Canucks Expansion Draft Trade Targets: 6 Predators forwards that could be exposed

Photo by Danny Murphy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Nashville Predators right wing Viktor Arvidsson (33), of Sweden, is shown prior to the NHL game between the Nashville Predators and Chicago Blackhawks, held on April 19, 2021, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.In the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft, only one team elected to protect five defencemen.

However, after Vegas made a strategic effort to collect defencemen in that expansion draft, could teams be more willing to protect their defencemen in 2021?

One team that is likely to protect four — if not five — defencemen are the Nashville Predators. Here is their projected protection list, courtesy of Adam Vingan at The Athletic.

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