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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I could be wrong, but I don't remember this being allowed during the last expansion.
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It was technically allowed, but because there were two expansion teams at the same time and a bigger protected list, it was pointless. Nobody was going to bribe Columbus
and Minnesota in order to keep their #10 forward or #6 defenceman. (Teams protected 9 F, 5 D, 1 G or 7 F, 3 D, 2 G.)