There will probably be specific guidelines for this when they finally announce the rules for the expansion draft. A games played requirement for each position, most likely, to close that potential loophole.well what makes you a winger? lot of teams have a winger that ends up sitting for most/all of the game. you never heard of buff? sometime he's a winger sometimes he plays dee. where is he going to fall?
Why is the bolded ALWAYS brought up in a Despres discussion, as if those arguing in his favor somehow rank him among the all time greats? If someone's in favor of trading Sprong, is your comeback "it's Daniel Sprong not Mike Bossy!"?
Kudos to you for at least not using Bobby Orr, though.
I am going by the fact that even 15 months on from this trade people are still holding a candle for a mediocre defensive prospect with plenty of deficiencies. That kind of love should only be reserved for those who would make that kind of a difference....obviously he would not, so people need to really leave it alone. It's a little bit sad that there are so many people that are so hung up on Despres. It's probably the same people who thought the Tangradi was the best thing since sliced bread...and that the only reason he isn't a top 6 power forward is because he didn't get enough ice time with the Pens...
There seem to be a lot of short memories, Despres made Letang look like a Harvard graduate with some of his play...anyway, I know I am in the minority of those who couldn't care less that Despres is not a Penguin...I will leave it alone (for another 12 months 
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Yes of course it doesn't have basis in reality the same way people pining for Despres has no basis in reality...it happened, he is gone.
I would try to ignore it but it pops up in pretty much every thread. I am not judging anybody, but I worry for people who are getting so stuck on something that happened 15 months ago and had no discernible negative impact on a team that has just won the Stanley Cup....these few posts by myself have been about a year in the pipeline and now I just feel justified in asking why people are still going on about this since we won a cup.
I agree that we didn't get enough return for him, and I thought Lovejoy was absolute crap when he was here before but he was much improved from his first stint here and has done a solid job for us this year particularly in the post season. I just cannot see the evidence to show Despres was this stud that everyone says he is/was.
I still remember when Scuderi signed in LA and played big minutes for them and people here were asking why we let him go...then he came back...
