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The NHL announced the protection lists for all 30 teams in advance of Wednesday’s Vegas Expansion Draft.  Here is what Montreal’s list looks like.

Protected

Goalie (1)

Carey Price (NMC)

Defence (3)

Jordie Benn, Jeff Petry (NMC), Shea Weber

Forwards (7)

Paul Byron, Phillip Danault, Jonathan Drouin, Alex Galchenyuk, Brendan Gallagher, Max Pacioretty, Andrew Shaw

Unprotected

Goalie (1)

Al Montoya

Defence (7)

Brandon Davidson, Alexei Emelin, Keegan Lowe, Andrei Markov (UFA), Nikita Nesterov, Zach Redmond, Dalton Thrower

Forwards (15)

Daniel Carr, Connor Crisp, Jacob de la Rose, Bobby Farnham (UFA), Max Friberg, Brian Flynn (UFA), Charles Hudon, Dwight King (UFA), Stefan Matteau, Torrey Mitchell, Joonas Nattinen, Steve Ott, Tomas Plekanec, Alexander Radulov (UFA), Chris Terry

Notable Exemptions

Goalies

Zach Fucale, Charlie Lindgren

Defence

Jakub Jerabek, Brett Lernout

Forwards

Artturi Lehkonen, Michael McCarron, Nikita Scherbak

The Golden Knights now have exclusive negotiating rights to all free agent players through 10 AM EST on Wednesday when they must submit their picks to the league.  The picks will be announced during the NHL Awards on Wednesday night.  The trade/roster freeze is in effect until Thursday at 8 AM EST although teams can still make agreements with Vegas during that time.