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Calgary Flames Monday Roundtable: Expansion Draft

By Ramina Shlah

Feb 24, 2017; Sunrise, FL, USA; Calgary Flames right wing Troy Brouwer (36) celebrates his goal against the Florida Panthers with center Matt Stajan (18) in the second period at BB&T Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 24, 2017; Sunrise, FL, USA; Calgary Flames right wing Troy Brouwer (36) celebrates his goal against the Florida Panthers with center Matt Stajan (18) in the second period at BB&T Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 17, 2017; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames players during the warmup period against the Anaheim Ducks in game three of the first round of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Saddledome. Anaheim Ducks won 5-4. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 17, 2017; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames players during the warmup period against the Anaheim Ducks in game three of the first round of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Saddledome. Anaheim Ducks won 5-4. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports /

Question 5. In your opinion on the entire roster, who are the 7 forwards, 3 defencemen (we already know who the defencemen are, lets be real), and 1 goaltender, who should be protected?

Jonathan Boulanger

Monahan, Gaudreau, Bennett, Backlund, Frolik, Ferland and Lazar for forwards. Mark Giordano, Dougie Hamilton, TJ Brodie for the D and Chad Johnson for the goalies.

Alex Hoegler

Monahan, Gaudreau, Lazar, Backlund, Bennett, Frolik and Ferland are my forwards. Defencemen are Dougie Hamilton, Mark Giordano and T.J. Brodie.

Dan Raicevich

Here is my protected list:

Forward

  1. Sean Monahan
  2. Johnny Gaudreau
  3. Mikael Backlund
  4. Michael Frolik
  5. Sam Bennett
  6. Michael Ferland
  7. Curtis Lazar

Defense

  1. Mark Giordano
  2. Dougie Hamilton
  3. TJ Brodie

Goaltender

  1. (Jimmy Howard)…or whoever the Flames acquire before the expansion draft

Ramina Shlah

Well all of our forwards and defencemen list look the same. But for goalies, I think a big possibility is keeping Chad Johnson. He’s already expressed interest in staying in Calgary as well, I think his agent will try to make something happen.

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