We are back looking at another North Division Team. Today we are joined by Karine Hains as they have provided their own list for who to protect for the Montreal Canadiens.

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CANADIENS PROTECTION LIST

FORWARDS

Brendan Gallagher
Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Jonathan Drouin
Josh Anderson
Tyler Toffoli
Philip Danault (extended)
Jake Evans

DEFENSE

Shea Weber
Jeff Petry
Ben Chiarot

GOALIES

Carey Price

EXPOSURE REQUIREMENTS - FORWARDS

Paul Byron
Arturri Lehkonen

EXPOSURE REQUIREMENTS - DEFENSE

Joel Edmundson
Brett Kulak
Cale Fleury
Victor Mete

EXPOSURE REQUIREMENTS - GOALIE

Jake Allen

In addition to the list, here are a few more words from Karine

Not needing to be protected: Nick Suzuki, Cayden Primeau, Ryan Poehling, Alexander Romanov, Jesse Ylonen, Josh Brook, Cole Caufield, Kaiden Guhle.

The Habs are in a bit of a cap crunch and since the Kraken will have a cap floor to reach, I believe Marc Bergevin will be making a deal with them to select Paul Byron. Furthermore, in order to allow Primeau time to develop, I'm pretty sure Bergevin will be wanting to keep Jake Allen, especially since he's performing so well this season. In order for Vegas to pick Byron, I'd be willing to offer one 2nd round pick and one 3round pick in the 2021 draft.

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I will certainly be looking at that potential trade offer with Karine and the Canadiens moving forward.

Tatar is an effective player who has seen his point totals drop this season but he is also averaging almost 2 minutes fewer a game than he did last season. As Kraken GM I would have interest in Tatar but likely not use my Canadiens pick to try and extend him prior to normal UFA season starts.

The most appealing names for the Canadiens all appear to be from their blueline and back. Veterans like Kulak and Edmundson have the ability to log solid top four minutes on the blue line and neither is too long in the tooth either to expect and massive falloffs over the next few seasons.

Jake Allen is another enticing option, especially considering his numbers this season. If you recall I did not look at Allen in my first expansion draft but his stock has certainly increased over the course of this season.

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Looking at this list that has been provided, who would you select from the Montreal Canadiens?

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