Jul 7, 2021; Tampa, Florida, USA; Montreal Canadiens Carey Price. Mandatory Credit: Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports
The Montreal Canadiens had to send in their protection list for the upcoming expansion draft yesterday evening.
They can protect either seven forwards, three defenceman and a goaltender or eight skaters and a goaltender. There has been plenty of debate about the forwards that they may protect, and some disagreement on what defencemen they should keep (that was before Shea Weber was ruled out).
The one constant was that the most obvious player to protect was their star goaltender Carey Price.