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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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Not at all an expert on expansion drafts - but I don't think a team in Quebec City is a foregone conclusion. With the unbalanced conferences, I'd think it's far more likely that a second western city gets a franchise over an eastern city.