SBN Expansion Draft: Minnesota Wild Protected List
by nathaneide on Sep 2, 2010 12:50 PM CDT
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PrintLast time the Wild participated in an expansion draft, it was the one plucking has-been's and wanna-be's from the other teams. And the Wild received:
| Draftee | Previous Team |
| Jamie McLennan (G) | St. Louis Blues |
| Mike Vernon (G) | Florida Panthers |
| Chris Terreri (G) | New Jersey Devils |
| Sean O'Donnell (D) | Los Angeles Kings |
| Curtis Leschyshyn (D) | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Ladislav Benysek (D) | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
| Chris Armstrong (D) | San Jose Sharks |
| Filip Kuba (D) | Calgary Flames |
| Oleg Orekhovsky (D) | Washington Capitals |
| Ian Herbers (D) | New York Islanders |
| Artem Anisimov (D) | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Stacy Roest (c) | Detroit Red Wings |
| Darryl Laplante (C) | Detroit Red Wings |
| Scott Pellerin (LW) | St. Louis Blues |
| Jim Dowd (C) | Edmonton Oilers |
| Sergei Krivokrasov (RW) | Calgary Flames |
| Jeff Nielsen (RW) | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
| Jeff Odgers (RW) | Colorado Avalanche |
| Steve McKenna (F) | Los Angeles Kings |
| Michal Bros (F) | San Jose Sharks |
| Joe Juneau (C) | Ottawa Senators |
| Darby Hendrickson (C) | Vancouver Canucks |
| Jeff Daw (C) | Chicago Blackhawks |
| Stefan Nilsson (F) | Vancouver Canucks |
| Zac Bierk (G) | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Cam Stewart (LW) | Florida Panthers |
DUDE! Look at those names. Seriously, look at them. If there's one thing that can be certain, it's that the Winnipeg new-Jets and the Quebec new-Nordiques will have a better jump-start than the Wild had, if for no other reason than they don't have Doug Risebrough calling the shots.
The draft will take place today, on Thursday, and the results will be announced next Tuesday, after the Labor Day holiday. Stat-head Gabe Desjardins of Behind The Net is running the new Winnipeg franchise, and will face off against James Mirtle (formerly of From the Rink) of The Globe & Mail is running the new Quebec franchise.
So, who have the Wilderness chosen to protect and risk losing in the 2010 SB Nation Mock NHL Expansion Draft?
Protected:
D: Cam Barker, Brent Burns, Nick Schultz, Greg Zanon
F: Andrew Brunette, Matt Cullen, Cal Clutterbuck, Guillaume Latendresse, Martin Havlat, Mikko Koivu, John Madden
Unprotected:
G: Josh Harding
F: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Kyle Brodziak, Chuck Kobasew, Antti Miettinen, Eric Nystrom, James Sheppard, Brad Staubitz
Two of our players will be taken in draft today, but we can only lose either one goalie OR one defenseman. Yes, I could have protected more players, but frankly, this gives us the opportunity to potentially lose some bad contracts. Is it likely? Not really, but I'll take a shot.
Who do you hope they pick? What would you have done differently?
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Yeah
Unfortunately, I’d like to be rid of his contract.
Proprietor of Hockey Wilderness - We take Minnesota hockey WAY too seriously.
Oh yeah
08-09: 82 GP
09-10: 64 GP
Proprietor of Hockey Wilderness - We take Minnesota hockey WAY too seriously.
Who? Butch?
71GP in 08-09
1 GP in 09-10
But he still qualifies, yes:
- Each team must leave unprotected at least two forwards who appeared in 40 games last season OR 70 games in the last two seasons combined.
Hockey Wilderness
Assistant Editor:SBN Minnesota
Rule #17: You may not impersonate representatives of Hockey Wilderness and handout NHL themed wrist bands.
Whoops
Simply skipped over him on filling out the post, he is definitely protected.
Proprietor of Hockey Wilderness - We take Minnesota hockey WAY too seriously.
With the rules in place with this draft
I highly doubt the teams will waste 1 of 2 possible picks from the Wild’s unprotected list on Sheppard.
ONE MORE YEAR! Haha
As for your picks
I agree with them except for Zidlicky. I’m pretty confident that Harding and Zids will be picked out of the group. If Zids was taken out of the equation, however, I think that Bouchard would be picked up (young, good talent). They both have around the same cap hit, and I think Zids is more of a sure fire contributor. To protect Zids would mean that we’d have to expose Zanon, but I don’t really think people will be knocking down the door for him (even though Wild fans love him).
At the same time, keeping Bouchard could be a positive if he stays healthy and Zids is getting old with a heavy contract.
We can't lose both
We will lose either Zidlicky or Harding. My assumption here is that we lose Harding and Bouchard, though it might be Mittens instead.
Proprietor of Hockey Wilderness - We take Minnesota hockey WAY too seriously.
Correct. The Wild can only lose one goalie or d-man.
Hockey Wilderness
Assistant Editor:SBN Minnesota
Rule #17: You may not impersonate representatives of Hockey Wilderness and handout NHL themed wrist bands.
I like it, but I would have exchanged Zid for Barker. I’m not totally sold on Barker yet, and Zid adds an offensive element on defense that this team really doesn’t get from anyone else. Sure, he makes some bonehead plays, but I think one outweighs the other. To me, Barker (or perhaps even Schultz) isn’t worth the cap hit on this team full of 3 million dollar plus defensemen.
Also, should John Madden be in this list? I’m not clear about the rules if it applies to 40/70 games played in the NHL in general, or on the players current team.
Eek, whoops
Totally forgot he was signed.
Proprietor of Hockey Wilderness - We take Minnesota hockey WAY too seriously.
Go back and look at who they passed on in the Wilds expansion draft, kind of sad what they could have had. Lots of good veterans who could have helped, plus Martin St. Louis, Evgeni Nabokov, Brent Sopel, Stephane Robidas and others were available.
I know for a fact that the Sharks used one of the expansion draft rules to protect Nabakov without actually protecting him. They traded players / picks to the Wild and Blue Jackets, and in return, the two new teams agreed not to take Nabby. As for the rest of them… I got nothing, except to say that HWSRN was in charge.
Hockey Wilderness
Assistant Editor:SBN Minnesota
Rule #17: You may not impersonate representatives of Hockey Wilderness and handout NHL themed wrist bands.
Did Joe Juneau ever put on a Wild sweater? Half the guys on that list I don’t recall seeing them play for us.
Many were UFAs
And at that time, you got a draft exemption if you “lost” a UFA
Proprietor of Hockey Wilderness - We take Minnesota hockey WAY too seriously.
Andy Sutton, a 7rd pick, and a 3rd round pick for an 8th rounder and not getting Nabokov. That show go down as one of HWSRN best trades
It’s more about getting players than draft picks. Plus, the Sharks had to protect him from two teams, not just one. So if they give the Wild a 1st round pick, what do the give the Jackets?
In 2000, Nabokov had played a total of 11 NHL games, with only 5 starts and a 2-2-1 record. He was less proven than Josh Harding. You going to give up your first round pick to protect Josh Harding? Being the Wild, are you going to demand a first round pick from a team to get Harding?
Hockey Wilderness
Assistant Editor:SBN Minnesota
Rule #17: You may not impersonate representatives of Hockey Wilderness and handout NHL themed wrist bands.
My predicted combined teams of Quebec and Winnipeg
G – Ondrej Pavelec ($1.150m)
G – Tim Thomas ($5.000m)
G – Erik Ersberg ($0.750m)
G – Rick DiPietro ($4.500m)
G – Martin Biron ($0.875m)
G – Brian Boucher ($0.925m)
G – Antti Niemi ($2.000m)
G – Ty Conklin ($1.300m)
G – Mike Smith ($2.200m)
D – Steve Montador ($1.550m)
D – Steve Staios ($2.700m)
D – Anton Babchuk ($1.400m)
D – Nick Boynton ($0.500m)
D – Adam Foote ($1.250m)
D – Rostislav Klesla ($2.975m)
D – Ruslan Salei ($1.100m)
D – Jason Strudwick ($0.725m)
D – Marek Zidlicky ($4.000m)
D – Roman Hamrlik ($5.500m)
D – Ryan Parent ($0.925m)
D – Bryce Salvador ($2.900m)
D – Milan Jurcina ($1.000m)
D – Matt Carkner ($0.700m)
D – Brett Lebda ($1.450m)
D – Shane O’Brien ($1.600m)
F – Ryan Carter ($0.625m)
F – Jason Blake ($4.000m)
F – Eric Boulton ($0.650m)
F – Greg Campbell ($1.100m)
F – Matt Ellis ($0.625m)
F – Ales Kotalik ($3.000m)
F – Tom Kostopoulos ($0.916m)
F – Tomas Kopecky ($1.200m)
F – Daniel Winnik ($0.950m)
F – Ethan Moreau ($2.000m)
F – Krys Barch ($0.837m)
F – Fabian Brunnstrom ($0.675m)
F – Patrick Eaves ($0.750m)
F – Shawn Horcoff ($5.500m)
F – Cory Stillman ($3.533m)
F – Byron Bitz ($0.687m)
F – Justin Williams ($3.500m)
F – Kyle Brodziak ($1.150m)
F – Scott Gomez ($7.357m)
F – Sergei Kostitsyn ($0.550m)
F – Brian Rolston ($5.062m)
F – Tim Kennedy ($0.550m)
F – Chris Kelly ($2.125m)
F – Daniel Carcillo ($1.075m
F – Taylor Pyatt ($1.000m)
F – Andrew Ebbett ($0.500m)
F – Eric Tangradi ($0.845m)
F – Craig Adams ($0.550m)
F – Scott Nichol ($0.760m)
F – Matt D’Agostini ($0.550m)
F – Sean Bergenheim ($0.700m)
F – Colby Armstrong ($3.000m)
F – Rick Rypien ($0.550m)
F – Dave Steckel ($1.100m)
F – Boyd Gordon ($0.800m)
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