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2025-26 Protected Lists Thread

axlsalinger

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* 25 maximum NHL roster size (no players on IR, must drop any excess players over 25)
-- 20 maximum NHL players protected
-- Up to 5 Unprotected players
* 25 maximum minor league players protected. Maximum GP limit for minor league eligible players is 100 for skaters and 60 for goalies.

**Due date: July 20th 2025**
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Once the lists are posted and confirmed correct, unprotected players will be dropped to FA to be included in the draft. When the draft is completed, any unclaimed players will be added back to the manager's team upon request as long as the manager has the required roster space post-draft.
 
NHL Protected:
Fantilli
Pinto
Sillinger
Voronkov
Boldy
Jarvis
Johnson
Maccelli
Zetterlund
Eklund
Marchenko
Broberg
Clarke
Mintyukov
Spence
York
merzlikins
pickard
Michkov
Mukhamadullin


Minors Protected:
Protas
Yurov
Beaudoin
Dvorsky
Sourdif
Stancl
Svechkov
Bump
But
Graf
Hameenaho
He
Ilyin
Tsyplakov
Buium
Konyushkov
Levshunov
Nikishin
simashev
wallstedt
zavragin
gamzin
ivanov
slukynsky
vyazovoy

Unprotected:
Iorio
 
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1. Auston Matthews
2. JT Miller
3. Vinny Trochek
4. Boone Jenner
5. Kyle Connor
6. Kirill Kaprizov
7. Artemi Panarin
8. Mark Stone
9. Gabriel Landeskog
10. Steven Stamkos
11. Troy Terry
12. Pavel Buchnevich
13. Rasmus Dahlin
14. Vincent Dunn
15. Devon Toews
16. Morgan Reilly
17 Mike Matheson
18. F. Hronek
19. Luke Dostal
20. Frederik Andersen

Unprotected
1. Jordan Staal
2. Jamie Benn
3. Chris Kreider
4. Dimitri Orlov
5. Taylor Hall


All prospects protected
 
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Protected:
S Crosby
R O'Rielly
E Petterson
M Scheifele
L Draisaitl
W Nylander
E kane
A Ovechkin
T Seguin
A Tuch
S Bennett
B Rust
D Doughty
V hedmen
R josi
C macavoy
C Parayko
T Sanhiem
I Provorov
I Sheshterkin

Unprotected:
A Lee
K Palmari
J Quick
Backlund
Mcdonagh

Minors
All are protected
 
Protected...
1. Connor Bedard
2. Filip Chytil
3. Yanni Gourde
4. Brock Boeser
5. Oliver Bjorkstrand
6. Simon Holmstrom
7. Matthew Knies
8. Jake Neighbours
9. Ryan McLeod
10. Timo Meier
11. Vladislav Gavrikov
12. Esa Lindell
13. Jake McCabe
14. Connor Murphy
15. Marcus Pettersson
16. Alex Vlasic
17. Trent Frederic
18. Braden Schneider
19. Jordan Binnington
20. Linus Ullmark

Unprotected...
1. Mathieu Olivier
2. Ryan Lindgren
3. Jake Allen

Minors...
24 of 25 slots filled
 
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PROTECTED

  1. D. Cozens
  2. J. Evans
  3. M. Rossi
  4. B. Brink
  5. D. Guenther
  6. A. Holtz
  7. J. Snuggerud
  8. P. Tomasino
  9. V. Namestnikov
  10. L. Stankoven
  11. K. Bahl
  12. A. Boqvist
  13. M. Ferraro
  14. M. Grzelcyk
  15. L. Hughes
  16. M. Lohrei
  17. S. Skinner
  18. D. Wolf
  19. C. Glass
  20. E. Cernak


UNPPROTECTED

  1. T. Raddysh
  2. A. Xhekaj


MINORS

  1. M. Celebrini
  2. L. Del Bel Belluz
  3. S. Farrell
  4. M. Kasper
  5. O. Moore
  6. R. Winterton
  7. M. Brandsegg-Nygard
  8. J. Dumais
  9. E. Hemming
  10. G. Perreault
  11. V. Puustinen
  12. M. Samoskevich
  13. C. Stramel
  14. E. Andrae
  15. D. Badinka
  16. H. Brunicke
  17. D. Hunt
  18. W. Kaiser
  19. S. Morrow
  20. E. Pieniniemi
  21. A. Sandin-Pellikka
  22. T. Willander
  23. O. Zellweger
  24. T. Augustine
  25. E. Portillo
 
Protected:
  1. Nico Hischier
  2. Jack Hughes
  3. Scott Laughton
  4. Brayden Schenn
  5. Ivan Barbashev
  6. Will Cuylle
  7. Emil Heineman
  8. Clayton Keller
  9. Artturi Lehkonen
  10. Pavel Zacha
  11. Christian Dvorak
  12. Trevor Moore
  13. Jalen Chatfield
  14. Dylan DeMelo
  15. Jackson LaCombe
  16. Logan Mailloux
  17. Brett Pesce
  18. Artem Zub
  19. Jakub Dobes
  20. Pyotr Kochetkov
Prospects:
  1. Berkly Catton
  2. Sam OReilly
  3. Matthew Poitras
  4. Brayden Yager
  5. Andrew Basha
  6. Quinn Finley
  7. Ethan Gauthier
  8. Danil Gushchin
  9. Ville Koivunen
  10. Fraser Minten
  11. John Mustard
  12. Terik Parascak
  13. Kieron Walton
  14. Ozzy Wiesblatt
  15. Adam Engstrom
  16. Damian Clara
  17. Evan Gardner
  18. Josef Korenar
  19. Isaac Poulter
  20. Cayden Primeau
  21. Ivan Prosvetov
  22. Jaxson Stauber
  23. Yevgeni Volokhin
 
Protected

1. Jack Eichel
2. Dylan Larkin
3. Brayden Point
4. Nick Suzuki
5. Mathew Barzal
6. Kirby Dach
7. Jonathan Drouin
8. Tomas Hertl
9. JJ Peterka
10. Aliaksei Protas
11. Jordan Eberle
12. Jason Zucker
13. Alex Newhook
14. Ryker Evans
15. Samuel Girard
16. Quinn Hughes
17. Jared Spurgeon
18. Joey Daccord
19. Anthony Stolarz
20. Daniil Tarasov

Unprotected

1. Brett Howden
2. Nino Niederreiter
3. Victor Olofsson
4. Tyler Myers
5. Nikita Zadarov

Prospects

1. Caeden Bankier
2. Jakub Brabenec
3. Gavin Brindley
4. Dylan Duke
5. Oscar Fisker Molgaard
6. James Malatesta
7. Jan Mysak
8. Luca Pinelli
9. Tyler Boucher
10. Kasper Halttunen
11. Jesse Kiiskinen
12. Ayrton Martino
13. Ryder Ritchie
14. Antoino Stranges
15. Aydar Suniev
16. Adam Sykora
17. Akil Thomas
18. William Whitelaw
19. Cameron Allen
20. Mike Benning
21. Annttoni Honka
22. Aram Minnetian
23. Calle Odelius
24. Carson Bjarnason
25. Mads Søgaard
 
86ers Protected List

Protected (20):

1. Bo Horvat C - NYI
2. Roope Hintz C - DAL
3. William Karlsson C - VGK
4. Tage Thompson C,W - BUF
5. Jake Guentzel W - TBL
6. Travis Konecny W - PHI
7. Filip Forsberg W - NSH
8. Lucas Raymond W - DET
9. Adrian Kempe W - LAK
10. Gabriel Vilardi W - WPG
11. Connor McMichael C,W - WSH
12. Kaapo Kakko W - SEA
13. Adam Fox D - NYR
14. Thomas Harley D - DAL
15. Noah Dobson D - MTL
16. Dougie Hamilton D - NJD
17. Gustav Forsling D - FLA
18. Jaccob Slavin D - CAR
19. Connor Hellebuyck G - WPG
20. Tristan Jarry G - PIT

Unprotected (5):

1. Brayden McNabb D - VGK
2. Calen Addison D - NJD
3. Ilya Mikheyev W - CHI
4. Oliver Wahlstrom W - (N/A)

Protected Prospects (25):

1. Mavrik Bourque C,W - DAL
2. Conor Geekie C,W - TBL
3. Justin Gill C - NYI
4. David Goyette C - SEA
5. Logan Morrison C - SEA
6. Matthew Phillips C,W - COL
7. Massimo Rizzo C - PHI
8. Brendan Brisson W - NYR
9. Nikita Chibrikov W - WPG
10. Samuel Fagemo W - WPG
11. Nikolai Kovalenko W - (N/A)
12. Filip Mesar W - MTL
13. Beckett Sennecke W - ANA
14. Egor Sokolov W - UTA
15. Teddy Stiga W - NSH
16. Koehn Ziemmer W - LAK
17. Ryan Chesley D - WSH
18. Lukas Dragicevic D - SEA
19. Helge Grans D - PHI
20. Christian Kyrou D - DAL
21. Luca Marrelli D - CBJ
22. Caden Price D - SEA
23. Jiri Patera G - VAN
24. Matthew Villalta G - UTA
 
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Protected
  1. Jack McBain
  2. Elias Lindholm
  3. Jonatan Berggren
  4. Zach Benson
  5. Jack Drury
  6. Vasili Podkolzin
  7. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
  8. Jaden Schwartz
  9. Tyler Toffoli
  10. Philipp Kurashev
  11. Sam Steel
  12. Jonas Brodin
  13. Cody Ceci
  14. Aaron Ekblad
  15. Justin Faulk
  16. Nicolas Hague
  17. Seth Jones
  18. Zachary Jones
  19. Scott Wedgewood
  20. Arvid Soderblom

Unprotected
  1. Isac Lundestrom
  2. Vitek Vanecek
  3. Alexander Wennberg
Prospects
  1. Owen Beck
  2. Riley Heidt
  3. Danila Klimovich
  4. Amadeus Lombardi
  5. Felix Nilsson
  6. Max Plante
  7. Otto Stenberg
  8. Igor Chernyshov
  9. Cole Eiserman
  10. Aiden Fink
  11. Alexander Kisakov
  12. Cayden Lindstrom
  13. Quentin Musty
  14. Yegor Surin
  15. EJ Emery
  16. Lukas Fischer
  17. Andrew Gibson
  18. Cole Hutson
  19. Atro Leppanen
  20. Vladislav Kolyachonok
  21. Joel Blomqvist
  22. Trent Miner
  23. Ivan Fedotov
  24. Ilya Nabokov
  25. Akira Schmid
 
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Protected
  1. Sean Couturier
  2. Joel Eriksson Ek
  3. Josh Norris
  4. Chandler Stephenson
  5. Drake Batherson
  6. Jesper Bratt
  7. Ross Colton
  8. Nikolaj Ehlers
  9. Valeri Nichushkin
  10. Pius Suter
  11. Andrei Kuzmenko
  12. Lukas Reichel
  13. Evan Bouchard
  14. Brent Burns
  15. Erik Karlsson
  16. J.J. Moser
  17. Scott Perunovich
  18. Neal Pionk
  19. Anton Forsberg
  20. Adin Hill
Minors
  1. Rory Kerins
  2. Julius Miettinen
  3. Bradly Nadeau
  4. Ryan Tverberg
  5. Nikita Grebenkin
  6. Matvei Gridin
  7. Arseny Gritsyuk
  8. Raphael Lavoie
  9. Carter Mazur
  10. Olivier Nadeau
  11. Oskar Olausson
  12. Matvei Petrov
  13. Joshua Roy
  14. Carter Savoie
  15. Seamus Casey
  16. Mikhail Gulyayev
  17. Albert Johansson
  18. Victor Mancini
  19. Jack Rathbone
  20. Jack Thompson
  21. Miguel Tourigny
  22. Reilly Walsh
  23. Carl Lindbom
  24. Maxim Strbak
Unprotected
  1. Erik Brannstrom
  2. Ian Mitchell
  3. Egor Zamula
 
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Tage Thompson's Former Team

Protected
1 Jared McCann
2 Mason McTavish
3 Dylan Strome
4 Anthony Duclair
5 Conor Garland
6 Cutter Gauthier
7 Alex Iafallo
8 Nick Robertson
9 Trevor Zegras
10 Nils Hoglander
11 Alexis Lafreniere
12 Jakob Chychrun
13 Cam Fowler
14 Noah Hanifin
15 Niko Mikkola
16 Darnell Nurse
17 Jacob Trouba
18 Sean Walker
19 Darcy Kuemper
20 Joseph Woll

Minors
1 Sacha Boisvert
2 Thomas Bordeleau
3 Nate Danielson
4 Jiri Kulich
5 Calum Ritchie
6 Ryan Suzuki
7 Cameron Lund
8 Maxim Masse
9 Brennan Othmann
10 Jacob Perreault
11 Prokhor Poltapov
12 Patrik Puistola
13 Eduard Sale
14 William Stromgren
15 Hunter Brzustewicz
16 Charlie Elick
17 Mikko Kokkonen
18 Maveric Lamoureux
19 Theo Lindstein
20 Topi Niemela
21 Stian Solberg
22 Stanislav Svozil
23 William Wallinder
24 Carter Yakemchuk
25 Kevin Korchinski

Unprotected
1 Joonas Korpisalo
2 Cal Foote
3 Luke Kunin
 
Protected
Logan Cooley
Morgan Frost
Barrett Hayton
Wyatt Johnston
Charlie Coyle
Luke Evangelista
Joel Farabee
Andrei Svechnikov
Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Jack Quinn
Mikey Anderson
Alex Carrier
Timothy Liljegren
John Marino
Denton Mateychuk
Dylan Samberg
Nils Lundkvist
Joel Hofer
Jeremy Swayman
Eeli Tolvanen

Minors
Maxim Shabanov
Michael Hage
Hunter Haight
Jett Luchanko
Francesco Pinelli
Matyas Sapovaliv
Egor Afanasyev
Trevor Connelly
Samuel Honzek
Zachary LHeureux
Ivan Miroshnichenko
Liam Ohgren
Zack Ostapchuk
Isak Rosen
Elmer Soderblom
Matthew Wood
Nolan Allan
Sean Behrens
Spencer Gill
David Jiricek
Tanner Molendyk
Owen Pickering
Anton Silayev
Victor Soderstrom
Sebastian Cossa

Unprotected
Nicolas Roy
Ryan Hartman
 
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NHL Protected
S.Aho
Q.Byfield
L.Carlsson
A.Lundell
P.Laine
C.Perfetti
O.Tippett
R.Andersson
B.Byram
M.Fehervary
M.Sergachev
Y.Chinakov
C.Zary
M.Heiskanen
U. Luukkonen
J.Markstrom
M.Coronato
P.Krebs
E.Luostarinen
T.Teravainen

Minors Protected
M.Pettersen
A.Raty
J.Firkus
K.Helenius
J.Kemell
A.Klapka
B.Lambert
F.Lysell
J.Nyman
J.Pelletier
L.Bichsel
C.Ceulemans
S.Dickinson
V.Heinola
A.Kiviharju
C.Lambos
T.Luneau
E.Morin
S.Nemec
Z.Parekh
J.Pulkkinen
J.Annunen
Y.Askarov

Unprotected
E.Tolvanen
H.Jokiharju
M.Samuelsson
J.Valimaki
J.Siegenthaler
 
Protected
Anthony Cirelli
Mikael Granlund
Adam Lowry
Pavel Dorofeyev
Jonathan Huberdeau
Alex Laferriere
Tom Wilson
Brandon Hagel
Nick Paul
Mattias Ekholm
Dante Fabbro
Brock Faber
Jake Middleton
Jake Walman
Tyler Bertuzzi
Mikko Rantanen
Sean Monahan
Mackenzie Blackwood
Juuse Saros
Jake Oettinger
Minors
Carter George
Adam Gajan
William Villeneuve
Nick Abruzzese
Samuel Helenius
Roni Hirvonen
Marat Khusnutdinov
Riley Kidney
Danny Nelson
Lucas Pettersson
Samu Salminen
Mitchell Chaffee
Brandon Coe
Sam Colangelo
William Dufour
Emil Jarventie
Vitali Kravtsov
Reid Schaefer
Yegor Sidorov
Tuomas Uronen
Beau Akey
Samuel Bolduc
Ryan Johnson
Unprotected
Evgenii Dadonov
Tommy Novak
Christopher Tanev
Bobby McMann
Emil Martinsen Lilleberg
 
1​
Kadri
2​
Malkin
3​
McDavid
4​
Nelson
5​
Giroux
6​
Hyman
7​
Marner
8​
Pageau
9​
Reinhart
10​
Tkachuk
11​
Tavares
12​
Zibanejad
13​
Carlson
14​
DeAngelo
15​
Letang
16​
Lindholm
17​
Morrisey
18​
Theodore
19​
DeSmith
20​
Vasilevskiy
1​
McConell-Barker
2​
Wahlberg
3​
Zhilkin
4​
Chromiak
5​
Jarventie
6​
Slaggert
7​
Torgersson
8​
Alexeyev
9​
Crevier
10​
Del Gaizo
11​
Hirose
12​
Johansen
13​
Kuznetsov
14​
Okhotyok
15​
Peart
16​
Tuomisto
17​
Alexander
18​
Garand
19​
Koko
20​
Leinonen
21​
Lennox
22​
Merilainen
23​
Silvos


unprotected
Kesselring
Ristolainen
Larsson
Lankinen
Foligno
 
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PROTECTED:

1. Aleksander Barkov
2. Anze Kopitar
3. Nathan MacKinnon
4. Robert Thomas
5. Nikita Kucherov
6. Jordan Kyrou
7. Brad Marchand
8. Jonathan Marchessault
9. David Pastrnak
10. Jason Robertson
11. Philip Danault
12. Morgan Geekie
13. Oliver Ekman-Larsson
14. Shayne Gostisbehere
15. Brandon Montour
16. Moritz Seider
17. MacKenzie Weegar
18. Sergei Bobrovsky
19. Thatcher Demko
20. Karel Vejmelka


UNPROTECTED:

1. Andre Burakovsky
2. Alex Killorn
3. Mats Zuccarello
4. Max Sasson
5. Damon Severson


MINORS:

1. Justin Hryckowian
2. Matvei Korotky
3. Georgi Merkulov
4. Anthony Richard
5. Gracyn Sawchyn
6. Aidan Thompson
7. Nikita Artamonov
8. Brett Berard
9. Jackson Blake
10. Jack Devine
11. Trey Fix-Wolansky
12. Zac Funk
13. Liam Greentree
14. Niko Huuhtanen
15. Miguel Marques
16. Alex Steeves
17. Gleb Trikizov
18. Michael Buchinger
19. Isaiah George
20. Tarin Smith
21. Ryan Ufko
22. Adam Wilsby
23. Ruslan Khazheyev
24. Devon Levi
25. Olivier Rodrigue


 
PROTECTED:

1- Blake Coleman
2- Ryan Strome
3- Rickard Rakell
4- Frank Vatrano
5- J.T. Compher
6- Jake DeBrusk
7-Thomas Chabot
8-Yegor Sharangovich
9-Alex DeBrincat
10-Casey Mittelstadt
11-Sean Durzi
12-Brady Tkachuk
13-Alexander Romanov
14-Rasmus Sandin
15-Dawson Mercer
16-Tim Stutzle
17-Jamie Drysdale
18-Matty Beniers
19- John Gibson
20- Filip Gustavsson


UNPROTECTED:

1- Brandon Saad
2- Brady Skjei
3- Darren Raddysh
4- Alexandar Georgiev
5- Devin Cooley

MINORS:

1- Martin Pospisil
2- Juuso Parssinen
3- Samuel Poulin
4- Jared Davidson
5- Vasili Ponomarev
6- Josh Doan
7- Tyson Foerster
8- Dylan Holloway
9-Justin Barron
10- Lukas Cormier
11- Nolan Burke
12- Zach Dean
13- Samu Tuomaala
14- Filip Bystedt
15- Jack Hughes
16- Noah Ostlund
17- Jonathan Lekkerimaki
18- Elias Pettersson
19- Alex Ciernik
20- Ryan Leonard
21- Luca Cagnoni
22- Felix Unger Sorum
23- Yaniv Perets
24- Drew Commesso
25- Tyler Brennan
 
Protected:
1. Domi
2. Haula
3. Roslovic
4. Arvidsson
5. Bunting
6. Fiala
7. Foegele
8. Kane
9. Necas
10. Verhaeghe
11. K. Miller
12. Pelech
13. Perbix
14. Pulock
15. Werenski
16. Cates
17. Roy
18. Ersson
19. Thompson
20. Brossoit

Minor:
1. Dach
2. Farinacci
3. Korczak
4. Battagila
5. Bucheinikov
6. Cristall
7. Goncalves
8. Harvey-Pinard
9. Hayes
10. Iginla
11. Pekarcik
12. Poirier
13. Tullio
14. Vanacker
15. Chrisholm
16. Del Mastro
17. Freij
18. Lindgren
19. Miromanov
20. Poirier
21. Sahin-Wallenius
22. Bussi
23. Fowler
24. Hamria

Unprotected:
1. Andrew Peeke
2. Tye Kartye
3. John Beecher
4. Lars Eller
5. Marc-Andre Fleury
 
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