Just a few days before the expansion draft, as smallish trades and wowza buyouts are beginning, time to guess who’s exposed and who ya bettin’ the Kraken are gnabbin’.
To conform this a little bit, I think we can almost all agree that these seven skaters are going to be protected. Oh, and I think we can almost all agree that the Sabres are going to use the 7-3-1 method.
Sure thing protected forwards: Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart, Victor Olofsson, Casey Mittelstadt, and Jeff Skinner (NMC)
Sure thing protected defenseman: Rasmus Dahlin, Henri Jokiharju
That leaves us to wonder who is Adams going to protect as the 6th and 7th forward and who is going to be that most attractive forward who just missed the cut.