With all 30 teams now having their lists available to the public, we can see which players teams value the most, and which they felt comfortable losing in the 2017 Expansion Draft.
Below are the protected lists for all eight teams within the Atlantic Division.
Boston Bruins
Protected players
Forwards: David Backes (NMC), Patrice Bergeron (NMC), David Krejci (NMC), Brad Marchand (NMC), Riley Nash, David Pastrnak, Ryan Spooner
Defencemen: Zdeno Chara (NMC), Torey Krug, Kevan Miller
Goaltender: Tuukka Rask
Available players
Forwards: Matt Beleskey, Brian Ferlin, Jimmy Hayes, Alex Khokhlachev, Dominic Moore, Tyler Randell, Zac Rinaldo, Tim Schaller, Drew Stafford
Defencemen: Linus Arnesson, Chris Casto, Tommy Cross, Alex Grant, John-Michael Liles, Adam McQuaid, Colin Miller, Joe Morrow
Goaltenders: Anton Khudobin, Malcolm Subban
Buffalo Sabres
Protected players
Forwards: Tyler Ennis, Marcus Foligno, Zemgus Girgensons, Evander Kane, Johan Larsson, Ryan O’Reilly, Kyle Okposo (NMC)
Defencemen: Nathan Beaulieu, Jake McCabe, Rasmus Ristolainen
Goaltender: Robin Lehner
Available players
Forwards: William Carrier, Nicolas Deslauriers, Brian Gionta, Derek Grant, Justin Kea, Matt Moulson, Cal O’Reilly, Cole Schneider
Defencemen: Brady Austin, Mathew Bodie, Zach Bogosian, Justin Falk, Taylor Fedun, Cody Franson, Josh Gorges, Dmitry Kulikov
Goaltenders: Anders Nilsson, Linus Ullmark
Detroit Red Wings
Protected players
Forwards: Justin Abdelkader, Andreas Athanasiou, Anthony Mantha, Frans Nielsen (NMC), Gustav Nyquist, Tomas Tatar, Henrik Zetterberg
Defencemen: Danny DeKeyser, Mike Green, Nick Jensen
Goaltender: Jimmy Howard
Available players
Forwards: Louis-Marc Aubry, Mitch Callahan, Colin Campbell, Martin Frk, Luke Glendening, Darren Helm, Drew Miller, Tomas Nosek, Riley Sheahan, Ben Street, Eric Tangradi
Defencemen: Adam Almquist, Jonathan Ericsson, Niklas Kronwall, Brian Lashoff, Dylan McIlrath, Xavier Ouellet, Ryan Sproul
Goaltenders: Jared Coreau, Petr Mrazek, Edward Pasquale, Jake Paterson
Florida Panthers
Protected players
Forwards: Aleksander Barkov, Nick Bjugstad, Jonathan Huberdeau, Vincent Trocheck
Defencemen: Aaron Ekblad, Alex Petrovic, Mark Pysyk, Keith Yandle (NMC)
Goaltender: James Reimer
Available players
Forwards: Graham Black, Tim Bozon, Jaromir Jagr, Jussi Jokinen, Derek MacKenzie, Jonathan Marchessault, Colton Sceviour, Michael Sgarbossa, Reilly Smith, Brody Sutter, Paul Thompson, Shawn Thornton, Thomas Vanek
Defencemen: Jason Demers, Jakub Kindl, Brent Regner, Reece Scarlett, MacKenzie Weegar
Goaltenders: Reto Berra, Sam Brittain, Roberto Luongo
Montreal Canadiens
Protected players
Forwards: Paul Byron, Phillip Danault, Jonathan Drouin, Alex Galchenyuk, Brendan Gallagher, Max Pacioretty, Andrew Shaw
Defencemen: Jordie Benn, Jeff Petry (NMC), Shea Weber
Goaltender: Carey Price (NMC)
Available players
Forwards: Daniel Carr, Connor Crisp, Jacob de la Rose, Bobby Farnham, Brian Flynn, Max Friberg, Charles Hudon, Dwight King, Stefan Matteau, Torrey Mitchell, Joonas Nättinen, Tomas Plekanec, Alexander Radulov, Chris Terry
Defencemen: Brandon Davidson, Alexei Emelin, Keegan Lowe, Andrei Markov, Nikita Nesterov, Zach Redmond, Dalton Thrower
Goaltender: Al Montoya
Ottawa Senators
Protected players
Forwards: Derick Brassard, Ryan Dzingel, Mike Hoffman, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Zack Smith, Mark Stone, Kyle Turris
Defencemen: Cody Ceci, Erik Karlsson, Dion Phaneuf (NMC)
Goaltender: Craig Anderson
Available players
Forwards: Casey Bailey, Mike Blunden, Alexandre Burrows, Stephane Da Costa, Christopher DiDomenico, Nikita Filatov, Chris Kelly, Clarke MacArthur, Max McCormick, Chris Neil, Tom Pyatt, Ryan Rupert, Bobby Ryan, Viktor Stalberg, Phil Varone, Tommy Wingels
Defencemen: Mark Borowiecki, Fredrik Claesson, Brandon Gormley, Jyrki Jokipakka, Marc Methot, Patrick Sieloff, Chris Wideman, Mikael Wikstrand
Goaltenders: Mike Condon, Chris Driedger, Andrew Hammond
Tampa Bay Lightning
Protected players
Forwards: Ryan Callahan (NMC), Tyler Johnson, Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov, Vladislav Namestnikov, Ondrej Palat, Steven Stamkos (NMC)
Defencemen: Braydon Coburn, Victor Hedman (NMC), Anton Stralman
Goaltender: Andrei Vasilevskiy
Available players
Forwards: Carter Ashton, Michael Bournival, J.T. Brown, Cory Conacher, Erik Condra, Gabriel Dumont, Stefan Fournier, Byron Froese, Yanni Gourde, Mike Halmo, Henri Ikonen, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond, Tye McGinn, Greg McKegg, Cedric Paquette, Tanner Richard, Joel Vermin
Defencemen: Dylan Blujus, Jake Dotchin, Jason Garrison, Slater Koekkoek, Jonathan Racine, Andrej Sustr, Matt Taormina, Luke Witkowski
Goaltenders: Peter Budaj, Kristers Gudlevskis, Jaroslav Janus, Mike McKenna
Toronto Maple Leafs
Protected players
Forwards: Tyler Bozak, Connor Brown, Nazem Kadri, Leo Komarov, Josh Leivo, Matt Martin, James van Riemsdyk
Defencemen: Connor Carrick, Jake Gardiner, Morgan Rielly
Goaltender: Frederik Andersen
Available players
Forwards: Brian Boyle, Eric Fehr, Colin Greening, Seth Griffith, Teemu Hartikainen, Brooks Laich, Brendan Leipsic, Joffrey Lupul, Milan Michalek, Kerby Rychel, Ben Smith
Defencemen: Andrew Campbell, Matt Hunwick, Alexey Marchenko, Martin Marincin, Steve Oleksy, Roman Polak (D)
Goaltenders: Antoine Bibeau, Curtis McElhinney, Garret Sparks
