SAN JOSE — The Sharks released their protection list for Wednesday’s NHL Expansion Draft without any major surprises Sunday morning.
The team decided to protect seven forwards, three defensemen and a goalie, who the Vegas Golden Knights will not be able to draft when they make their selections Wednesday.
At forward, the Sharks protected Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski, Tomas Hertl, Chris Tierney, Melker Karlsson, Jannik Hansen and Ryan Carpenter.
On defense, the Sharks protected Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Brent Burns and Justin Braun. They also protected goalie Martin Jones.
As a result, the Sharks will be exposing forwards Mikkel Boedker and Joel Ward, defensemen Paul Martin, David Schlemko, Brenden Dillon and Dylan DeMelo, along with goalie Aaron Dell.