Well now that we know the lists, I re-did my expansion draft. Where there have been reported or rumored deals with Vegas, I selected the player rumored to be going there (i.e. Fleury, Vatanen, Calvert). I selected a mix of veterans to help the team right away, and some young prospects that are close to contributing. I did NOT select any pending UFAs for ease of this exercise. Only RFAs or players under contract were selected. The total cap hit is $72 million, but that's with all the players listed and not the final roster. Here's what I ended up with for a lineup:
Mike Cammalleri-Tomas Plekanec-
James Neal
Jonathan Marchessault-Cody Eakin-Michael Grabner
Matt Calvert-Marcus Kruger-Lee Stempniak
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare-Mikhail Grigorenko-Dmitrij Jaskin
Minors: Hunter Shinkaruk, Nick Shore, Kerby Rychel,
William Carrier, Teemu Pulkinnen, Brendan Gaunce
Sami Vatanen-
Marc Methot
Calvin de Haan-Toby Enstrom
Adam McQuaid-Matt Dumba
David Schlemko
Minors: Mark Fayne, Slater Koekkoek
Marc-Andre Fleury-Petr Mrazek
Minors/Trade bait: Philipp Grubauer
Quite frankly, this is a pretty solid team that could be on the playoff bubble if things go well. There's lot of flexibility as almost everyone is on a 1 or 2 year deal.
https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/70514
thoughts???? Anything you think I'm out to lunch on?