I dunno, my feeling about the expansion draft and such is that one player will be picked. it's a dangerous road to start to throw bad decisions after trying to protect against the inevitable. make the decision on Necas independent of that sort of thing. if he's ready for 15+ minutes per night in the NHL, then call him up. if not, then let him pwn the AHL for the rest of the year. end the decision-making process there.