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Intent is to plan for impact of Expansion Draft and lose key assets for nothing. At this juncture, St. Louis needs to protect due NTC: Tarasenko, Schenn, Perron, Faulk, Krug, Scandella. Then need decide who else gets protected: Thomas, Barbeshev, Blais, Kyrou, Dunn, Parayko. In this scenario St. Louis receives young players not requiring protection and draft picks. Idea is to not lose a key player for nothing. I agree drastic and probably too one-sided, but I believe many teams will be looking to teams like Detroit with Cap space and draft picks to make a deal prior to Expansion draft. Note that I did not even mention Hoffman, Schwartz, and Bozak who would need protection consideration if re-signed prior to draft. I placed Parayko in the deal mainly due high $$ allocated to Defense and Dunn due extensive detail that he was not favored in SL and available. This deal would obviously make more sense if the Detroit package included their 2021 Top 10 draft selection vs. lower 1st, but I'm just throwing out thoughts. What's your take on the protected list, someone currently contributing will most likely be taken due many NTC exclusions unless a side deal is made prior.