Over the summer, there were rumors that the NHL would expand in the next few years by two or even as many as four teams. If that is the case, the San Jose Sharks and all other NHL teams would have to make some players available in an expansion draft to stock the new teams.
Here is a list of the top five candidates the Sharks would make available in an expansion-draft situation if the draft was held in June or July of 2015. To qualify for this list, a player has to be under contract to Team Teal for 2015-16 and not be an unrestricted free agent next summer. Restricted free agents will still be considered for the list.
Players were selected based on their role or lack thereof on the Sharks, their salary-cap hit relative to their production, how easily they could be replaced in the San Jose lineup and how desirable they may be to an expansion club. By the way, all salary-cap numbers in this article were taken from CapGeek.com.
It is still unclear how many players the NHL will allow each team to protect and what the rules will be for the next round of expansion once it happens. Obviously, changes to this list will take place once the specifics of any ...
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5 Players the San Jose Sharks Would Make Available in an NHL Expansion Draft
September 24th, 2014 by Brad Kurtzberg Leave a reply »
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