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Quick Hits: The All-Time Edition

The NHL on Sunday released the lists of which players teams protected ahead of Wednesday’s expansion draft, and Wings general manager Steve Yzerman left 2016 first-round pick Dennis Cholowski exposed.

The headline is definitely hyperbolic, and I don’t think that it’s really a good argument, but hey, all the articles are about the expansion draft lists.

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But who were the 20 best players selected?

NHL.com formed a management group of staff writers Tim Campbell, Tom Gulitti and Pete Jensen to pick an all-time team of 12 forwards, six defensemen and two goalies, as well as a coach.