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Who would the New York Jets protect in a modern expansion draft?

With the NHL’s Seattle Kraken set to take shape tonight, it’s worth pondering which New York Jets would warrant protection.

As the NHL prepares to release the Seattle Kraken roster tonight (8 p.m. ET, ESPN2), we at Jets X-Factor have wondered: who would the Jets (New York, not Winnipeg) protect if the NFL were to hold a similarly styled expansion draft?

The last few expansion drafts in the NFL have operated on shorter “exposed” lists. Houston was the most recent entry in 2002 and the young Texans feasted on the Jets’ list, taking Ryan Young, Aaron Glenn, and Marcus Coleman within their first seven selections.