Ok I was gonna do one for Ottawa but are we just basing it on right now, or at the end of the season? Because there are some UFAs who I would say would be "unprotected" meaning they would just become free agents.
Ok I was gonna do one for Ottawa but are we just basing it on right now, or at the end of the season? Because there are some UFAs who I would say would be "unprotected" meaning they would just become free agents.
BOSTON BRUINS:
G: Tuuka Rask
D: Zdeno Chara, Johnny Boychuk, Dennis Seidenberg, Dougie Hamilton, Torey Krug
F: Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, Milan Lucic, Brad Marchand, Loui Eriksson, Chris Kelly, Gregory Campbell, Dan Paille, Jarome Iginla
That would leave unprotected the following players:
G: Chad Johnson
D: Adam McQuaid, Matt Bartkowski
F: Shawn Thornton, Carl Soderberg, Reilly Smith, Jordan Caron, Nick Johnson, Chris Bourque
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Since the potential expansion would happen earliest next summer, it was my intention to base these projections to what it would be like next summer. So Edmonton for example probably wouldn't protect Hemsky's UFA rights next summer.
These expansion teams could most likely claim these unprotected soon-to-be UFA's though, Atleast in the previous drafts they have been able to do so. They just risk losing them in a week (this potential expansion draft would most likely take place prior to entry draft) to free agency if they claim those players.
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24 Team Fantrax Salary Cap H2H Dynasty League
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, Blks, FOW
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SO
23 Man Roster - 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 3F, 6D, 1G, 4BN, 4IR
27 Man Minor Team
C- Tavares, Stepan, Granlund, Bjugstad, Couturier
LW- Ryan, Perron, Ennis, Killorn, Spaling
RW- Wheeler, Simmonds, Coyle, Wingels, Shaw
D- JJ, Schultz, Cowen, Muzzin, Bortuzzo, Stanton
G- Lehtonen, Rämö
F: Lehterä, Wennberg, McNeill, de la Rose, Fast, Leivo, Arnold, Archibald, Lindström
D: Gelinas, Beaulieu, Koekkoek, McCabe, Johns, Gryba
G: Berra, Talbot, Brossoit, Ullmark, Lieuwen, Rynnäs
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As Dakkster pointed out, look at the previous expansion team rosters. They aren't pretty to look at.
But just looking at the unprotected players in this thread, these new expansion teams have the potential to be a lot better than previous expansion teams were. There's just a lot more talent around these days. Of course many of the unprotected players are soon-to-be UFA's so the expansion teams may not be able to sign them. But they can possibly get a half-decent team in any case. Here's a potential defense for an expansion team based on just teams presented in this thread so far:
Bortuzzo-Brewer
Larsen-Muzzin
Gustafsson-Souray (I didn't take Sbisa as he should be protected)
McQuaid-McBain
None of those would even be UFA's next summer so the expansion team could keep all of them. Not a great D but might not even be in the bottom-5 D in the NHL either. And there's only 10 teams so far presented in this thread.
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24 Team Fantrax Salary Cap H2H Dynasty League
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, Blks, FOW
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SO
23 Man Roster - 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 3F, 6D, 1G, 4BN, 4IR
27 Man Minor Team
C- Tavares, Stepan, Granlund, Bjugstad, Couturier
LW- Ryan, Perron, Ennis, Killorn, Spaling
RW- Wheeler, Simmonds, Coyle, Wingels, Shaw
D- JJ, Schultz, Cowen, Muzzin, Bortuzzo, Stanton
G- Lehtonen, Rämö
F: Lehterä, Wennberg, McNeill, de la Rose, Fast, Leivo, Arnold, Archibald, Lindström
D: Gelinas, Beaulieu, Koekkoek, McCabe, Johns, Gryba
G: Berra, Talbot, Brossoit, Ullmark, Lieuwen, Rynnäs
*UHL Champion 2014*
When you look back on the inaugural rosters of previous expansion teams, one thing that jumps out is some rather unexpected players putting up big or at least bigger than usual numbers. Worth keeping in mind, particularly if your league doesn't count +-. Not sure if there is a good way to predict who will get the extra opportunities on a sparse roster, but someone will. MacIver, Pellerin, Knutsen, Corkum, Belanger, Greg Johnson, etc., all took full advantage of their opportunities.
I wonder if there are rules for who you can keep, if some teams would keep prospects in the minors for an extra year so it would be easier to keep them.
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League champ in 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2022.
Top 8 forwards, 5 dmen and 2 goalies count.
We keep 15 players (any position) plus two rookies.
Forwards: Panarin, Ovechkin, Kopitar, Stamkos, Tuch, Rust, Marchessault, Pavelski, Miller, Bertuzzi, Stone, Kakko, Brown, Stankoven, Kovalenko
Defence: Hedman, Fox, Matheson, Thrun, Jiricek
Goalies: Kochetkov, Talbot, Vasilevskiy, Campbell, Schmid
The Habs look to be in okay shape.
G- Price
D- Subban, Gorges, Tinordi, Emelin, Diaz. (Note, Markov, Emelin, Bouillon, and Diaz are all unrestricted free agents, so I took two of them, and I have Beaulieu kept as a prospect).
F- Pleks, Pacioretty, Briere, Desharnais, Bourque, Galchenyuk, Prust, Eller, Gallagher
Released: Budaj, Moen, White (RFA), Markov (UFA), Gionta (UFA), Parros (UFA)
Writer of the weekly Top 10 column.
12-team Keeper pool, straight points for forwards & dmen. Goalies get: 2 points per win, 3 per shutout, 1 point per assist & 1 point per shootout loss.
League champ in 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2022.
Top 8 forwards, 5 dmen and 2 goalies count.
We keep 15 players (any position) plus two rookies.
Forwards: Panarin, Ovechkin, Kopitar, Stamkos, Tuch, Rust, Marchessault, Pavelski, Miller, Bertuzzi, Stone, Kakko, Brown, Stankoven, Kovalenko
Defence: Hedman, Fox, Matheson, Thrun, Jiricek
Goalies: Kochetkov, Talbot, Vasilevskiy, Campbell, Schmid
I also wonder if some GM who is an advanced stats/possession believer may try to moneypuck his way into an inaugural season playoff berth.
Ottawa Senators Protected list for the 2014-15 season:
Forwards:
Spezza, Ryan, Turris, Zibanejad, Neil, Smith, MacArthur, Pageau and Condra
PS: This is every forward already with the big club not UFA or RFA.
Defence:
Karlsson, Methot, Wiercioch, Cowen and Ceci
PS: This is every signed Dman not UFA or RFA.
Goalie: Lehner
PS: Tough call getting rid of Anderson with only one year left of his deal.
This was an easy list for Bryan Murray to make based on contracts status of his team.
Key UFA's to re-sign: Michalek, Greening and Phillips.
Unprotected:
Conacher RFA, O'Brien RFA, Kassian UFA, Corvo UFA and Gryba RFA
Would be interesting to see how the draft plays out. Teams could dump some bad contracts. That would be the only way two expansion teams could get to the cap floor.
10 team full keeper roto 4C/LW/RW,6D,2G
G,A,P,+/-,PIM,SOG,GWG,PPP,SHP,Hit,Blk,FOW
W,GAA,SV,SV%,SHO
C-Aho,Couturier,Matthews,O'Reilly
LW-Ehlers,Giroux,Panarin,Rust
RW-Kucherov,Palmieri,Pastrnak,Wilson
D-Burns,Carlson,Gudas,Josi,Nurse,Pietrangelo
G-Fleury,F.Andersen,Markstrom
BN-Zacha
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Beaucage,Berggren,Bokk,Brisson,Chytil,Dugan,Foerst er,Foote,Frost,Grewe,K.Johnson,Lindblom,Mikheyev,N ybeck,Peterka,Pospisil,Protas,Ranta,Raty,Stankoven ,Suzuki,Tuomaala
Alexeyev,Brook,Foote,Graves,Poirier,Sanderson,Seid er,Wilde,Woo,Zamula
Berdin,Brossoit,Commesso,Ersson,Husso,Knight,Koche tkov,Lafontaine,Oettinger,Primeau,Sandstrom,Stolar z,Ustimenko,Vladar