a great point in saying the time may be now if there is someone like ROR available and the fact that he's not on a NMC.
SAY WE WENT BY THE 7-3-1 STRATEGY:
If we go by the 7 forwards, 3 defensemen, and one goaltender rule, actually our "no touch" list would be fine...but, it would require that none of our prospects currently under contract go past 2 years of pro experience (or that we don't acquire anyone significant past 2 years experience) and NOT acquiring anybody with a NMC. Either way, this is all very...risky. I'm almost for biting the bullet and including one of our youngsters that we don't want to lose in order to acquire someone under a contract as long as ROR's with hopes of easing the pressure and ultimately, making the playoffs.
or 8 skaters in total and one goaltender. The first option allows us to protect 2 more players
Any player on a NMC is obligated to be protected and will count against the official tally. First and second-year professionals are exempt. I'm assuming our recent ELC signees (POJ, Capo) will fall under the exempt status since they will most likely still be year one/year two professionals
@XX brought up a good point in the other thread. We have a LOT of kids that are going to need protecting in this expansion.
SAY WE WENT WITH THE 8 SKATERS STRATEGY:
All players we will want to have protected (or have to, and obviously, subject to change)
NO TOUCH LIST:
Keller
Chychrun
OEL
Hjalmarsson
Dvorak
Stepan
Fischer
Galchenyuk
Perlini
Strome
Total: 10
One goalie:
Raanta
So if we were to go into the expansion draft with the same roster we have now (highly unlikely but for conversation's sake) one player on the no touchy list, plus these following players would have to be exposed:
Archibald
Cousins
Dauphin
Kruger
Demers
Kuemper
Pretty much all this means is we leave one player that we don't want to lose exposed along with the others. Meaning we are most likely at moving at least one of the players on the "no touchy" list. Again, @XX brought up a great point in saying the time may be now if there is someone like ROR available and the fact that he's not on a NMC.
SAY WE WENT BY THE 7-3-1 STRATEGY:
If we go by the 7 forwards, 3 defensemen, and one goaltender rule, actually our "no touch" list would be fine...but, it would require that none of our prospects currently under contract go past 2 years of pro experience (or that we don't acquire anyone significant past 2 years experience) and NOT acquiring anybody with a NMC. Either way, this is all very...risky. I'm almost for biting the bullet and including one of our youngsters that we don't want to lose in order to acquire someone under a contract as long as ROR's with hopes of easing the pressure and ultimately, making the playoffs.
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