Jason Lewis: What Decisions Could the Kings Face with an Expansion Draft?

jason im a bit confused. you said NMC would not be exposed yet you put kopi in every list of to be protected players. am i misreading?

sorry my bad. i thought NMC was exempt but its mandatory. i understand now.

the problem also remains that even if you expose brown and gaborik, there will likely be a more enticing option like mcnabb/martinez or shore/etc they could take over brown/gabo. those contracts are too long to be enticing...and the kings will end up still having them to deal with when the expansion draft is over.

as long as we keep 6, 8, 11, 27, 32, 70, 73, 77, we will remain competitive. Thats our core in my opinion. Everyone else is just along for the ride.

the problem also remains that even if you expose brown and gaborik, there will likely be a more enticing option like mcnabb/martinez or shore/etc they could take over brown/gabo. those contracts are too long to be enticing...and the kings will end up still having them to deal with when the expansion draft is over.

as long as we keep 6, 8, 11, 27, 32, 70, 73, 77, we will remain competitive. Thats our core in my opinion. Everyone else is just along for the ride.
- Deadmau55

still think 70 won't be on the roster to expose, even if 17 doesn't re-sign. feel like deals will be made before then and he's one of the more marketable assets DL has.

jason im a bit confused. you said NMC would not be exposed yet you put kopi in every list of to be protected players. am i misreading?
- masterhans

Kopitar was included to keep numbers right. He counts against it

still think 70 won't be on the roster to expose, even if 17 doesn't re-sign. feel like deals will be made before then and he's one of the more marketable assets DL has.
- hiway39

That bums me out. Pearson is one of my favorite players since the Colts. But his name does get thrown around a lot.

That bums me out. Pearson is one of my favorite players since the Colts. But his name does get thrown around a lot.
- Deadmau55

agreed, i like him a lot. the fact that he was passed over one full draft and that he's come along nicely makes him very easy to root for. but he's relatively cheap, arb rights rfa next year, so there's a level of cost certainty with him and he's probably good for 15-20 goals in a consistent top 6 role as a conservative estimate.

but if it helps shore up the top 4 d once and for all, its a risk you have to take.

Jason Lewis: What Decisions Could the Kings Face with an Expansion Draft?
- Jason_Lewis

Great opportunity to unload Brown, Gaborik and Nolan

Also, had players like Forbort, Dowd, or Gravel, played more than 25 games in either of the last two seasons, it would have exposed them to the draft if they were regulars on the team for the 2016-17 season. (If my understanding of the first and second year idea applies to "Rookie season" eligibility)
- Jason Lewis

I read an article a few months back where they quoted Bill Daly explicitly stating that "first and second year" applies to the first and second years of a player's ELC. Players in the final year of their ELC would be subject to the expansion draft and therefore must be protected if they don't want them to be exposed.

I'll try and find that article that I read and will update with a link when I do.

*Edit* This is the article that I read:

TSN: NHL presents potential expansion draft plans

The most pressing question, Panthers GM Dale Tallon said, was whether teams would be allowed to protect young players and prospects.

The answer is that first- and second-year professional players - including those in the minors - will be exempt from the expansion draft. Players entering the third and final year of their entry-level contract would be eligible, though.

That will expose a lot of valuable, burgeoning prospects.

“We made a point to GMs that they are going to be forced to expose better players,” Daly said.
- TSN

It was apparently Dale Tallon that was being paraphrased by TSN's Frank Seravalli and not Bill Daly being directly quoted. That's a pretty big difference. Not sure why I read that differently the first time around.

I read an article a few months back where they quoted Bill Daly explicitly stating that "first and second year" applies to the first and second years of a player's ELC. Players in the final year of their ELC would be subject to the expansion draft and therefore must be protected if they don't want them to be exposed.

I'll try and find that article that I read and will update with a link when I do.
- tkecanuck341

Ya know, I saw that also, being that it was in relation to ELC, but then I saw elsewhere that it was taking first and second year rookie status instead of ELC.

But there are some things still being sorted out so I'll update accordingly.

Asking this completely out of a sense of curiosity as opposed to actually expecting it to be even a remotely possible outcome, but if you had to assign a percentage chance Las Vegas would select Brown, what would it be? I'm thinking 5% at most. 🙁