AdmiralsFan24
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It's not that we are worried about them taking Pekka. The ideal situation would have been to have him on an expiring deal at the time of the draft. But the NMC will make Poile protect him and you can only protect 1 goalie so Saros will be exposed. I have to think Poile has known for a while that Saros probably isnt the long term solution or else he wouldnt have allowed this to happen
Again, this is not how it works. From the damn rules of the expansion draft.
Seattle must choose a minimum of 20 players under contract for the 2021-22 regular season and those with an aggregate Expansion Draft value that is between 60-100 percent of the prior season's upper limit for the salary cap.
Guess who's not under contract for the 2021-22 regular season? I'm sure if Pekka is playing well and wants to keep playing, Poile would be happy to have him back but he was never going to give him a contract with a NMC that overlapped with the Seattle expansion draft because it would be foolish to have to use an protection spot on a 37 or 38 year old goalie.