On Tuesday, the NHL revealed the name and logo of the newest member of the league, the Vegas Golden Knights, to much acclaim. On Wednesday, Sportsnet acquired a list of players exempt from next summer’s expansion draft.
This list only includes those players who have no move clauses in their contracts. This list does NOT include the second and first year players that would also be exempt per the rules.
Here are the Columbus players who have NMCs and thus MUST be protected:
Sergei Bobrovsky
David Clarkson
Brandon Dubinsky
Nick Foligno
Scott Hartnell
There are no surprises here.