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Hunter Shinkaruk, Emile Poirier will have to be protected for expansion draft

While the expansion draft's rules have been set, there are still small details trickling in every now and then. And here's the latest one: Hunter Shinkaruk and Emile Poirier will be eligible to be taken. So should the Flames want to keep them, they must protect them.

This news comes to us via Arthur Staple:

NHL deputy commish Bill Daly confirmed to me via email today that Ryan Pulock must be protected in the expansion draft. #Isles

— Arthur Staple (@StapeNewsday) July 25, 2016

Like Shinkaruk and Poirier, Pulock played in the AHL during the 2014-15 season, even though his entry-level contract slid due to his late-year birthday.