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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
The cap will definitely factor into the expansion draft this time around as well. It is going to be very different than what happened in the last expansion draft.
If I was picking, I would purposefully look for expiring contracts that may end up good value at the trade deadline, for instance. You leave someone like Stempniak and Cammalleri (which I really don't see happening), there would be a high chance of them getting picked off.
The expansion draft is sure to be fun. The rules are going to be difficult enough that teams basically have to leave good players exposed. Not a time to rush prospects, that's for sure.
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You are bang on here too C4L, the cap will play a huge part.
But I disagree on the likes of Cammy/Stempniak being picked off, that being for the simple fact that if hypothetically an expansion draft occurred in late June they would only have a couple weeks left on their contracts and would most likely lose those players for nothing.
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Originally Posted by flamesfan1297
Or would players with NMC and NTC be automatically protected?
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Unlikely, since a NTC protects only against being traded, this would likely be similar to waivers for the players with a NTC.