Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but if we want to re-sign Markstrom and he wants to stay here, for the expansion draft couldn’t we sign him to a one year deal next summer so that his contract would expire before the expansion draft, protect Demko, and expose an AHL/3rd string goalie?
Actually, there is a small period (2 ish days) between when the Protection lists are submitted and the draft, where they can talk to UFA’s. Engelland was signed when he was drafted.