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Expansion is now into Phase 3 and it's looking alot like Quebec and Las Vegas will have expansion teams within the next 2 years. This means an expansion draft is coming, and that opens up some interesting possibilities for The Leafs.
Hoping I can quote the article here, (from a Hockeybuzz blogger hope that is ok here).
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Jason-Lewis/NHL-Expansion-Who-Would-the-Kings-Protect/179/70600
This is from an LA Kings blogger speculating on "who to protect from our team", but if it's accurate, it's basically this, to quote the article...
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So how are expansion teams formed?
Back in 2000 the rules were simple. Every NHL team was allowed to protect one goaltender, five defensemen, and nine forwards or two goaltenders, three defensemen, and seven forwards. (The only exemption in 2000 were the Nashville Predators and the Atlanta Thrashers given that they entered the league in the last two years.)
The rest of the players that are not protected go into a pool and each new expansion team is allowed to select from them. As you would expect, not a lot of competitive teams are formed out of the expansion draft due to many teams trying to shed highly paid, yet, below production level players and/or players deemed replaceable.
That does, however, leave some interesting names up for debate on the protected/unprotected status.
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So for us Leafs, we of course have to go through the debates of who to protect from our Roster. But beyond that, with a progressive and aggressive new Management braintrust, it got me thinking about possibilities.
So my question, without knowledge of the small print in previous expansion drafts. Can deals be pre-made with expansion teams where they select certain players from certain teams and flip them immediately for other assets?? I'm thinking within say 2 years when expansion comes in, we may be a bit closer, and have a unique opportunity to wheel and deal a bit and get some pretty good players if we're creative.
Am I thinking too much about this or is this maybe a case of the stars lining up at the right time in a few years for us to maybe exploit this expansion with a young talent pool and financial flexibility?
Hoping I can quote the article here, (from a Hockeybuzz blogger hope that is ok here).
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Jason-Lewis/NHL-Expansion-Who-Would-the-Kings-Protect/179/70600
This is from an LA Kings blogger speculating on "who to protect from our team", but if it's accurate, it's basically this, to quote the article...
>>>
So how are expansion teams formed?
Back in 2000 the rules were simple. Every NHL team was allowed to protect one goaltender, five defensemen, and nine forwards or two goaltenders, three defensemen, and seven forwards. (The only exemption in 2000 were the Nashville Predators and the Atlanta Thrashers given that they entered the league in the last two years.)
The rest of the players that are not protected go into a pool and each new expansion team is allowed to select from them. As you would expect, not a lot of competitive teams are formed out of the expansion draft due to many teams trying to shed highly paid, yet, below production level players and/or players deemed replaceable.
That does, however, leave some interesting names up for debate on the protected/unprotected status.
<<<<
So for us Leafs, we of course have to go through the debates of who to protect from our Roster. But beyond that, with a progressive and aggressive new Management braintrust, it got me thinking about possibilities.
So my question, without knowledge of the small print in previous expansion drafts. Can deals be pre-made with expansion teams where they select certain players from certain teams and flip them immediately for other assets?? I'm thinking within say 2 years when expansion comes in, we may be a bit closer, and have a unique opportunity to wheel and deal a bit and get some pretty good players if we're creative.
Am I thinking too much about this or is this maybe a case of the stars lining up at the right time in a few years for us to maybe exploit this expansion with a young talent pool and financial flexibility?
