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driveway · 12-13-2015, 08:34 PM

I remember reading... possibly from Friedman? Though I'm not sure that the expansion draft is likely to be salary-based as opposed to player-based. Teams will only be able to protect a certain amount of salary, and must leave a certain amount exposed.

Also, it's believed that an expansion draft overrides NMC's - there's nothing in the CBA language about an NMC preventing a player from being taken in an expansion draft.

We're likely looking at expansion at least once if not twice in the next 2-3 years. Getting Johnny Money, and Bennett on bridge-deals to take them through that period might not be a bad idea and would allow us to keep a contract like Giordano (if we wanted) or a goalie (if we can get one) protected.

The issue with that is that their next contracts could easily be Kane-Toews level deals. If we could get Johnny for 8 years at 7 I'd be more than happy. Money at 5 by 5.5, mostly because his agent will want him to have a shot at making huge dollars in five years.

12-13-2015, 08:34 PM	#67
driveway A Fiddler Crab Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago Exp:	I remember reading... possibly from Friedman? Though I'm not sure that the expansion draft is likely to be salary-based as opposed to player-based. Teams will only be able to protect a certain amount of salary, and must leave a certain amount exposed. Also, it's believed that an expansion draft overrides NMC's - there's nothing in the CBA language about an NMC preventing a player from being taken in an expansion draft. We're likely looking at expansion at least once if not twice in the next 2-3 years. Getting Johnny Money, and Bennett on bridge-deals to take them through that period might not be a bad idea and would allow us to keep a contract like Giordano (if we wanted) or a goalie (if we can get one) protected. The issue with that is that their next contracts could easily be Kane-Toews level deals. If we could get Johnny for 8 years at 7 I'd be more than happy. Money at 5 by 5.5, mostly because his agent will want him to have a shot at making huge dollars in five years.