The Penguins have released their protection list for the upcoming expansion draft. Without further ado, here’s who we’re protecting:
Forwards: Teddy Blueger, Jeff Carter, Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel, Kasperi Kapanen, Evgeni Malkin and Bryan Rust
Defensemen: Brian Dumoulin, Kris Letang, Mike Matheson
Goal: Tristan Jarry
Now…the unprotected:
Forwards: Pontus Aberg, Anthony Angello, Zach Aston-Reese, Josh Currie, Frederick Gaudreau, Mark Jankowski, Sam Lafferty, Sam Miletic, Evan Rodrigues, Colton Sceviour, Brandon Tanev, Jason Zucker
Defensemen: Cody Ceci, Kevin Czuczman, Mark Friedman, Jesper Lindgren, Andrey Pedan, Marcus Pettersson, Juuso Riikola, Chad Ruhwedel, Yannick Weber
Goal: Casey DeSmith, Maxime Lagace
Most notably absent from the Pens protection list?