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SB Nation / NHL Mock Expansion Draft - Part Five: Panthers "Protected List" finalized


First of all, my thanks to everyone who participated by submitting your own lists. We took the obvious selections along with your suggestions and came up with the following (adhering to the 9-5-1 format):


F - David Booth, Stephen Weiss, Michael Frolik, Rostislav Olesz, Shawn Matthias, Radek Dvorak, Steven Reinprecht, Christopher HigginsMarty Reasoner

D - Dmitry Kulikov, Bryan McCabe, Dennis Wideman, Bryan Allen

 

You've of course noticed there are only four defensemen; due to "terms" of the draft, at least one defenseman who had played 40 games last year or 70 over the past two seasons must be left unprotected, hence Mike Weaver (77 games in 2009-10) being omitted. Other than he, no one else qualified.

Conversely, two forwards must be left unprotected under the same terms; there wasn't a lot of love for protecting Cory Stillman (likely due to salary & pending UFA status), Byron Bitz, and Steve Bernier anyway, so they find themselves potentially on the way to Winnipeg or Quebec. Same story with goaltender Scott Clemmensen.

We'll announce the results of the draft - to be held Friday afternoon between team GMs James Mirtle (QUE) and Gabe Desjardins (WPG) - and who virtually "remains" a Panther soon after.

Salary numbers courtesy of CapGeek.

Poll
Who's the likeliest Panther to be chosen in Friday's mock expansion draft? (And yes, the salary cap is in force - player name followed by cap hit / remaining years on current contract)
F - Cory Stillman ($3.53M / one year)
15 votes
F - Steve Bernier ($2M / one year)
35 votes
F - Byron Bitz ($0.68M / one year)
13 votes
D - Mike Weaver ($0.9M / two years)
6 votes
G - Scott Clemmensen ($1.2M / two years)
42 votes

111 votes | Poll has closed

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I think they go with Bernier, a guy who comes in cheaper and younger than Stillman and who has shown flashes of offensive ability at times. I know he was harangued in Vancouver for his lack of effort at times (including being busted down to the fourth line) but in a new place, on a new team, with a fresh chance (and in a contract year) he could be a real steal for an expansion team.

I also thought about picking Clemmer, he did successfully backstop the Devils for a good stretch while Brodeur was out and showed that he could definitely steal some games. A cheap goalie who can be a number one in the right situation or who can challenge a number one for the job while being an adequate backup.

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Florida Panthers Roster

# Pos. DOB W H
Krys Barch 21 RW 3/26/1980 237 6-1
Sean Bergenheim 20 LW 2/8/1984 200 5-11
Matt Bradley 22 RW 6/13/1978 201 6-3
Brian Campbell 51 D 5/23/1979 189 6-0
Scott Clemmensen 30 G 7/23/1977 203 6-3
Keaton Ellerby 4 D 11/5/1988 220 6-4
Tomas Fleischmann 14 RW 5/16/1984 192 6-1
Brian Foster 33 G 2/4/1987 175 6-1
Jason Garrison 52 D 11/13/1984 216 6-2
Marcel Goc 57 C 8/24/1983 202 6-1
Erik Gudbranson 44 D 1/7/1992 195 6-4
Ed Jovanovski 55 D 6/26/1976 221 6-3
Tomas Kopecky 82 RW 2/5/1982 203 6-3
Dmitry Kulikov 7 D 10/29/1990 196 6-1
John Madden 10 C 5/4/1973 190 5-11
Jacob Markstrom 25 G 1/31/1990 178 6-3
Shawn Matthias 18 C 2/19/1988 216 6-4
Mikael Samuelsson 26 RW 12/23/1976 218 6-2
Mike Santorelli 13 C 12/14/1985 190 6-0
Jack Skille 12 RW 5/19/1987 215 6-1
Tyson Strachan 23 D 10/30/1984 215 6-2
Marco Sturm 16 LW 9/8/1978 194 6-0
Jose Theodore 60 G 9/13/1976 185 5-11
Scottie Upshall 19 RW 10/7/1983 200 6-0
Kris Versteeg 32 RW 5/13/1986 182 5-10
Mike Weaver 43 D 5/2/1978 186 5-9
Stephen Weiss 9 C 4/3/1983 193 5-11

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