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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
There is also the matter of the expansion draft, a 2+ year deal from Russell will absolutely guarantee that one (or both) of he or Jokipakka will be back for the 2017-18 season.
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Ya - I was thinking about expansion draft implications as well. If we signed Russell to a two year deal, I believe we'd have at a minimum:
- a qualified Kevin
- a qualified 'Spoon
- a signed Kris Russell
Perhaps the qualified but not signed players offer enough distraction to Vegas to pass them up and instead take Russell.
Either way - I'm totally fine with
not graduating any of our non-Wotherspoon "D" prospects this year. NEXT YEAR I'll be hoping for one or two of Chilly, Rasmus or Hickey.