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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
I disagree.
If the draft were held right now:
The Isles would have to leave one of Hamonic, Leddy, Boychuk or De Haaan exposed.
The Preds would have to leave one of Weber, Josi, Ekholm or Ellis exposed
The Ducks would have to leave one of Fowler, Lindholm, Vatanen or Depres exposed
The Bolts would have to leave one of Hedman, Stralman, Garrison or Sustr exposed.
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In the case of the Islanders, they now probably start looking at a forward or young defenseman who will be auto-protected when they trade for Hamonic.
Admittedly don't know enough about who the Predators have coming up that would not be protected, but they are a team that I could see protecting those 4 defensemen along with Forsberg, Neal, Johansen and Smith or someone. That would leave someone like Colin Wilson unprotected but I think that's less of an impact than one of their top 4.
Similarly, the Ducks could expose someone like Silfverberg if he has another down year but Theodore was also not listed so I'm not sure exactly who the Ducks would chose to protect.