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Expansion Draft Possibilities
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ThelastheraclidRegistered Posting Freak
With expansion looming on the horizon I wanted to take a rough look at what the expansion teams will look like. This is by no means perfect because I didn’t take contracts into account since but I did account for the auto protected GMs and assistant GMs as well as doing my best to keep track of retirements. I probably missed a few because I have been in the process of moving but it should be close enough.
I used the default 7 F 4 D 1 G for each team to try and keep it even for the purposes of this article. I’m sure some GMs will opt for the 10 players options but I can’t read minds. I didn’t look at user activity just raw TPE and create season to decide who to keep and who to expose. I am not and have never been a GM but I did my best to put myself in the big shoes and looking at the numbers decide who should be protected for the best of the organization in the future. Same went for the expansion teams. The goal in my mind was to build a competitive team with veterans so that they wouldn’t get bodied next season and with youth that will develop in the next few seasons. First off, let’s look at who was protected by each team. Baltimore Platoon Nat Emerson Karl Krashwagen Nickolas Klaus Luca Del Vecchio Delver Fudgeson Petr Mikulak Brock Nuck Kristoffer Svensson Sabo Tage Ethan Duncan Henrik Lundqvist Jr Valentin Kalashnikov Buffalo Stampede Monkey D. Luffy Cassius Darrow Michael Scarn Bobby Sharp Alexander Selich Matt Kholin Poopity Scoop Hippo Passamus Augustus Wang Aron Hernadivic Elizabeth Doyle Steve Harrington Chicago Syndicate Daniel Smeb Corey Kennedy Lallo Selman Martijn Westbroek Parker Smeb Gunnar Soderberg Nick Connolly Tibuk Soonika Akira Ren Ryan Shepard Nolan Sawchuck Abel Skinner Hamilton Steelhawks Dick Clapper Guy Zheng Aaron Wilson Gabriel Johnson Tig Murphy Hugh Jazz Samuel Michaud Skao Anazibf Dale Miller Knute Knurtsson Jagger Fouquette A Jobin Manhattan Rage Ola Wagstrom Luke Thomason Jax Aittokallio Barret McCarthy Austin Roenick Andrej Doskocil Peter Larson David Vent Phineas Gold Anastasia O'Koivu Luca Veccelli Jukka Timonen New England Wolfpack Eko van Otter Slap McShotty Dominic Montgomery Perry Morgan Igor Volkov Jakub Bruchevski Mitchell van der Heiden Rainbow Dash Frans Eller Sasha Dangelchek Stan Hanson Erben Kasius Tampa Bay Barracuda Tom Fiddler Michael Fitted James Ronlain Anthony Archer Jakob Hamr Ambacas Cuddles Zoltan Topalo Craig Finley Al Kayhall Jerry Huuveri Mega Tron Flash Gordon Toronto Northstars Harry Carpet Mika Kandinsky Bobby Lane Ursin Zimmermann Ruslan Zaporozhets Rhys Pritchard Keith Lee Filip Zadina Danny Marston Jack Kanoff Axel Meszaros Daniel Kuster Calgary Dragons Brennan Kennedy Jr Barry Batsbak Maxime Bouchard Leopold Lockhart Esa Parmborg Kata Vilde Mikael Choybuk Chico Smeb Anders Christiansen Mike Izzy Bernik Vrzala Joseph Weston Edmonton Blizzard Karlstabe Scholz Tony Pepperoni Julio Tokolosh Theo Morgan Brady McIntyre Jon Forty-One James Truong Bo Kane Jean-Paul Boivin FR Finn-Rhys Conor Tanner Emiko Spector Los Angeles Panthers Philipp Winter Tony Ford Oliver Cleary Elijah Jones Knox Booth Borromini Cannellini Gottlieb-Odilo-Dankward McZehrl Vorian Atreides Diside Dayudie Thomas Bathory Kenny Kreller Jimmy Wagner Minnesota Chiefs Collin Gibbles Mathias Seger Noah Gallagher Markus Tegernako Noah Tedla Cal Labovitch Jack Kennedy Boruvka Banananak Dylan Karlsson Rocco Berni Jmac NCheese Ben van Dijk New Orleans Specters Jimmy Slothface Rex Kirkby Olivier Cloutier Aleister Cain Nicholas Williams Lil Manius Lyle Odelein III Michael Fox Kaspars Claude Mika Mayfield Boris Poroshenko Charlie Serpe San Francisco Pride Ray Bork Steven Moyer Jeff Brogen Charlie Schieck Henrik Lekberg Osterman Vince Reaper Prince Devitt Alex Petrenko Cillian Kavanagh Emeka Valentine-Okoli Jake Primeau Sven Svenson Texas Renegades Andreas Kvalheim Piotr Czerkawski Josef Kubinec Manuel Gotze Piotr Horvat Bjorn Leppanen Noah Brusky Ivan Maximus Kaarlo Kekkonen Alexander Wachter Adam Scianna White Goodman Winnipeg Jets Nick Brain Commander Shepard Slip McScruff Goku Muerto Calogero Crudelli Adam Barron Satoshi Zizagooney Yoshimitsu McCloud Nathan Explosion Zlatan Ibrahimovic Jr Strom Chamberlain Bale The TPE totals for all the teams including all players available for the expansion draft and players that will retire after this season shake out like this: BUF 27111 NOL 25346 EDM 24761 CGY 24551 CHI 24543 MAN 24334 HAM 22568 TEX 22212 LAP 21148 NEW 21118 WPG 20144 SFP 19325 MIN 18509 BAP 16391 TOR 15654 TBB 15005 With the protected players set I went about the draft following how it will work on draft night. Ideally I would have done this with someone else to try and get a better feel for not knowing what the other GM is thinking but so is life. I did my best to not favor one team over another and have a game plan for both. Team A Goalie Geezus Kryyst Defense Jax Duggan Nicholas Owens Oliver Klozoff Darnell Johnson Derek Bohne Jr Liam O'Callaghan Center Reid Sutherland Taylor Johansson Left Wing Nicky Pedersen Jr Cameron Carter II Rafe Ulrich Andrey Barbashev II Ricky Bobby Right Wing Barrett Blackwood Hiro Fujikawa Total Team TPE: 15888 Team B Goalie Ian Venables Defense Jules Watt Simon LeBlanc Eric Vanderberg Sven Yxskaft Magnus Leljestrom Mikas Bieksa Center First-Name Last-Name Edward Williams C.T. Carragher Left Wing David Kastrba Nicolaj Muller Right Wing Alex Winters SLATT Potts Kalevolaripaavo Kaspertommevisnapuu Indigo Trevino Total Team TPE: 15072 Team A has a bit of a TPE advantage over Team B but Team B has a much larger core of young players setting themselves up for a very strong team in a few seasons. With the two expansions teams added the team TPE counts now look like this: BUF 24035 NOL 23019 EDM 22240 CGY 22159 MAN 21471 CHI 20699 HAM 19591 NEW 19157 WPG 18534 TEX 18240 SFP 17314 LAP 17183 MIN 16779 Expansion Team A 15888 Expansion Team B 15072 BAP 14222 TOR 14094 TBB 11179 Both teams will come in on the lower end of the TPE spectrum but won’t be at the absolute bottom which will be good for creating a fan base in whichever cities they end up calling home. This of course is all a guess. I’m sure some trades will be made to protect players and I know since I started this piece a week ago some trades have been made so my protected lists are already wrong. 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This is a pretty interesting piece, however some issues I have with the methodology of the lists and drafts:
- This list seems to be biased against young players, as there is no way that players like Magnus Liljestrom, Sven Yxskaft and Edward Williams, all top-five picks in their draft classes, are getting left unprotected, as well as players like Reid Sutherland and Taylor Johansson, who also had high picks used on them. I'm also confused how I managed to not crack a protection list and not be claimed in expansion. :p - Several players who can't (Derek Bohne Jr., NTC) or won't (Jax Duggan, Andrey Barbashev II, Ricky Bobby, Mikas Bieksa, Indigo Trevino, all IA) be claimed in expansion made it onto the lists. - There are options for a goalie that will be left unprotected with a higher ceiling than Ian Venables, such as Samat Beibitzhanov or whichever goalie NOLA doesn't keep.
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