Although it was a standard procedure, no-surprises kind of affair, we’ve been pouring over and analyzing the Dallas Stars’ expansion draft protected list ever since it was released yesterday morning.
And, like I said, even though there were no real surprises there, we’ve got a lot of different takes on the group of players the Stars have chosen to protect. And with only 11 spots for players that the Stars want to hoard for themselves, Nill and co.’s picks are bound to rub somebody out there the wrong way.
That person, surprisingly enough, was not me- at least, until I read Valeri Nichushkin’s name (so I didn’t get very far).