On the heels of yesterday’s report that both Keith Yandle and Dion Phaneuf had been asked to waive their no-movement clauses in order to be exposed for the upcoming expansion draft, speculation is running rampant around the league on who else will be asked. Below is the full list of players who currently require protection due to their clauses. The deadline to submit a request to a player is 4pm CDT today, while the player must inform the team of his decision by the same time on Friday June 16th. Because the Stanley Cup Finals ended last night, Nashville and Pittsburgh will not receive an extension and will need to submit their requests at the same time as every other team.
Elliotte Friedman was on Sportsnet radio today and mentioned that the Anaheim Ducks have spoken with Kevin Bieksa about possibly waiving his clause, something examined at length in our recent Ducks Expansion Primer.
Anaheim (4)
Kevin Bieksa — Expected to be asked.
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 (4)
Sergei Bobrovsky
Brandon Dubinsky
Nick Foligno
Scott Hartnell — Was not asked to waive.
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 (3)
Jamie Benn
Jason Spezza
Ben Bishop
Detroit (1)
Frans Nielsen
Edmonton (3)
Milan Lucic
Andrej Sekera
Cam Talbot
Florida (1)
Keith Yandle — Conflicting reports. George Richards of Miami Herald reports that he has not been asked.
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
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 — Asked to waive.
Philadelphia (2)
Claude Giroux
Valtteri Filppula
Pittsburgh (5)
Sidney Crosby
Marc-Andre Fleury — Waived.
Phil Kessel
Kris Letang
Evgeni Malkin
Tampa Bay (3)
Ryan Callahan — Not expected to be asked.
Victor Hedman
Steven Stamkos
Vancouver (3)
Loui Eriksson
Daniel Sedin
Henrik Sedin
Winnipeg (2)
Dustin Byfuglien
Toby Enstrom
Hopefully NYR can convince Staal or Girardi to waive theirs
There’s a lot of rumblings that the Jets will ask Enstrom to waive his as well. Fingers crossed. I’d hate to see them lose a player like Joel Armia