Quoting: Khalenix
Well, I don't mean to be rude, but I think that a lot of those are obvisouly going to be protected for the expansion draft. Names like : Subban, Holtby, JVR, Kadri and so on.
Not rude. I agree that teams will wheel and deal and try to trade players as to not expose good players or make side deals with Seattle. But I made the picks with the current rosters.
For Subban, I protected: Josi, Ekholm, Ellis who are all 1 year younger and significantly cheaper than Subban.
For Holtby, I protected: Samsonov who was their 1st round pick in 2015 and goalie of the future
For JVR, I protected: Giroux, Voracek, Couturier, Patrick, Konecny and since they have an older team, I figured they may let JVR get taken so they can protect 2 younger prospects. But I will give you this one that JVR will most likely be protected.
For Kadri, I protected: Tavares, Nylander, Hyman, Brown, Matthews, Marner, Kapanen and they still have various good prospects Johnsson, Moore, Petan, Bracco, Gauthier that will also be left exposed.