So I remember reading an article in The Hockey News a couple years back surrounding the ideas of an expansion draft.
I found a similar article discussing who would be protected on each team and who's left unprotected in todays NHL.
Quote:
-Choose to protect either nine forwards, five defensemen, and one goalie or seven forwards, three defensemen, and two goalies
-If protecting one goalie, there is no experience requirement for the goalie left unprotected. If protecting two goalies, they must leave one goalie unprotected who played in at least 10 games the prior season, or 25 combined games over the past two seasons
-Teams must leave one defenseman and two forwards unprotected who played 40 NHL games the prior season, or 70 combined games over the prior two seasons
-Players on entry-level contracts are automatically exempt, and every existing team will have exactly two players selected
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I guess those are the rules of the expansion draft unless they have changed since the lockout.
The articles are pretty cool but seeing what players expansion draft teams are made of is kinda alarming, especially since you're filling a team with 2nd-4th line/2nd-3rd pairing players all from different teams.
http://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-expa...s-unprotected/
http://thehockeywriters.com/seattle-...draft-rosters/