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Originally Posted by Textcritic
If I remember correctly from the last expansion draft, pending UFAs were exempt from protection, and for teams to add them to their protected lists it required a new contract.
This is what happened with Engelland; because he signed as a UFA with VGK, he then counted as their selection from the Flames. I could totally see the exact same thing happening with Derek Ryan, and I would also be reluctant for the Flames to extend him prior to the expansion draft because of what it would likely cost.
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The only thing that is not similar to the Engelland deal is that the Knights could have delayed signing UFA Engelland until after the expansion draft and picked another player from the Flames exposed list. The Flames did not have any player exposed that Vegas wanted.
They signed Engelland to a 1 year 1M deal on the 18th of June rather than July 1.
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Troy Brouwer was the name getting the most pub, but Matt Stajan, Lance Bouma, and 22-year-old Hunter Shinkaruk were all also available to be selected. Bear in mind, Vegas could have taken any of these players, and still signed Engelland on July 1st.
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This time all things being even, Seattle would take a chance on Kylington or Bennett or Dube were Bennett protected.