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I'm sure the Blues would prefer to trade him before the expansion draft so they don't have to protect him, but they're probably going to need to protect at least one player coming back the other way in a trade so that may not matter. After the draft, Seattle will have additional assets to use to be able to broker a deal where they can pick up Tarasenko and flip him with 50% retained to a team that wants to take a flyer on him but is restricted by cap issues from doing so at full price. For example:
Seattle selects Vince Dunn in the expansion draft.
Later, Seattle sends Vince Dunn back to St. Louis as part of a deal where Seattle gets something very nice from Team C for retaining 50% on Tarasenko, the Blues get Dunn back and maybe a sweetener from Team C, and Team C gets Tarasenko at $3.75M instead of $7.5M.
Seattle selects Vince Dunn in the expansion draft.
Later, Seattle sends Vince Dunn back to St. Louis as part of a deal where Seattle gets something very nice from Team C for retaining 50% on Tarasenko, the Blues get Dunn back and maybe a sweetener from Team C, and Team C gets Tarasenko at $3.75M instead of $7.5M.