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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
So if the NHL actually does expand to Vegas (and one would think a Quebec City team would enter the league the same year) how many players are the Flames allowed to protect from the expansion draft? Obviously our core pieces like Monahan, Gaudreau, Bennett, Giordano, and Brodie wouldn't be going anywhere, but could we end up losing some promising B-level prospects like Granlund, Ferland, or Wortherspoon?
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In past expansion drafts, new teams have only been able to select one player from each NHL roster. Likely that will be the case again, so there is a chance of us losing a decent prospect, but only one.
Another thing that will be interesting is the effect of No-Movement-Clauses on the expansion draft. Whether players with NMC's in their contracts will be considered part of a team's list of protected players, or separately protected, or not protected at all unless placed on the list.
According to the archived CapGeek (god I miss that site) our list of NMC players for a likely 2016 expansion draft would be Stajan, Raymond, Wideman, and Giordano. Brodie's contract may include an NMC, but I couldn't find any information on that.