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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
If the rules are the same as Vegas had yes they do. only 1st and 2nd year players would be exempt. both will have completed 2 years.
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Since the expansion draft happens prior to July 1st, Valimaki would still be in his second year and would not be required to be protected. Even though the season is over they are still under the 2nd year of contract. This is the way it was for the vegas expansion.
We could be positioned quite well for the expansion draft once again thanks to the way trie does business, unless the expansion gets pushed back a year due to fears of a lock out, that would cause us to have to protect Valimaki and throw a wedge in everything