The expansion draft is upon us. After an entire season of build-up, the process by which the Vegas Golden Knights will be built has finally begun.
Teams were given two ways to structure their protection lists — the list of players Vegas is not allowed to take from a team. They could protect 7 forwards, 3 defensemen, and a goaltender or 8 skaters, with any combination of defense and forwards the team chooses, and a goaltender.
The strength of the Dallas Stars is in their forward corps, so it comes as no surprise that Dallas went the 7 F / 3 D / 1 G route when putting their protection list together.