The league released a protected list of all 30 teams eligible for the extended draft on Sunday morning. Seattle will select a player from every team except Vegas-Vegas just went through this process in 2017-and announce these selections in the extended draft at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday. .

Price agreed to waive an exposure clause in the contract so that Montreal could protect the cheaper substitute Jack Allen, but his goalkeeping ability, off-field sales ability, and connections with the Pacific Northwest could make Price a valuable player. Attractive choice, even if the salary cap reaches $10.5 million in five years.

The 2015 MVP and Vezina Trophy champions are the biggest unprotected stars chosen by Kraken, but there are many other talents available.

St. Louis winger Vladimir Tarasenko cancelled the option to raise the Stanley Cup within two years after making a trade request to the Blues. Calgary exposed the captain and 2019 Norris Cup champion guard Mark Giordano (Mark Giordano). Carolina unexpectedly put forward Nino Nidlet on the field.

The price is the most attractive for Seattle, and this position may help persuade the man who is about to turn 34 to give up his prohibition on leaving to avoid exposure. He played for the Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League a few hours away. His wife Angela is from Kennewick, Washington.

Benefits of salary cap space

This may make Price a natural cornerstone of Kraken, just as the Golden Cavaliers did with goalkeeper Mark Andre Fleury, who just won the Cup in Pittsburgh. Price and the Canadians lost to Tampa Bay in five games in the final.

The back-to-back champion Lightning easily has the deepest available players. First-line winger Ondrej Palat, long-term forward Alex Killorn, third-line center Yanni Gourde and young guard Cal Foote are all exposed. Since the salary cap remains unchanged at $81.5 million, they can also reach a side agreement with the Kraken to sign Spokane native Taylor Johnson with his $5 million price for three seasons.

Seattle has all the advantages and advantages of salary space.

Francis said on Saturday: “The one thing we think is extremely valuable in this environment is salary space.” “We have $81.5 million in salary space to use, so of course this is what we want to make sure we try and take advantage of going forward. Advantage.”

Seattle must meet certain minimum requirements in the expansion draft, including selecting at least 20 players on contract for next season, with a total salary of at least $48 million. Kraken must pick at least 14 forwards, 9 defenders and 3 goalkeepers.

There is no shortage of options:

• In addition to the price, Dallas’ Ben Bishop, Florida’s Chris Drigg and Washington’s Witke Vanecke are all available goalkeepers. Driedger is a pending free agent, but Kraken has an exclusive window for negotiations until Wednesday, signing new contracts with him and others.
• Colorado captain Gabriel Landskog, Toronto’s Alex Croft and newly acquired Jared McCann, Pittsburgh’s Jason Zack and Philadelphia’s James Fanley Mustek joins the Lightning trio, and Niederet and Tarasenko become the most efficient strikers.
• Tarasenko’s Blue Army friend Vince Dunn, New Jersey’s handsome PK Subban, and Washington’s Justin Schultz are among the unprotected defensive players and are not so deep in the high-end talent. That is by design.

Francis said: “The team knows that we are coming, they have four years to prepare.”

Calgary Flame

usable

• Byron Frost (F)
• Glenn Gaudin (F)
• Justin Kirkland (F)
• Josh Levo (F)
• Milan Lucic (F)
• Joakim Nordstrom (F)
• Matthew Phillips (F)
• Zac Rinaldo (F)
• Brett Rich (F)
• Buddy Robinson (F)
• Derek Ryan (F)
• Dominic Simon (F)
• Mark Giordano (D)
• Oliver Kellington (D)
• Nikita Nesterov (D)
• Alexander Petrovich (D)
• Michael Stone (D)
• Louis Dominger (G)
• Taylor Parsons (G)

protected

• Michael Beckland (F)
• Dillon Dub (F)
• Johnny Gaudello (F)
• Elias Lindholm (F)
• Andrew Manjapane (F)
• Sean Monaghan (F)
• Matthew Tkachuk (F)
• Rasmus Anderson (D)
• Noah Hanifin (D)
• Christopher Tanev (D)
• Jacob Markstrom (G)

Edmonton Oilers

usable

• Taylor Benson (F)
• Alex Kiasen (F)
• Adam Clarknell (F)
• Tyler Ennis (F)
• Joseph Gambadra (F)
• Seth Griffith (F)
• Dominique Cajon (F)
• Jujar Kayla (F)
• Cooper Maddie (F)
• James Neal (F)
• Alan Quinn (F)
• Patrick Russell (F)
• Devon Coast (F)
• Anton Srepeshev (F)
• Kyle Turris (F)
• Bogdan Yakimov (F)
• Tyson Barry (D)
• Oscar Clevbom (D)
• Slater Koekkoek (D)
• Dmitry Kulikov (D)
• William Ragson (D)
• Adam Larson (D)
• Chris Russell (D)
• Miko Koskinen (G)
• Mike Smith (G)
• Alex Starlock (G)

protected

• Josh Archibald (F)
• Leon Dresser (F)
• Zach Cassian (F)
• Conor McDavid (F)
• Ryan Nugent Hopkins (F)
• Jesse Purjujarvi (F)
• Yamamoto Keller (F)
• Ethan Bear (D)
• Duncan Keith (D)
• Darnell Nurse (D)
• Stewart Skinner (G)

Montreal Canadiens

usable

• Brandon Baddock (F)
• Joseph Brandish (F)
• Paul Byron (F)
• Philip Danno (F)
• Laurent Dauphin (F)
• Jonathan Druin (F)
• Michael Frolic (F)
• Charles Harden (F)
• Corey Perry (F)
• Michael Pezerta (F)
• Eric Starr (F)
• Thomas Tatar (F)
• Lucas Widmore (F)
• Jordan Weir (F)
• Kyle Fleury (D)
• Eric Gustafson (D)
• Brett Kurak (D)
• Jon Merrill (D)
• Gustav Olofsson (D)
• Xavier Ouellet (D)
• Shay Weber (D)
• Charlie Lindgren (G)
• Michael McNevin (G)
• Carey Price (G)

protected

• Josh Anderson (F)
• Joel Amia (F)
• Jack Evans (F)
• Brendan Gallagher (F)
• Jesperry Kotkaniemi (F)
• Aturi Raikkonen (F)
• Taylor Towel (F)
• Ben Chiarot (D)
• Joel Edmundson (D)
• Jeff Petrie (D)
• Jack Allen (G)

Senator of Ottawa

usable

• Vitaly Abramov (F)
• Michael Amadeo (F)
• Artem Anisimov (F)
• JC Bodan (F)
• Clark Bishop (F)
• Yevgeny Dadonov (F)
• Jonathan Davidson (F)
• Ryan Singer (F)
• Michael Hayley (F)
• Jack Kopaca (F)
• Zachary Magwood (F)
• Matthew Pekka (F)
• Logan Shaw (F)
• Derek Stepan (F)
• Chris Tierney (F)
• Josh Brown (D)
• Cody Golubev (D)
• Michael Wickstrand (D)
• Joey Darkod (L)
• Anton Forsberg (G)
• Marcus Hogberg (G)
• Matt Murray (G)

protected

• Drake Batherson (F)
• Connor Brown (F)
• Logan Brown (F)
• Nick Paul (F)
• Brady Tkachuk (F)
• Austin Watson (F)
• Colin White (F)
• Thomas Chabot (D)
• Victor Mette (D)
• Nikita Zaitsev (D)
• Philip Gustafson (G)

Toronto Maple Leafs

usable

• Kenny Agostino (F)
• Joey Anderson (F)
• Adam Brooks (F)
• Pierre Enval (F)
• Nick Foligno (F)
• Alex Galceniuk (F)
• Zach Hyman (F)
• Alexander Croft (F)
• Calle Kosila (F)
• Dennis Malkin (F)
• Jared McCann (F)
• Riley Nash (F)
• Stephen Northen (F)
• Nick Petan (F)
• Scott Sublin (F)
• Wayne Symonds (F)
• Jason Speza (F)
• Anti Somera (F)
• Joe Thornton (F)
• Zac Bogosian (D)
• Travis Dermot (D)
• Ben Hutton (D)
• Martin Malinsing (D)
• Carle Rosen (D)
• Frederick Andersen (G)
• Michael Hutchinson (G)
• David Ritic (G)

protected

• Mitchell Manner (F)
• Alston Matthews (F)
• William Niland (F)
• John Tavares (F)
• TJ Brody (D)
• Justin Hall (D)
• Jack Muzin (D)
• Morgan Rayleigh (D)
• Jack Campbell (G)

Vancouver Canucks

usable

• Sven Balch (F)
• Justin Bailey (F)
• Jay Bigl (F)
• Travis Boyd (F)
• Louis Erickson (F)
• Jonah Gacovic (F)
• Tyler Grovac (F)
• Jess Horuk (F)
• Matthew Hymer (F)
• Lucas Jasek (F)
• Collind (F)
• Zach McEwan (F)
• Peter Palm (female)
• Antoine Russell (F)
• Brandon Sartre (F)
• Jimmy Versey (F)
• Jack Vertanen (F)
• Madison Bowie (D)
• Guillaume Brisebois (D)
• Jalen Chatfield (D)
• Alexander Edler (D)
• Travis Harmonic (D)
• Brogan Lafferty (D)
• Ashton Sotner (D)
• Josh Tevez (D)
• Bradenholtby (G)

protected

• Block Boser (F)
• Jason Dickinson (F)
• Bohovat (F)
• JT Miller (F)
• Taylor Mott (F)
• Tanner Pearson (F)
• Elias Paterson (F)
• Olicho Levi (D)
• Taylor Myers (D)
• Nate Schmidt (D)
• Thatcher Demko (G)

Winnipeg Jets

usable

• Mason Appleton (F)
• Marco Dano (F)
• Jason Hudgens (F)
• Trevor Lewis (F)
• Skyler Mackenzie (F)
• Matthew Perot (F)
• Paul Stastney (F)
• CJ Seuss (F)
• Nate Thompson (F)
• Dominique Toninato (F)
• Nathan Bollieu (D)
• Jody Ben (D)
• Dylan De Mello (D)
• Derek Fubot (D)
• Luke Green (D)
• Saminiku (D)
• Nelson Nogil (D)
• Tucker Pullman (D)
• Mikhail Birding (G)
• Laurent Brossoit (L)
• Eric Comri (G)
• Cole Keller (G)

protected

• Kyle Conner (F)
• Andrew Cope (F)
• Pierre-Luc Dubois (F)
• Nicolas Ehlers (F)
• Adam Lowry (F)
• Mark Schaeffler (F)
• Blake Wheeler (F)
• Josh Morrissey (D)
• Neil Pionk (D)
• Logan Stanley (D)
• Connor Hellerbuk (G)