A reminder: Players such as Honka, Shore, Janmark, Elie, Dickinson, Gurianov are exempt from the expansion draft
— Mark Stepneski (@StarsInsideEdge) June 18, 2017Yesterday was the day hockey fans were waiting for to see the protection lists from each team. Fans can speculate about who Vegas GM George McPhee selects. There were some surprising names from all teams that were made available including the Stars not protecting center Cody Eakin.
Injuries and poor play probably did Eakin in.
Eakin, while not a major surprise, was still an intriguing decision.