Nikita Kucherov, Andrey Vasilevsky, Stephen Christopher Stemkos and Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sergachev are protected by "Tampa". Killorn Alex, Chambers and Gourde are available to "Seattle"

The list of the protected hockey players of "Tampa" before a draft of expansion of "Seattle" became known. The team kept as a part of the goalkeeper, four defenders and four forwards. Goalkeeper: Andrey Vasilevsky; Defenders: Victor Eric Ulof Khedman, Makdona Ryan, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sergachev, Eric Chernak; Forwards: Nikita Kucherov, Stephen Christopher Stemkos, Poynt Breyden, Anthony Sirelli. To a leaf of unprotected players got Yanni Gurde, Ondrzhey Palat, Johnson Tyler, Killorn Alex, Zhozef Mathieu and Ian Rutta...