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Originally Posted by Nelson

Even assuming Lucic waives his NMC, the Flames are still going to expose some good players.

Protecting Gaudreau, Monahan, Lindholm, Dube, Bennett, Mangiapane, Tkachuk, Valimaki, Andersson, Hanifin, and Rittich leaves Kylington, Backlund, Giordano, and Parsons exposed.

Yeah, in the grand scheme of things, I'm still most-worried about losing one of the good young d-men (probably Kylington) more than any of the forwards. That is true whether Lucic is protected or not.