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TEAM LISTS OF UNPROTECTED PLAYERS [source] ANAHEIM DUCKS

FORWARDS: spencer abbott, jared boll, sam carrick, patrick eaves, emerson etem, ryan garbutt, max gortz, nicolas kerdiles, andre petersson, logan shaw, nick sorenson, nate thompson, corey tropp, chris wagner

DEFENSEMEN: nate guenin, korbinian holzer, josh manson, jaycob megna, jeff schultz, clayton stoner, sami vatanen

GOALTENDERS: jonathan bernier, jhonas enroth, ryan faragher, matt hackett, dustin tokarski

ARIZONA COYOTES

FORWARDS: alexander burmistrov, shane doan, tyler gaudet, peter holland, josh jooris, jamie mcginn, jeremy morin, mitchell moroz, chris mueller, teemu pulkkinen, brad richardson, garret ross, branden troock, radim vrbata, joe whitney

DEFENSEMEN: kevin connauton, jamie mcbain, zbynek michalek, jarred tinordi

GOALTENDERS: louis domingue

BOSTON BRUINS

FORWARDS: matt beleskey, brian ferlin, jimmy hayes, alex khokhlachev, dominic moore, tyler randell, zac rinaldo, tim schaller, drew stafford

DEFENSEMEN: linus arnesson, chris casto, tommy cross, alex grant, john-michael liles, adam mcquaid, colin miller, joe morrow

GOALTENDERS: anton khudobinn, malcolm subban

BUFFALO SABRES

FORWARDS: william carrier, nicolas deslauriers, brian gionta, derek grant, justin kea, matt moulson, cal o'reilly, cole schneider

DEFENSEMEN: brady austin, mathew bodie, zach bogosian, justin falk, taylor fedun, cody franson, josh gorges, dmitry kulikov

GOALTENDERS: anders nilsson, linus ullmark

CALGARY FLAMES

FORWARDS: brandon bollig, lance bouma, troy brouwer, alex chiasson, freddie hamilton, emile poirier, hunter shinkaruk, matt stajan, kris versteeg, linden vey

DEFENSEMEN: matt bartkowski, ryan culkin, deryk engelland, michael kostka, brett kulak, ladislav smid, michael stone, dennis wideman, tyler wotherspoon

GOALTENDERS: brian elliott, tom mccollum

CAROLINA HURRICANES

FORWARDS: bryan bickell, connor brickley, patrick brown, erik karlsson, danny kristo, jay mcclement, andrew miller, andrej nestrasil, joakim nordstrom, lee stempniak, brendan woods

DEFENSEMEN: klas dahlbeck, dennis robertson, philip samuelsson, matt tennyson

GOALTENDERS: daniel altshuller, eddie lack, michael leighton, cam ward

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS

FORWARDS: kyle baun, andrew desjardins, marcus kruger, pierre-cedric labrie, michael latta, brandon mashinter, dennis rasmussen, jordin tootoo

DEFENSEMEN: brian campbell, dillon fournier, shawn lalonde, johnny oduya, ville pokka, michael rozsival, viktor svedberg, trevor van riemsdyk

GOALTENDERS: mac carruth, jeff glass

COLORADO AVALANCHE

FORWARDS: troy bourke, gabriel bourque, rene bourque, joe colborne, turner elson, felix girard, mikhail grigorenko, samuel henley, john mitchell, jim o'brien, brendan ranford, mike sislo, carl soderberg

DEFENSEMEN: mark barberio, mat clark, eric gelinas, cody goloubef, duncan siemens, fedor tyutin, patrick wiercioch

GOALTENDERS: joe cannata, calvin pickard, jeremy smith

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS

FORWARDS: josh anderson, alex broadhurst, matt calvert, zac dalpe, sam gagner, brett gallant, william karlsson, lauri korpikosko, lukas sedlak, t.j. tynan, daniel zaar

DEFENSEMEN: marc-andre bergeron, scott harrington, jack johnson, kyle quincey, john ramage, jaime sifers, ryan stanton

GOALTENDERS: oscar dansk, anton forsberg, joonas korpisalo

DALLAS STARS

FORWARDS: adam cracknell, justin dowling, cody eakin, ales hemski, jiri hudler, curtis mckenzie, mark mcneill, travis morin, patrick sharp, gemel smith, matej stransky

DEFENSEMEN: mattias backman, andrew bodnarchuk, ludwig bystrom, nick ebert, justin hache, dan hamhuis, patrik nemeth, jamie oleksiak, greg pateryn, dustin stevenson

GOALTENDERS: henri kiviaho, maxime legace, kari lehtonen, antti niemi, justin peters

DETROIT RED WINGS

FORWARDS: louis-marc aubry, mitch callahan, colin campbell, martin frk, luke glendening, darren helm, drew miller, tomas nosek, riley sheahan, ben street, eric tangradi

DEFENSEMEN: adam almquist, jonathan ericsson, niklas kronwall, brian lashoff, dylan mcilrath, xavier ouellet, ryan sproul

GOALTENDERS: jared coreau, petr mrazek, edward pasquale, jake peterson

EDMONTON OILERS

FORWARDS: david desharnais, justin fontaine, matt henricks, roman horak, jujhar khaira, anton lander, iiro pakarinen, tyler pitlick, zach pochiro, benoit pouliot, henrik samuelsson, bogdan yakimov

DEFENSEMEN: mark fayne, andrew ference, mark fraser, eric gryba, david musil, jordan oesterle, griffin reinhart, kris russell, dillon simpson

GOALTENDERS: laurent brossoit, jonas gustavsson

FLORIDA PANTHERS

FORWARDS: graham black, tim bozon, jaromir jagr, jussi jokinen, derek mackenzie, jonathan marchessault, colton sceviour, michael sgarbossa, reilly smith, brody sutter, paul thompson, shawn thornton, thomas vanek

DEFENSEMEN: jason demers, jakub kindl, brent regner, reece scarlett, mackenzie weegar

GOALTENDERS: reto berra, sam brittain, roberto luongo

LOS ANGELES KINGS

FORWARDS: andy andreoff, justin auger, dustin brown, kyle clifford, andrew crescenzi, nic dowd, marian gaborik, jarome iginla, trevor lewis, michael mersch, jordan nolan, teddy purcell, devin setoguchi, nick shore

DEFENSEMEN: matt greene, vincent loverde, brayden mcnabb, cameron schilling, rob scuderi, zach trotman

GOALTENDERS: jack campbell, jeff zatkoff

MINNESOTA WILD

FORWARDS: brady brassart, patrick cannone, ryan carter, kurtis gabriel, martin hanzal, erik haula, zack mitchell, jordan schroeder, eric staal, chris stewart, ryan white

DEFENSEMEN: victor bartley, matt dumba, christian folin, guillaume gelinas, alexander gudbranson, gustav olofsson, nate prosser, marco scandella, mike weber

GOALTENDERS: johan gustafsson, darcy kuemper, alex stalock

MONTREAL CANADIENS

FORWARDS: daniel carr, connor crisp, jacob de la rose, bobby farnham, brian flynn, max friberg, charles hudon, dwight king, stefan matteau, torrey mitchell, joonas nattinen, steve ott, tomas plekanec, alexander radulov, chris terry

DEFENSEMEN: brandon davidson, alexei emelin, keegan lowe, andrei markov, nikita nesterov, zach redmond, dalton thrower

GOALTENDERS: al montoya

NASHVILLE PREDATORS

FORWARDS: pontus aberg, cody bass, vernon fiddler, mike fisher, cody mcleod, james neal, p.a. parenteau, adam payerl, mike ribeiro, miikka salomaki, colton sissons, craig smith, trevor smith, austin watson, colin wilson, harry zolnierczyk

DEFENSEMEN: taylor aronson, anthony bitetto, stefan elliot, petter granberg, brad hunt, matt irwin, andrew o'brien, adam pardy, jaynen rissling, scott valentine, yannick weber

GOALTENDERS: marek mazanec

NEW JERSEY DEVILS

FORWARDS: beau bennett, michael cammalleri, carter camper, luke gazdic, shane harper, jacob josefson, ivan khomutov, stefan noeson, marc savard, devante smith-pelly, petr straka, mattias tedenby, ben thomson, david wohlberg

DEFENSEMEN: seth helgeson, viktor loov, ben lovejoy, andrew macwilliam, jon merrill, dalton prout, karl stollery, alexander urbom

GOALTENDERS: keith kinkaid, scott wedgewood

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

FORWARDS: josh bailey, steve bernier, eric boulton, jason chimera, casey cizikas, cal clutterbuck, stephen gionta, ben holmstrom, bracken kearns, nikolay kulemin, brock nelson, shane prince, alan quine, ryan strome, johan sundstrom

DEFENSEMEN: calvin de haan, matthew finn, jesse graham, thomas hickey, loic leduc, scott mayfield, dennis seidenberg

GOALTENDERS: jean-francois berube, christopher gibson, jaroslav halak

NEW YORK RANGERS

FORWARDS: taylor beck, chris brown, daniel catenacci, jesper fast, tanner glass, michael grabner, marek hrivik, nicklas jensen, carl klingberg, oscar lindberg, brandon pirri, matt puempel

DEFENSEMEN: adam clendening, tommy hughes, steven kampfer, kevin klein, michael paliotta, brendan smith, chris summers

GOALTENDERS: magnus hellberg, antti raanta, mackenzie skapski

OTTAWA SENATORS

FORWARDS: casey bailey, mike blunden, alexandre burrows, stephane da costa, christopher didomenico, nikita filatov, chris kelly, clarke macarthur, max mccormick, chris neil, tom pyatt, ryan rupert, bobby ryan, viktor stalberg, phil varone, tommy wingels

DEFENSEMEN: mark borowiecki, fredrik claesson, brandon gormley, jyrki jokipakka, marc methot, patrick sieloff, chris wideman, mikael wikstrand

GOALTENDERS: mike condon, chris driedger, andrew hammond

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

FORWARDS: pierre-edouard bellemare, greg carey, chris conner, boyd gordon, taylor leier, colin mcdonald, andy miele, michael raffl, matt read, chris vandevelde, jordan weal, dale weise, eric wellwood

DEFENSEMEN: mark alt, tj brennan, michael del zotto, andrew macdonald, will o’neill, jesper pettersson, nick schultz

GOALTENDERS: steve mason, michal neuvirth

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

FORWARDS: josh archibald, nick bonino, matt cullen, jean-sebastien dea, carl hagelin, tom kuhnhackl, chris kunitz, kevin porter, bryan rust, tom sestito, oskar sundqvist, dominik uher, garrett wilson, scott wilson

DEFENSEMEN: ian cole, frank corrado, trevor daley, tim erixon, cameron gaunce, ron hainsey, stuart percy, derrick pouliot, chad ruhwedel, mark streit, david warsofsky

GOALTENDERS: marc-andre fleury

SAN JOSE SHARKS

FORWARDS: mikkel boedker, barclay goodrow, micheal haley, patrick marleau, buddy robinson, zack stortini, joe thornton, joel ward

DEFENSEMEN: dylan demelo, brenden dillon, dan kelly, paul martin, david schlemko

GOALTENDERS: aaron dell, troy grosenick, harri sateri

ST. LOUIS BLUES

FORWARDS: kenny agostino, andrew agozzino, kyle brodziak, jordan caron, jacob doty, landon ferraro, alex friesen, evgeny grachev, dmitrij jaskin, jori lehtera, brad malone, magnus paajarvi, david perron, ty rattie, scottie upshall, nail yakupov

DEFENSEMEN: robert bortuzzo, chris butler, morgan ellis, carl gunnarsson, jani hakanpaa, petteri lindbohm, reid mcneill

GOALTENDERS: jordan binnington, carter hutton

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

FORWARDS: carter ashton, michael bournival, j.t. brown, cory conacher, erik condra, gabriel dumont, stefan fournier, byron froese, yanni gourde, mike halmo, henri ikonen, pierre-luc letourneau-leblond, tye mcginn, greg mckegg, cedric paquette, tanner richard, joel vermin

DEFENSEMEN: dylan blujus, jake dotchin, jason garrison, slater koekkoek, jonathan racine, andrej sustr, matt taormina, luke witkowski

GOALTENDERS: peter budaj, kristers gudlevskis, jaroslav janus, mike mckenna

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

FORWARDS: brian boyle, eric fehr, colin greening, seth griffith, teemu hartikainen, brooks laich, brendan leipsic, joffrey lupul, milan michalek, kerby rychel, ben smith

DEFENSEMEN: andrew campbell, matt hunwick, alexey marchenko, martin marincin, steve oleksy, roman polak

GOALTENDERS: antoine bibeau, curtis mcelhinney, garret sparks

VANCOUVER CANUCKS

FORWARDS: reid boucher, michael chaput, joseph cramarossa, derek dorsett, brendan gaunce, alexandre grenier, jayson megna, borna rendulic, anton rodin, drew shore, jack skille, michael zalewski

DEFENSEMEN: alex biega, philip larsen, tom nilsson, andrey pedan, luca sbisa

GOALTENDERS: richard bachman, ryan miller

WASHINGTON CAPITALS

FORWARDS: jay beagle, chris bourque, paul carey, brett connolly, stanislav galiev, tyler graovac, garrett mitchell, liam o’brien, t.j. oshie, zach sill, chandler stephenson, christian thomas, nathan walker, justin williams, daniel winnik

DEFENSEMEN: karl alzner, taylor chorney, cody corbett, darren dietz, christian djoos, tom gilbert, aaron ness, brooks orpik, nate schmidt, kevin shattenkirk

GOALTENDERS: pheonix copley, philipp grubauer

WINNIPEG JETS

FORWARDS: marko dano, quinton howden, scott kosmachuk, tomas kubalik, jc lipon, shawn matthias, ryan olsen, anthony peluso, chris thorburn

DEFENSEMEN: ben chiarot, toby enstrom, brenden kichton, julian melchiori, paul postma, brian strait, mark stuart

GOALTENDERS: michael hutchinson, ondrej pavelec

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(OC) Mike Milbury-ing the Islanders (An Alternate Reality)

(Previous parts of this series include: Don Cherry Drafts the Leafs, Tom Wilson-Proofing the Penguins, Dundon DIYs the Hurricanes, Re-Chiarelling the Oilers, Moneyballing the Sens, Covertly Tanking the Wild, and Frenchifying the Canadiens.)It was June 2006 when Charles Wang sat Mike Milbury down in his office."Michael, I think you know why you're here. Zdeno Chara. Roberto Luongo. Jason Spezza. Olli Jokinen. Todd Bertuzzi. Bryan McCabe. Michael, why are these players not on my team?""Chuck, you gotta understand I'm an active manager, a risk taker. Sometimes it looks bad, sure, but I'm gonna make this team a champion! I've just had some really awful luck - what are the odds that every player I trade away turns out to be a superstar?""Put your shoe back on Michael. I have given things a lot of thought, and I have decided that I am not firing you today. But I am very disappointed with how this team has developed. We need some stability. I am giving you one last chance to prove that you are ready and willing to build this team intelligently and not make us look like fools again. I am promoting your backup goaltender, Garth Snow, to assistant GM - he is a brilliant mind and I fear that another team will recognize this and steal him away. I have something for you: this is a 15-year contract I have written up for Rick DiPietro. I believe that he will be the best goalie in the league, and the backbone of this team for a long, long time. Please have him sign this, and we will proceed from there."Milbury took the stapled stack of papers, discreetly slipped his loafer back on, and rose from his seat. "You got it boss."As he walked out of the office and down the hall, Milbury read the contract. He suddenly understood how preoccupied Wang had been by the decision of whether or not to fire his general manager. It wasn't from the look in his eyes or the tone of his voice. It was from the fact that rather than Rick DiPietro, the contract in front of him had accidentally been addressed to Mike Milbury himself. A malevolent grin slowly crept over Milbury's face."You want stability you old son of a bitch?"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The hockey world was astonished at the news that Mike Milbury, the man who had traded away seemingly half the players at the Turin Olympics, had been rewarded with an unprecedented fifteen-year contract by the New York Islanders. No one was more shocked than Wang himself. He immediately (but quietly) challenged its validity with the NHL's lawyers. Unfortunately, they had grown weary of Wang's incessant calls asking about things like 20-year contracts and paying contracts in commodity futures, and quickly ruled against him.His place in the Islanders' organization assured for the foreseeable future, Milbury got to work.Part II2006-07Determined not to make the same mistakes again, Milbury chooses not to trade his 1st round pick for Ryan Smyth. As a result, the Islanders miss the playoffs and pick 12th overall. The team selects D Ryan McDonagh.2007-08With the 10th overall pick, on the intel of their European scouts, the Islanders go off the board to select a small Swedish defenceman named D Erik Karlsson.2008-09By the summer of 2008, the Islanders are projected to finish near the bottom of the league with the underwhelming roster Milbury has constructed. Milbury is bristling with impatience: he misses the rush of being a 7th or 8th seed.The Islanders trade D Ryan McDonagh, their 2009 1st round pick (John Tavares), and a 2009 7th (Anders Lee) to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Vincent Lecavalier and Evgeny Artyukhin.They then resign Lecavalier to a 13 year $100 contract extension. Lecavalier isn't enough to keep the Isles out of the basement. However, they do notably draft C Ryan O'Reilly in the 2nd round and G Braden Holtby in the 3rd.2009-10Without a number 1 defenceman, and Milbury growing impatient with Karlsson's development, something must be done.The Islanders trade D Erik Karlsson, C Frans Nielsen, and RW PA Parenteau to the Calgary Flames for D Dion PhaneufSomehow this doesn't work, and the Isles still finish near the bottom of the NHL. The Islanders draft RW Nino Niederreiter and C Brock Nelson in the first round.2010-11The duo of Vincent Lecavalier and Kyle Okposo do their best but things remain grim on Long Island. Worse still, Rick DiPietro (who had been signed to a much more reasonable 14 year contract after the fiasco back in 2006) gets knocked out with a punch by Atlanta's Vezina trophy winning goaltender Brent Johnson in November and his career is suddenly over. They need a goalie for now and for the future, and they have only one way to get one: a trade.The Islanders trade RW Nino Niederreiter, C Ryan O'Reilly, G Braden Holtby, and a 2012 2nd (John Gibson) to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for G Steve Mason and C RJ UmbergerWith their prospect cupboard mostly empty, Milbury promises to Wang that he will not trade away the guy he takes in the 2011 first round. He proudly takes, on his scouts' advice, C Ryan Strome.2011-12All of these trades are starting to make Milbury look really silly again. The addition of Stamkos, Tavares, McDonagh, and Hedman to the Lightning has turned them into leading Stanley Cup contenders. Erik Karlsson is the leading candidate for the Norris trophy playing alongside Jay Bouwmeester. Even Ryan O'Reilly, who was an okay third-liner for the Isles, is suddenly tearing it up next to Rick Nash in Columbus. Meanwhile, Lecavalier and Umberger's production has declined, Phaneuf looks lost, and Mason has been an utter disaster for the Islanders.Milbury realizes something's got to change. If he wants to win a Cup, no more short-cuts. He has to build on the young pieces he has and not trade them away. Enough is enough.With the 4th pick in the 2012 draft the Isles select their new #1 defenceman of the future D Griffin Reinhart, and Milbury promises himself that he will never, under any circumstances, trade him away.2012-13Finally committed to a patient rebuild, the Islanders prepare for a difficult season. Sure enough, in a lockout-shorted campaign, the Islanders obtain the 5th overall pick. The Islanders receive a huge pile of offers for this pick, including one from Calgary that would include defenceman Mark Giordano and their 2011 4th round pick Johnny Gaudreau. But Milbury has learned his lesson the hard way, and he will not be made a fool of by prematurely trading a young player ever again.They use the 4th overall pick to draft Strome's future winger, RW Valeri Nichushkin.2013-14Strome's making progress, and Mason's minor resurgence keeps the 1st overall pick Aaron Ekblad out of the Islanders' grasp. Once again, a lot of teams call up the Islanders and try to get the 5th overall pick. Nice try, Predators, but if you think you're getting that pick for Filip Forsberg and Mattias Ekholm you are sorely mistaken. C Michael Dal Colle isn't gonna be another all-star Milbury's traded away, sorry bloggers.2014-15Eight straight years out of the playoffs is wreaking havoc on the Islanders' attendence numbers, and Wang asks Milbury to please try to make the team competitive so he can sell part of the ownership stake. Milbury reiterates that he wants to stay the course, but can't help himself but turn his eye to the trade market once again. As Gaudreau and Forsberg put up huge rookie seasons, he can't help but feel a little frustrated by the results of his change of heart and strategy.You can't help but be impressed by what Corey Perry did for the Ducks last season. You know, any team would be lucky to have Strome, Reinhart, Nichushkin, and Dal Colle - the rebuild is pretty much over, now it's time to build out. The Ducks don't want to give up their leading scorer, but Milbury is tantalized by the thought of him becoming the veteran anchor of a new dynasty...The Islanders trade their 2015 1st round pick (Jack Eichel), 2016 1st round pick (Matthew Tkachuk), and C Brock Nelson to the Ducks for RW Corey PerryYeah... that's the stuff. But for some reason Perry only scores 50 points next to Strome and an aging Lecavalier. Nichushkin, well, I'm sure he'll turn it around, but he looks awful. Phaneuf has a horrible year. Mason puts up big numbers facing over 35 shots a game but it's no use. The season is a nightmare and the Ducks receive the second overall pick. The Oilers put together an disgracefully low-ball offer for the Isles' future #1 defenceman Reinhart - who the hell is gonna be available at #16 who's that good? Milbury can't afford to trade away any more young talent. The Isles do trade into the 1st to get LW Anthony Beauvillier though.2015-16This season is a slog. With no pick, Milbury was depending on Ryan Strome and Valeri Nichushkin to take the next step, but they somehow regress. Dal Colle and Reinhart were supposed to enter the lineup with Calder-calibre seasons but they don't even make the team. This is a nightmare. The Isles finish 24th and lose Matthew Tkachuk.EpilogueIt's mid-way through another dismal season for the Islanders. In September, Milbury nihilistically traded a substantial package including Beauvillier to the Blue Jackets for Jack Johnson after hearing from him coaching staff that Griffin Reinhart once again did not make the roster out of training camp. Charles Wang calls him into the office to speak for the first time in years.When Milbury arrives, Wang surveys him carefully and begins to speak."Michael, as you know, as of today I have transitioned into minority ownership of the Islanders. I have been thinking about this day for a very long time. Do you know why?"Milbury, who's turned his office supply closet into a makeshift cellar of lukewarm six packs of Sam Adams, is not cognitively equipped to answer that question. Wang stands up and grabs him by the collar."It's because I can finally fire your dumb ass and not have to pay you 4 million dollars a year until I'm 77! I have lived a long life, and have made many mistakes. Do you remember when I asked you, all those years ago, why we do not just put a sumo wrestler in the net as a goalie?"Milbury chuckles and slurs "Yeah Chuck, I do""Well it turns out my mistake was not making the sumo wrestler my fucking general manager! I am replacing you with someone who can actually build a champion: Garth Snow. Your failure will shine even brighter next to his success."Wang releases Milbury and sits back down."Get out of here, Michael. You are without a doubt the most idiotic man I have ever met, and only an utter moron would care at all what you have to say about hockey."As Milbury staggers down the Nassau Coliseum hallway, his phone begins to vibrate incessantly - the news must have gotten out. He takes it out of his pocket and takes a call. The voice on the other end is breathless."Hey Mike, I'm calling on behalf of NHL on NBC. We just heard the news, and we knew we'd have to act fast. We're putting together a panel of brilliant hockey minds, and we think you're at that elite Pierre McGuire, Jeremy Roenick level. Interested?"Unemployment had hit Milbury hard - he had thrown up on the carpet. He was ready to get back in the game. Hockey had given him so much: a chance to compete for the Cup, millions of dollars, the chance to beat up some random guy with a shoe. It was time to finally give back and share his immense wisdom with the world.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thanks for reading. I'm going to take a few days off and then be back with either Vancouver or Vegas. (OC) Mike Milbury-ing the Islanders (An Alternate Reality) Source

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