Sportsnet: Official expansion draft protected list

[BatVader]

Here’s the full list of players who are currently required to be protected by their teams in the expansion draft:
(as per http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/official-nhl-expansion-draft-exempt-list-contains-surprises/ )
***This list will undoubtedly change over the course of this season. This is just the initial list made official by the league.
[table="head;width=750]Team|Players
2|Kevin Bieksa, Ryan Getzlaf, Ryan Kesler, Corey Perry
:coyotes|Alex Goligoski
|David Backes, Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara, David Krejci
|Kyle Okposo
|Jordan Staal
|Sergei Bobrovsky, David Clarkson, Brandon Dubinsky, Nick Foligno, Scott Hartnell
|Artem Anisimov, Corey Crawford, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Marian Hossa, Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, Jonathan Toews
|Francois Beauchemin, Erik Johnson
|Jamie Benn, Jason Spezza
|Frans Nielsen
|Milan Lucic, Andrej Sekera, Cam Talbot
|Keith Yandle
2|Anze Kopitar
|Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise, Jason Pominville, Ryan Suter
|Jeff Petry, Carey Price
|Pekka Rinne
|Ryane Clowe
|Johnny Boychuk, Andrew Ladd, John Tavares
|Dan Girardi, Henrik Lundqvist, Rick Nash, Marc Staal
|Dion Phaneuf
|Claude Giroux
|Sidney Crosby, Marc-Andre Fleury, Phil Kessel, Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin
|Ryan Callahan, Valtteri Filppula, Victor Hedman, Steven Stamkos
|Nathan Horton
|Loui Eriksson, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin
|Dustin Byfuglien, Toby Enstrom
[/table]

Teams without any players that they’re required to protect:
Calgary, San Jose, St. Louis, Washington.

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[Tatar Shots]

Thread title is misleading. Those players are not exempt, they are required to be protected.

 

[dechire]

Thread title is misleading. Those players are not exempt, they are required to be protected.

I think it's the league calling it the exempt list since they're exempt from being chosen but I agree that it's confusing

 

[The Great Weal]

Damn we HAVE to protect Price?

 

[Street Hawk]

I think it's the league calling it the exempt list since they're exempt from being chosen but I agree that it's confusing

They are required to be protected unless they decide to waive it.

Some guys will waive, but only if they are very confident that they will not be selected.

Vets like bieksa and enstrom would want to see their teams protected and available list to see who is most likely to be taken by the knights. If one of those guys is taken, it would be cause the knights need to hit the cap floor and they want to trade them by the 2018 tdl. But, the knight would prefer to grab a 23-25 year old who hasn't translated their junior, NCAA, AHL numbers into the nhl.

I mean, does Horton care since he can't play anymore? Not like Vegas is going to burn $5 million per year on him.

 

[Kanneda]

Nash?

 

[Sens Vader]

Bobby Ryan exposed, interesting

 

[Aceboogie]

Columbus oooooufff

 

[Halla]

waiting for the first ducks fan to say bieksa will waive/be bought out, and they will pay vegas not to take manson, so they dont lose anyone good

 

[Warden of the North]

Clarkson

lol

 

[WTFMAN99]

I believe Horton is exempt due to injury?

 

[Stjonnypopo]

Fleury needs to be protected? That's probably not optimal for them since they're going to want to protect Murray as well.

 

[FrozenSherbet]

The article references Clarkson, Clowe, and Horton being made exempt later on. This is just a preliminary list that doesn't account for buyouts, waived clauses, or injuries.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Fleury needs to be protected? That's probably not optimal for them since they're going to want to protect Murray as well.

Trades
Or buyout

Or insane offer for MM
One of 3

 

[WTFMAN99]

The article references Clarkson, Clowe, and Horton being made exempt later on. This is just a preliminary list that doesn't account for buyouts, waived clauses, or injuries.

Thank you.

 

[HabsDood]

It's not clear, what's the rule? Why are these guys, like Price on the list, we know this won't be, does that mean that the Habs only have to protect two guys? How many can we protect? What?

 

[3074326]

The article references Clarkson, Clowe, and Horton being made exempt later on. This is just a preliminary list that doesn't account for buyouts, waived clauses, or injuries.

It's going to be entertaining watching people lose their minds because they will undoubtedly respond before reading the article.

 

[BatVader]

The article references Clarkson, Clowe, and Horton being made exempt later on. This is just a preliminary list that doesn't account for buyouts, waived clauses, or injuries.

Hence the underlined and italicized "currently" in my OP

 

[Caeldan]

It's not clear, what's the rule? Why are these guys, like Price on the list, we know this won't be, does that mean that the Habs only have to protect two guys? How many can we protect? What?

This list is the list of people who teams absolutely MUST protect.
8 Skaters 1G, or 7F 3D 1G

So for example, in the case of Chicago if nothing else changes... they're already committed towards 4F 3D 1G, and so have 3F, or 1D left to pick to protect.

 

[Schenn]

I believe Horton is exempt due to injury?

Yeah. 0% chance Horton will be on the Leafs protected list.

 

[tigervixxxen]

I read the article but any real surprises? Nash?

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

waiting for the first ducks fan to say bieksa will waive/be bought out, and they will pay vegas not to take manson, so they dont lose anyone good

As a Duck fan, put me down for the bolded only. I think Vegas takes the BPA within the guidelines of how many they must choose by position. Then they listen to offers from around the league and decide if some of those guys are worth moving or worth keeping and playing. Unless a team wants to overpay not to take one of their players, there's no reason Vegas will make deals like that unless a team possibly has two very good options to choose from.

 

[Ciao]

So what happens if Pittsburgh gives Matt Murray a full NMC and doesn't move Fleury off the roster?

Could they do that?

If so, who gets protected?

 

[FrozenSherbet]

So what happens if Pittsburgh gives Matt Murray a full NMC and doesn't move Fleury off the roster?

Could they do that?

If so, who gets protected?

Due to his age, the NMC wouldn't kick in until years after the expansion draft.

 

[MessierII]

Columbus is in the worst spot