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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Flames have some of the worst depth in the league. On a relative basis I think they are amongst teams that will be hurt the least
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Kerr and Stenberg were debating this on the drive home last night, and if the draft were held today, they were struggling to protect 3D 7F.
But considering this will be held next year (most likely), that changes things.
Gaudreau, Monahan, Bennett, Gio, Brodie and Hamilton are six right away. You probably want to protect Frolik as well. From there, you have to decide if you want to protect Jokipakka as your eighth, or look at guys like Ferland, Bouma, Hathaway (if he establishes as a regular) and the likes to fill the other three forward slots.
Someone like Jankowski is a really interesting case under the proposed rules. If an expansion draft were held today, we'd have to protect or risk losing him since he is more than two years out of the draft and unsigned. But if it were held next year, he would be ineligible as a first year pro.