eco's bones
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If you look at Nash. Two of his last three seasons. Concussion in 13-14. The bone bruise in 15-16. Nash suffered a concussion during the lockout season. Lucic hit his head into the glass. Rangers need for him to be healthy and productive. Should the Rangers protect him in the expansion draft? If Nash has an injury plagued season. Scores 20 goals. The Rangers should not protect him. McPhee won't take him. The Rangers can protect another forward. Even if Nash has a good season,would you protect him? If Vegas takes him,the Rangers are off the hook. Free up $7.8M. Open up a spot in the top 6 for the younger guys.
The problem with that is you lose whatever trade value he has. Of course if he has another season like last year his trade value is going to tank even more and that point could be moot.
It's hard to speculate what's going to happen in an expansion draft. There are deals made to take this guy and not that. Vegas isn't likely to make deals with everyone but I expect they will deal with some teams.
Personally with one $7.8 mil year left for Nash unless he's had a 40 goal season and a good playoffs I'd probably expose him.