So bettman is being quoted as saying today something along the lines of "if 16-14 works, 17-15 should work too"
We may be on the verge of expansion to Quebec and Las Vegas.
Expansion draft! Take all the Emelins!
okayokay, Canucks are protecting let's see... rookies and sophomores are automatically protected, right? So I shouldn't have to worry about Horvat, Shinkaruk or Jensen
Lack (if we also protect Miller we don't have an other goaltender left with minimum NHL games played I believe... Don't think Markstrom breaks the mark)
D-men:
Edler
Bieksa
Hamhuis
Tanev
Weber
..... bye Sbisa, Bye Stanton, bye Biega (maybe, not sure)
Corrado should be protected as a rookie, so should Tommernes
Forwards:
Burrows
Hansen
Sedin
Sedin
Vrbata
Higgins
Bonino
... this is hard. that means Richardson is gone, Dorsett is gone, Kassian is gone and Matthias is gone. Baertschi, Vey and Kenins should be protected as rookies.
gone are probably also MacMillan (go away), Sestito (isn't he gone anyway), Acton, Sanguinetti and O'Reilly