Good job on this, very similar to my Seattle mock team

For the Devils protection list, swap Bastian with McLeod

When I made the NJ protection list I wasn't sure who was valued more from their perspective but it came down to McLeod and Bastian. Not a big deal to swap them.

Overall solid job, I do expect Seattle to load up the d-core then trade spare assets after.

A couple notes though:
1. Carolina wont protect Hamilton because they are confident he will resign as a UFA a week later so they protect Bean instead, Seattle should go for Skjei instead there
2. Rangers arent going to pay anyone to take ADA when his buyout cap hit is like 450k
3. With recent success it will likely cost a lot more for Seattle to not take Allen from Montreal
4. Highly doubt San Jose protects Burns, they may even pay Seattle to take him
5. Dont think it will cost Foote to move Johnson they may offer both TyJo and Killorn though

Minnesota will protect foligno over greenway. I don’t think the wild are going to make any kind of side deal with Seattle. They’ll lose a good player regardless, not going to give away a second for free

Pens won’t let Blueger be exposed. They will protect him over Zucker. They’d be stupid not to.

Quality post here

Thx

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