SB Nation's Mock NHL Expansion Draft: Dallas Stars Protected List

I’ll be very interested to see how the forward vote goes.. Personally, I think you have to protect Segal and that’s who I voted with.

But I like the grit burish brings… it’s kind of unfair since we haven’t had a chance to see how he plays with the stars.

Also, as much as I hate it… I would vote to protect niskers. I’m hoping that he just had a really horrible year, and that things come together for him. My Name Daley has been around for a while and I think has reached his potential. He’s decent, but he won’t ever be fantastic.

I have the tech team looking into the brunnstrom votes. Probably a glitch or something.

This is all flawed of course, because if the Stars thought there WERE an expansion draft coming, they wouldn’t be leaving themselves with this conundrum.

If you had this exact group with a draft coming, you’d be kind of screwed. Lose Skrastins and you destabilize your pairings quite a bit, talking only about next year. As bad as the defense is, how much worse is it if you’re playing 2, 3, 5, 6, 28 and 44 on a regular basis…yuck.

So if I had to keep next season in mind, I think I’d have to keep Skrastins, knowing there’s no way at this point in the game to get any other veteran presence to put there in his place after you lose him.

And if Matt Niskanen is a part of the “long term” then we’re in trouble, unless he makes an unforeseen LARGE step next year.

Making more of a push than I would have thought.

You have to think of what the GMs of the expansion teams want. They are far more likely to snatch up Niskanen than Daley just because of the age. As an expansion team, you have to start by looking towards the future. You either draft young or really experienced to give the young guys some stability.
I would put Daley out there and hope that the 2 GMs can come up with better options.

on this team after Robidas, Grossman, and Fistric. That way, management would be actually FORCED to find better replacements (if even possible).

before I even read all the comments. To me, Barch, Burish, and Segal are fairly interchangeable parts and can usually be found with more ease in this league. I think you have to protect more of a skill guy like Petersen.

On D-men…I don’t protect Skrastins. We’re not winning the Cup next year (gasp!), so let’s throw the young guys to the wolves and see what happens. If you want a veteran presence around then call up Lukowich.

He has his times when he gets a bunch of points and I just love him. I’d also love to see him on the PK. I’ve seen him block shots and he seems pretty responsible in his own end.

He’s the only player fast enough to forecheck with in NHL10. (Note to self: You can pass faster than you can skate.)

Go with the utes on defense.

He gives his all every shift, every game.

That being said, if we could trade Ribeiro for a good defenseman, I’d protect Segal after that.

Solid all round player, night after night. Would love to see him get more time on the PK, as well.

I love that everyone is spelling his name right, too! Awesome job Stars fans.

I hate it when some people spell his name Peterson (also hate it when people spell Morrow’s first name as Brendan)