The expansion draft game plan has changed several times in the last week for Marc Bergevin and the Montreal Canadiens, following the acquisition of Jonathan Drouin and the Nathan Beaulieu trade. Bergevin had just a few hours following the trade with Buffalo to submit his final protection list, and today the NHL has released those names to the public.
Here’s the situation for the Habs.
Players exempt from the expansion draft
Goaltenders: Michael McNiven, Hayden Hawkey, Zachary Fucale, Charlie Lindgren
Defencemen: Ryan Johnston, Simon Bourque, Arvid Henrikson, Noah Juulsen, Nikolas Koberstein, Brett Lernout, Victor Mete, Magnus Nygren, Tom Parisi, Casey Staum, Jakub Jerabek
Forwards: Mark MacMillan, Jeremiah Addison, Daniel Audette, Will Bitten, Matt Bradley, Jake Evans, Jeremy Gregoire, Artturi Lehkonen, Michael McCarron, Michael Pezzetta, Martin Reway, Nikita Scherbak, Lukas Vejdemo, Andreas Martinsen, Antoine Waked, Markus Eisenschmid
Goalie: Carey Price.