Will update this post throughout the 18th with the protected list and my projected targets based on those lists

There will be a post for each team with the protected list, who I’m surprised they didn’t protect, and my target picks

So I’ll start now

7-3-1
Deslauriers, Jones, Lundestrom, Rakell, Silfverberg, Steel, Terry, Fowler, Lindholm, Manson, Gibson

Surprises: Deslauriers over Heinen/Milano

Possible picks: Grant, Heinen, Milano, Volkov, Fleury, Mahura, Shattenkirk

Crouse, Dvorak, Garland, Keller, Kessel, Larsson, Schmaltz, Capobianco, Chychrun, OEL, Kuemper

Surprises: none

Possible picks: Fischer, Pederson, Lyubushkin, Raanta ( UFA )

Bergeron, Pastrnak, Marchand, Coyle, Debrusk, Smith, Frederic, McAvoy, Grezlyck, Carlo, Vladar

Surprises: Frederic over Ritchie

Possible picks: Kase, Ritchie, Clifton, Lauzon, Zboril

Eichel, Reinhart, Olofsson, Bjork, Thompson, Mittlestadt, Asplund, Risto, Dahlin, Jokiharju, Ullmark

Surprises: none

Picks: Miller, Borgen

Tkachuk, Gaudreau, Monahan, Backlund, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Dube, Hanifin, Andersson, Tanev, Markstrom

Surprises: none

Picks: Giordano, Kylington, Simon, Phillips, Parsons

Aho, Staal, Teravainen, Trocheck, Foegele, Fast, Svechnikov, Slavin, Skjei, Pesce, Nedeljkovic

Surprises: Fast over Nino, Skjei over Bean

Picks: Nino, Geekie, Bean, Hamilton ( UFA )

Toews, Kane, Debrincat, Strome, Kampf, Hagel, Borgstrom, Murphy, Jones, Stillman, Lankinen

Surpises: Stillman over De Haan/Zadorov

Picks: Gaudette, De Haan, Zadorov

Rantanen, Mackinnon, Burakovsky, Kadri, Nichuskin, Jost, O’Connor, Girard, Toews, Makar, Grubauer

Surprises: O’Connor over Donskoi

Picks: Landeskog/Saad ( UFA ), Donskoi, McDonald, Johansson

Atkinson, Nyquist, Laine, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Roslovic, Robinson, Jones, Werenski, Gavrikov, Korpisalo

Surprises: Robinson over Domi

Picks: Domi, Stenlund

Seguin, Benn, Pavelski, Radulov, Faksa, Hintz, Gurianov, Lindell, Klingberg, Heiskanen, Khudobin

Surprises: Bishop waived

Picks: Mascherin, Caamano, Bishop

Larkin, Bertuzzi, Vrana, Erne, Fabbri, Rasmussen, Smith, Leddy, Lindstrom, Hronek, Greiss

Surprises: none

Picks: Svechnikov, Hirose, Stecher, Cholowski

McDavid, Drai, Nuge, Kassian, Archibald, Puljujarvi, Yamamoto, Nurse, Keith, Bear, Skinner

Surprises: Kassian, Archibald over Benson, Kahun

Picks: Kahun, Benson, Larsson/Barrie ( UFA ), Klefbom ( if they think he will return )

Barkov, Huberdeau, Hornqvist, Bennett, Duclair, Verhaege, Marchment, Ekblad, Weegar, Forsling, Bob

Surprises: Marchment over Vatrano/Acciari

Picks: Vatrano, Acciari, Nutivaara, Gudas, Driedger ( UFA and all but confirmed )

Kopitar, Brown, Arvidsson, Iafallo, Kempe, Andersson, Moore, Doughty, Walker, Roy, Petersen

Surprises: Moore over Lemieux/Athanasiou/Lizotte/Wagner

Picks: Lemieux, Athanasiou, Wagner, Lizotte, Clague, Quick

Zuccarello, Fiala, Foligno, Greenway, Hartman, Eriksson Ek, Sturm, Spurgeon, Dumba, Brodin, Talbot

Surprises: Talbot over Kahkonen

Picks: Soucy, Kahkonen

Anderson, Toffoli, Gallagher, Armia, Lehkonen, Kotkaniemi, Evans, Petry, Chiarot, Edmundson, Allen

Surprises: Price waived, Armia over Drouin/Danault

Picks: Drouin, Tatar/Danault ( UFA ), Kulak, Fleury

Forsberg, Kunin, Jeannot, Carrier, Fabbro, Myers, Ekholm, Josi, Saros

Surprises: trading Arvidsson for cheap but protecting Carrier/Jeannot, protecting Carrier and Jeannot over Jarnkrok and Grimaldi

Picks: Duchene, Johansen, Jarnkrok, Grimaldi

Hischier, Wood, Bratt, Zacha, McLeod, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich, Severson, Graves, Siegenthaler, Blackwood

Surprises: none

Johnsson, Bastian, Subban, Butcher

Barzal, Lee, Nelson, Pageau, Clutterbuck, Beauviller, Martin, Pulock, Pelech, Mayfield, Varlamov

Surprises: Martin and Clutterbuck over Eberle and Bailey/Bellows

Picks: Bailey, Eberle, Bellows

Panarin, Kreider, Zibanejad, Chytil, Rooney, Trouba, Lindgren, Hajek, Georgiev

Surprises: Rooney over B’ackwell/Gauthier/Goodrow

Picks: Gauthier, Blackwell

White, Watson, C. Brown, Paul, Tkachuk, L. Brown, Batherson, Chabot, Zaitsev, Mete, Gustavsson

Surprises: Gustavsson over Murray, Zaitsev over J. Brown, Watson over Dadonov/Tierney

Picks: Dadonov, Tierney, J. Brown, Murray

Giroux, Hayes, Konecny, Couturier, Lindblom, Laughton, Aube-Kubel, Provorov, Ellis, Sanheim, Hart

Surprises: Aube-Kubel over JVR

Picks: Voracek, JVR, Rubstov, Ghost, Hagg, Bunnaman

Malkin, Crosby, Guentzel, Rust, Kapanen, Carter, Blueger, Letang, Matheson, Dumoulin, Jarry

Surprises: Carter over Zucker, Matheson over Petterson

Picks: Zucker, ZAR, Pettersson

Couture, Kane, Meier, Hertl, Labanc, Balcers, Dahlen, Karlsson, Burns, Vlasic, Hill

Surprises: Dahlen over Donato/Gambrell

Picks: Donato, Gambrell, Simek