NHL Protected Lists

The NHL has revealed the complete list of players who will be protected and unprotected for the upcoming NHL Expansion Draft. Below is a list of each team’s protected players sorted by forwards, defense, goaltenders and an additional notable unprotected players list:

Anaheim Ducks:

Forwards: Andre Cogliano, Ryan Getzlaf, Ryan Kesler, Corey Perry, Richark Rakell, Jakob Silfverberg, Antoine Vermette

Defense: Cam Fowler, Hampus Lindholm, Kevin Bieksa,

Goaltender: John Gibson

Notable Unprotected Players: Sami Vantanen, Josh Manson

Arizona Coyotes

Forwards: Nick Cousins, Anthony Duclair, Jordan Martinook, Tobias Rieder

Defense: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Alex Goligoski, Connor Murphy, Luke Schenn

Goaltender: Chad Johnson

Notable Unprotected Players: Alexander Burmistrov, Shane Doan, Radim Vrbata, Louis Domingue

Boston Bruins

Forwards: Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, David Backes, Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak, Ryan Spooner, Riley Nash

Defense: Zdeno Chara, Torey Krug, Kevan Miller

Goaltender: Tuukka Rask

Notable Unprotected Players: Colin Miller, Adam McQuaid, Matt Beleskey, Jimmy Hayes, Malcolm Subban

Buffalo Sabres

Forwards: Kyle Okposo, Ryan O’Reilly, Evander Kane, Tyler Ennis, Marcus Foligno, Zemgus Girgensons, John Larsson

Defense: Rasmus Ristolainen, Nathan Beaulieu, Jake McCabe

Goaltender: Robin Lehner

Notable Unprotected Players: Brian Gionta, Matt Moulson, Zach Bogosian, Linus Ullmark

Calgary Flames

Forwards: Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan, Michael Frolik, Mikael Backlund, Micheal Ferland, Curtis Lazar, Sam Bennett

Defense: Mark Giordano, T.J. Brodie, Dougie Hamilton

Goaltender: Mike Smith

Notable Unprotected Players: Troy Brouwer, Brandon Bollig, Alex Chiasson

Carolina Hurricanes

Forwards: Phillip Di Giuseppe, Elias Lindholm, Brock McGinn, Victor Rask, Jeff Skinner, Jordan Staal, Teuvo Teravainen

Defense: Justin Faulk, Ryan Murphy, Trevor Carrick

Goaltender: Scott Darling

Notable Unprotected Players: Cam Ward, Eddie Lack

Chicago Blackhawks

Forwards: Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Marian Hossa, Artem Anisimov, Richard Panik, Ryan Hartman, Tomas Jurco

Defense: Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, Niklas Hjalmarsson

Goaltender: Corey Crawford

Notable Unprotected Players: Trevor Van Riemsdyk, Marcus Kruger

Colorado Avalanche

Forwards: Sven Andrighetto, Blake Comeau, Matt Duchene, Rocco Grimaldi, Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon, Matt Nieto

Defense: Erik Johnson, Tyson Barrie, Nikita Zadorov,

Goaltender: Semyon Varlamov

Notable Unprotected Players: Calvin Pickard, Duncan Siemens

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forwards: Brandon Dubinsky, Nick Foligno, Scott Hartnell, Brandon Saad, Cam Atkinson, Boone Jenner, Alexander Wennberg

Defense: Seth Jones, David Savard, Ryan Murray

Goaltender: Sergei Bobrovsky

Notable Unprotected Players: Jack Johnson, Josh Anderson, Sam Gagner, Matt Calvert

Dallas Stars

Forwards: Jason Spezza, Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin, Brett Ritchie, Radek Faksa, Valeri Nichushkin, Antoine Roussel

Defense: John Klingberg, Stephen Johns, Dan Hamhuis

Goaltender: Ben Bishop

Notable Unprotected Players: Patrick Sharp, Anti Niemi, Kari Lehtonen, Cody Eakin

Detroit Red Wings

Forwards: Frans Nielsen, Henrik Zetterberg, Gustav Nyquist, Anthony Mantha, Andreas Athanasiou, Tomas Tatar, Justin Abdelkader

Defense: Nick Jensen, Danny DeKeyser, Mike Green

Goaltender: Jimmy Howard

Notable Unprotected Players: Riley Sheahan, Jonathan Ericsson, Xavier Ouellet, Petr Mrazek, Niklas Kronwall

Edmonton Oilers

Forwards: Milan Lucic, Ryan Nugent-Hopkin, Jordan Eberle, Patrick Maroon, Zach Kassian, Leon Draisaitl, Mark Letestu

Defense: Andrej Sekera, Oscar Klefbom, Adam Larsson

Goaltender: Cam Talbot

Notable Unprotected Players: Mark Fayne, Jujhar Khaira, Laurent Brossoit

Florida Panthers

Forwards: Jonathan Hubderdeau, Aleksander Barkov, Vincent Trochek, Nick Bjugstad,

Defense: Aaron Ekblad, Keith Yandle, Alex Petrovic, Mark Pysyk

Goaltender: James Reimer

Notable Unprotected Players: Roberto Luongo, Jason Demers, Jonathan Marchessault, Jussi Jokinen, Colton Sceviour, Jaromir Jagr, Reilly Smith

Los Angeles Kings

Forwards: Anze Kopitar, Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Carter, Tanner Pearson

Defense: Drew Doughty, Jake Muzzin, Alec Martinez, Derek Forbort

Goaltender: Jonathan Quick

Notable Unprotected Players: Marian Gaborik, Brayden McNabb

Minnesota Wild

Forwards: Zach Parise, Mikko Koivu, Jason Pominville, Charlie Coyle, Jason Zucker, Nino Niederreiter, Mikael Granlund

Defense: Ryan Suter, Jared Spurgeon, Jonas Brodin

Goaltender: Devan Dubnyk

Notable Unprotected Players: Matt Dumba, Marco Scandella, Eric Staal

Montreal Canadiens

Forwards: Max Pacioretty, Jonathan Drouin, Brendan Gallagher, Andew Shaw, Alex Galchenyuk, Phillip Danault, Paul Byron

Defense: Jeff Petry, Shea Weber, Jordie Benn

Goaltender: Carey Price

Notable Unprotected Players: Charles Hudon, Alexander Radulov, Alexei Emelin, Andrei Markov

Nashville Predators

Forwards: Filip Forsberg, Viktor Arvidsson, Calle Jarnkrok, Ryan Johansen

Defense: P.K. Subban, Roman Josi, Ryan Ellis, Mattias Ekholm

Goaltender: Pekka Rinne

Notable Unprotected Players: James Neal, Pontus Aberg, Craig Smith

New Jersey Devils

Forwards: Taylor Hall, Travis Zajac, Kyle Palmieri, Adam Henrique,

Defense: John Moore, Andy Greene,  Mirco Mueller, Damon Severson

Goaltender: Cory Schneider

Notable Unprotected Players: Jon Merrill, Beau Bennett, Ben Lovejoy

New York Islanders

Forwards: Andrew Ladd, Anders Lee, John Tavares

Defense: Johnny Boychuk, Travis HAmonic, Nick Leddy, Adam Pelech, Ryan Pulock

Goaltender: Thomas Greiss

Notable Unprotected Players: Jaroslav Halak, Josh Bailey, Brock Nelson, Ryan Strome, Calvin De Haan, Thomas Hickey

New York Rangers

Forwards: Kevin Hayes, Chris Kreider, J.T. Miller, Rick Nash, Derek STepan, Mika Zibanejad, Mats Zuccarello

Defense: Nick Holden, Ryan McDonagh, Marc Staal

Goaltender: Henrik Lundqvist

Notable Unprotected Players: Tanner Glass, Nicklas Jensen, Oscar Lindberg, Brandon Pirri, Antti Raanta, Michael Grabner

Ottawa Senators

Forwards: Mike Hoffman, Derick Brassard, Kyle Turris, Mark Stone, Zack Smith, Ryan Dzingel, Jean-Gabriel Pageau

Defense: Dion Phaneuf, Erik Karlsson, Cody Ceci

Goaltender: 

Notable Unprotected Players: Mark Methot, Bobby Ryan, Chris Neil, Chris Kelly, Mike Condon, Andrew Hammond, Alexandre Burrows

Philadelphia Flyers

Forwards: Sean Couturier, Valtteri Filppula, Claude Giroux, Scott Laughton, Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds, Jakub Voracek

Defense: Shayne Gostisbehere, Radko Gudas, Brandon Manning

Goaltender: Anthony Stolarz

Notable Unprotected Players: Steve Mason, Michal Neuvirth, Michael Raffl, Jordan Weal

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forwards: Sidney Crosby, Patric Hornvqist, Phil Kessel, Evgeni Malkin

Defense: Brian Dumoulin, Kris Letang, Olli Maatta, Justin Schultz

Goaltender: Matt Murray

Notable Unprotected Players: Josh Archibald, Nick Bonino, Carl Hagelin, Tom Kuhnhackl, Ian Cole, Trevor Daley, Derrick Pouliot, Marc-Andre Fleury, Bryan Rust, Chris Kunitz

San Jose Sharks

Forwards: Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski, Ryan Carpenter, Tomas Hertl, Jannik Hansen, Melker Karlssen, Chris Tierney

Defense: Brent Burns, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Justin Braun

Goaltender: Martin Jones

Notable Unprotected Players: Mikkel Boedker, Joel Ward, Brenden Dillon, Paul Martin

St. Louis Blues

Forwards: Patrik Berglund, Ryan Reaves, Jaden Schwartz, Vladimir Sobotka, Paul Stastny, Alexander Steen, Vladimir Tarasenko

Defense: Jay Bouwmeester, Joel Edmundson, Alex Pietrangelo

Goaltender: Jake Allen

Notable Unprotected Players: Carl Gunnarsson, Carter Hutton, Ty Rattie, Jori Lehtera, Dmitrij Jaskin

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forwards: Ryan Callahan, Tyler Johnson, Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov, Vladislav Namestnikov, Ondrej Palat, Steven Stamkos

Defense: Braydon Coburn, Victor Hedman, Anton Stralman

Goaltender: Andrej Vasilevskiy

Notable Unprotected Players: J.T. Brown, Erik Condra, Peter Budaj, Slater Koekkoek, Cedric Paquette, Jake Dotchin

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forwards: Tyler Bozak, Connor Brown, Nazem Kadri, Leo Komarov, Josh Leivo, Matt Martin, James van Riemsdyk

Defense: Connor Carrick, Jake Gardiner, Morgan Rielly

Goaltender: Frederik Andersen

Notable Unprotected Players: Brian Boyle, Eric Fehr, Seth Griffith, Brooks Laich, Brendan Leipsic, Kerby Rychel

Vancouver Canucks

Forwards: Sven Baertschi, Loui Eriksson, Markus Granlund, Bo Horvat, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Brandon Sutter

Defense: Alex Edler, Erik Gudbranson, Christopher Tanev

Goaltender: Jacob Markstrom

Notable Unprotected Players: Reid Boucher, Derek Dorsett, Ryan Miller

Washington Capitals

Forwards: Nicklas Backstrom, AndreBurakovsky, Lars Eller, Marcus Johansson, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson

Defense: John Carlson, Matt Niskanen, Dmitry Orlov

Goaltender: Braden Holtby

Notable Unprotected Players: Nate Shmidt, Jay Beagle, T.J. Oshie, Philipp Grubauer, Karl Alzner, Kevin Shattenkirk

Winnipeg Jets

Forwards: Joel Armia, Andrew Copp, Bryan Little, Adam Lowry, Mathieu Perreault, Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler

Defense: Dustin Byfuglien, Tyler Myers, Jacob Trouba

Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck

Notable Unprotected Players: Marko Dano, Quinton Howden, Toby Enstrom, Ondrej Pavelec, Michael Hutchinson