Alex DeBrincat #12, Chicago Blackhawks (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
The NHL protection lists around the entire league are out, and now we can break down what the Blackhawks are working with going into the expansion draft.
The Chicago Blackhawks are going to want to make sure they do not lose anyone too important to the franchise when the expansion draft roles around. I think the team did a pretty good job of making sure no one too vital will be lost, thanks to their protection list.
Blast from the past:
During the 2017 expansion draft the Blackhawks protected the following players:
Jonathan Toews*
Patrick Kane*
Artem Anisimov*
Marian Hossa*
Richard Panik
Ryan Hartman
Tomas Jurco
Brent Seabrook*
Duncan Keith*
Niklas Hjalmarsson*
Corey Crawford*
(Asterisk indicates some form of no movement clause)
I already like this coming year’s list better.