Who would you protect

[Shoalzie]

^ That makes sense. I'd imagine we'd do the expansion draft prior to our entry draft. The freeze would end after that draft in time for the entry draft.

[Fraser]

we shod implement a no trade rule from our trade deadline until the end of the expansion draft to prevent people selling off claimable assets after the season.

Nah fuck that it will create a more widespread redistribution of talent around the league rather than just allowing a few guys to get excessively burnt. Lower teams will still have the upper hand in negociations with the top dogs

[Mike]

Mine: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... =399127676

I'd regret losing Leo, though a more youth-centric GM might take Kempe or Yak instead. I think I'd probably trade one of my forwards for a comparable D man and expose Holden.

Updated to 7-3-1, but Kempe still exposed.

1 Patrice Bergeron
2 Adam Henrique
3 David Backes
4 Blake Wheeler
5 Jamie Benn
6 James van Riemsdyk
7 Leo Komarov

1 Kris Letang
2 Brent Burns
3 Tyson Barrie

1 Jonathan Quick

Exposed:
Andy Andreoff
Nail Yakupov
Adrian Kempe
Oscar Lindberg
Jason Chimera
Danny Kristo
Iiro Pakarinen
Dennis Everberg
Jiri Sekac
Seth Griffith

Nick Holden
Andrej Sustr
Eric Gryba
Jordie Benn
Cody Goloubef

Peter Budaj
Kevin Poulin
Jhonas Enroth
Jean-Francois Berube
Patrik Bartosak
Alexander Salak
Joacim Eriksson

[Mike]

we shod implement a no trade rule from our trade deadline until the end of the expansion draft to prevent people selling off claimable assets after the season.

Nah fuck that it will create a more widespread redistribution of talent around the league rather than just allowing a few guys to get excessively burnt. Lower teams will still have the upper hand in negociations with the top dogs

Not that I necessarily agree with a no trade rule stretching that far back (but interesting to see Lee the one pioneering it, I can only imagine how boring you'll find the league for that span!) but I think it might have the opposite effect of what you propose. "top teams" will make a few trades to level out their 7:3:1 ratio, even between themselves, effectively limiting the talent ceiling available to the new entrant. Also there's a possibility of collusion between teams (agreements to trade players back after the draft) that would be limited by disallowing trades for a period of time.

[KapG]

This will be fun, not.

[KapG]

I vote no expansion. I have spoken.

i vote with Tony

[Mike]

You don't think so? I'm pretty pumped about this. We're all in the same boat re: losing a player.

[KapG]

Scheifele, Jenner, drouin, voracek, Ennis, sedin and I don't know...clutterbuck or martin

Yandle, Hamonic, chiarot/schenn

Varlamov

[KapG]

You don't think so? I'm pretty pumped about this. We're all in the same boat re: losing a player.

Don't really want the stress of reacquiring my goalies. If we could keep goalie systems id probably be more excited

[thom54]

I don't think you'd lose any goalie Kyle. The ones available now are pretty strong, you'd keep Varly and there's no Gibson/Vas like backup behind him for the Expansion team to desire

[Mike]

You don't think so? I'm pretty pumped about this. We're all in the same boat re: losing a player.

Don't really want the stress of reacquiring my goalies. If we could keep goalie systems id probably be more excited

A few goalies that are probably exposed:
S. Bobrovski
B. Elliott
F. Anderson

I'd expect a pair of them to be selected over Pickard, no (assuming that's who you have/are worried about)?

[KapG]

Pickard is a very, very legit goalie. Have you looked at his numbers? They are really good behind a really
Bad team

[thom54]

It'll be Anderson and Elliot most likely, he/she won't really target Pickard IMO

[KapG]

You don't think so? I'm pretty pumped about this. We're all in the same boat re: losing a player.

Don't really want the stress of reacquiring my goalies. If we could keep goalie systems id probably be more excited

A few goalies that are probably exposed:
S. Bobrovski
B. Elliott
F. Anderson

I'd expect a pair of them to be selected over Pickard, no (assuming that's who you have/are worried about)?

Fair enough.


I guess I have a question for you guys. These players in the expansion draft, their only available to the expansion teams? I don't think I was thinking about this correctly when I initially made that post.

[KapG]

It'll be Anderson and Elliot most likely, he/she won't really target Pickard IMO

I do believe I was thinking about the entire situation incorrectly.


If our players aren't claimed by one of the expansion teams we retain them right?

[thom54]

yea only expansion team. and you lose one player max

[Mike]

They're not "waived" or anything, only available to the expansion team, and most likely every team would lose just on player.

[KapG]

Oh ok, that's my bad then . I was completely misunderstanding how this was going to work.

Excuse my original post!

Thanks guys

[foofnik]

Matt is hurt most by this in terms of goalies since he only has Gibson and Freddy so he'll be left with a single goalie on his roster since I think it's safe that Freddy would be taken.

[thom54]

WILD prediction - Matt trades Anderson