Yeah you should take Merkley. Sharangovich will definetly be protected.

Yeah I thought that aswell. Just swap him with Merkley if you want too. I don't know how most people expose Yegor lmao

They won't be dumping Looch IMO

i think a problem with this would be that there is too much money tied up long term for a flat cap world. even look at vegas now, they have proabably less than 10 original players from the expansion draft on their roster?

if they take on a lucic, okposo, johnson etc i think they would be looking for one year deals and a ton of 2021 draft picks, ice a team that puts butts in seats for a year and then grow from the inside out, looking at the long term outlook on your roster you have here, next year they would have 17 million for free agency and re signing while icing one of the oldest teams in the league

Yeah I don't think many people know how good Sharangovich was this year.

unless Vancouver trades Ericsson to Seattle post draft, I dont think you can retain on a ED pick.

This doesnt make sense. What is your protection list for COL? If EJ waives then Mackinnon, Landeskog, Rantanen, Kadri, Burakovsky, Jost, Nichushkin, Makar, Toews, Girard, and Grubauer could be protected which leaves Graves and Donskoi exposed. If you think Donskoi is worth Jost+2nd (which I disagree with, Id rather have Jost) then why wouldnt Donskoi just be protected over him in the first place? Also even if EJ waives Graves wouldnt be protected over Makar, Toews, and Girard. Unless you think they are going 4/4/1 (which I highly doubt) in which case Kadri or Burakovsky would be the much better selection and again it wouldnt make sense to add to Jost to protect Donskoi since he wouldnt even be the most valuable unprotected player in that scenario

I feel like the Penguins would trade McCann for picks before exposing him and he would not be that hard to move considering he is due to make <$3m next year. A 24 year old center, averaging 0.6 pts/game over the last 2 seasons has a lot of trade value.

They are not taking Lazar over Lauzon/Clifton or Frederic/Ritchie.

Ritchie was protected. I couldn't choose him. Trederic I could have chosen yes didn't think about that one. Lazar has been good in Boston tho so still not a terrible pick up I think

in 2 years they will have 20+ millions probably 25+ mil I haven't counted. I think that is when they go at it for real. I think Lucic could attract some people. Lehkonen and Hamilton are the guys I want to be the biggest starts here. Yegor/Merkey will also be one of the bigger players.The core at least isn't old. Just sign so fa when the oldies go out. Not perfect but still I think the team is nice

Good point. Might make another one especially after the draft lottery. Then I can draft a player aswell. Yeah I think Graves would be great for them. Donskoi has been great this year and he's on a team friendly deal while Jost countinues to struggle and doesn't seem to find his game.

Jost has been very good defensively this year, hes been great at 3C playing with Nichushkin. I think COL would prefer to keep Jost cause he will be cheaper than Graves and Donskoi

I think I they will protect Ritchie over Frederic but who knows, it was whichever one was left unprotected.

Lauzon is by far the best option available from Boston but the draft will be D heavy and he might not be top 8 on their team when done. I think Boston tries to make a deal to get them to take Moore if that does not work at least a deal not to take Lauzon.