Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston has published the full list of players who, due to no-movement clauses in their current contracts, must be protected in the upcoming expansion draft for the new Vegas Golden Knights. These are players who will count against the protection limits should they choose not to waive their NMC rights prior to the draft.
Each team has the right to protect either:
A) Seven forwards, three defenders, one goaltender
or
B) Eight skaters, one goaltender
These players will count against those numbers, and as Johnston points out, there are some notable inclusions and omissions from this group. Players like Jordan Staal, Rick Nash and Bobby Ryan all had incorrect information spread about their contracts. The former two will now need protection, while the latter will not, due to his deal only having a no-movement to the minors clause.
The Chicago Blackhawks, with eight players listed, will have little flexibility at the draft, with only four forward spots (or one defenseman) left to use. Many others, according to Johnston, including Toronto’s Nathan Horton, are likely to be made exempt if they are still on LTIR as the draft approaches.
Anaheim (4)
Kevin Bieksa
Ryan Getzlaf
Ryan Kesler
Corey Perry
Arizona (1)
Alex Goligoski
Boston (4)
David Backes
Patrice Bergeron
Zdeno Chara
David Krejci
Buffalo (1)
Kyle Okposo
Carolina (1)
Jordan Staal
Columbus (5)
Sergei Bobrovsky
David Clarkson
Brandon Dubinsky
Nick Foligno
Scott Hartnell
Chicago (8)
Artem Anisimov
Corey Crawford
Niklas Hjalmarsson
Marian Hossa
Patrick Kane
Duncan Keith
Brent Seabrook
Jonathan Toews
Colorado (2)
Francois Beauchemin
Erik Johnson
Dallas (2)
Jamie Benn
Jason Spezza
Detroit (1)
Frans Nielsen
Edmonton (3)
Milan Lucic
Andrej Sekera
Cam Talbot
Florida (1)
Keith Yandle
Los Angeles (1)
Anze Kopitar
Minnesota (4)
Mikko Koivu
Zach Parise
Jason Pominville
Ryan Suter
Montreal (2)
Jeff Petry
Carey Price
Nashville (1)
Pekka Rinne
New Jersey (1)
Ryane Clowe
N.Y. Islanders (3)
Johnny Boychuk
Andrew Ladd
John Tavares
N.Y. Rangers (4)
Dan Girardi
Henrik Lundqvist
Rick Nash
Marc Staal
Ottawa (1)
Dion Phaneuf
Philadelphia (1)
Claude Giroux
Pittsburgh (5)
Sidney Crosby
Marc-Andre Fleury
Phil Kessel
Kris Letang
Evgeni Malkin
Tampa Bay (4)
Ryan Callahan
Valtteri Filppula
Victor Hedman
Steven Stamkos
Toronto (1)
Nathan Horton
Vancouver (3)
Loui Eriksson
Daniel Sedin
Henrik Sedin
Winnipeg (2)
Dustin Byfuglien
Toby Enstrom
Where are the Sharks???
They don’t have any players with nmc. There’s 4 teams in total. St. Louis is one of the other teams that don’t have any players under nmc.