Protected :
F Sidney Crosby
F Jesperi Kotkaniemi
F Brendan Gallagher
F Josh Anderson
F Tyler Toffoli
F Jonathan Drouin
F Arturri Lehkonen
D Shea Weber
D Jeff Petry
D Mattias Ekholm
G Carey Price
Exposed :
Joel Armia (UFA), Erik Haula (UFA), Jordan Weal (UFA), Hayden Verbeek, Jake Evans, Michael Frolik (UFA), Corey Perry (UFA), some other AHL forwards, Joel Edmundson, Ben Chiarot, Yannick Weber (UFA), Cale Fleury, Xavier Ouellet, Gustav Olofsson, Jake Allen, Charlie Lindgren (UFA), Michael McNiven
Notable exempted players :
Nick Suzuki, Alexander Romanov, Cayden Primeau, Ryan Poehling