Vegas Golden Knights Mock Expansion Draft Roundtable
Anaheim Ducks
| Available | Age | 17/18 | Automatically Exempt |
| F Corey Perry (NMC) | 31 | $8.625M | F Nick Ritchie |
| F Ryan Getzlaf (NMC) | 31 | $8.25M | F Kalle Kossila |
| F Ryan Kesler (NMC) | 32 | $6.875M | F Kevin Roy |
| F Rickard Rakell | 23 | $3.8M | F Max Jones |
| F Jakob Silfverberg | 26 | $3.75M | F Julius Nattinen |
| F Andrew Cogliano | 29 | $3.0M | F Deven Sideroff |
| F Antoine Vermette | 34 | $1.75M | F Ondrej Kase |
| F Nate Thompson | 32 | UFA | F Kenton Helgesen |
| F Ryan Garbutt | 31 | UFA | |
| F Jared Boll | 30 | $900K | D Jacob Larsson |
| F Nick Sorensen | 22 | RFA | D Andy Welinski |
| F Emerson Etem | 24 | RFA | D Shea Theodore |
| F Chris Wagner | 25 | $637.5K | D Keaton Thompson |
| F Nic Kerdiles | 22 | RFA | D Marcus Pettersson |
| F Joseph Cramarossa | 23 | RFA | D Brandon Montour |
| F Corey Tropp | 27 | $625K | |
| F Stefan Noesen | 23 | RFA | G Kevin Boyle |
| F Logan Shaw | 24 | RFA | |
| D Sami Vatanen | 25 | $4.875M | |
| D Cam Fowler | 24 | $4.0M | |
| D Kevin Bieksa (NMC) | 35 | $4.0M | |
| D Simon Despres | 25 | $3.7M | |
| D Clayton Stoner | 31 | $3.25M | |
| D Josh Manson | 25 | $825K | |
| D Hampus Lindholm | 22 | $5.25M | |
| D Korbinian Holzer | 28 | UFA | |
| D Nate Guenin | 33 | UFA | |
| D Jeff Schultz | 30 | UFA | |
| D Jaycob Megna | 23 | RFA | |
| D Andrew O’Brien | 23 | RFA | |
| G John Gibson | 23 | $2.3M | |
| G Jonathan Bernier | 28 | UFA | |
| G Dustin Tokarski | 27 | UFA | |
| G Matt Hackett | 26 | UFA |
| Ryan | Matt | Suraj |
| 4F – 4D – 1G | 4F – 4D – 1G | 4F – 4D – 1G |
| F Corey Perry (NMC) | F Corey Perry (NMC) | F Corey Perry (NMC) |
| F Ryan Getzlaf (NMC) | F Ryan Kesler (NMC) | F Ryan Kesler (NMC) |
| F Ryan Kesler (NMC) | F Ryan Getzlaf (NMC) | F Ryan Getzlaf (NMC) |
| F Rickard Rakell | F Rickard Rakell | F Rickard Rakell |
| D Hampus Lindholm | D Kevin Bieksa (NMC) | D Josh Manson |
| D Cam Fowler | D Cam Fowler | D Hampus Lindholm |
| D Sami Vatanen | D Sami Vatanen | D Cam Fowler |
| D Josh Manson | D Hampus Lindholm | D Sami Vatanen |
| G John Gibson | G John Gibson | G John Gibson |
| *Bieksa asked to waive NMC | *Bieksa asked to waive NMC |
Sadly, the Anaheim Ducks are one of the teams in tough with the expansion draft. One way or another, this organization is bound to lose a quality player. If they choose to save an extra defenseman (the likely choice), it will result in exposed top-six forwards. However, if Anaheim wants to save those forwards, it would cost them a quality top-four d-man. Now, don’t be surprised if GM Bob Murray uses draft picks/or players in order to protect an extra body, but his insistence to go for it in 2016-17 will ultimately cost him.
As you can see, the Ducks don’t have a lot of options. They can ask Kevin Bieksa to waive his no-move in hopes of protecting Josh Manson, but that leaves one of Jakob Silfverberg or Rickard Rakell available. If they want to use a 7-3-1 scheme, they can certainly save the necessary forwards, but it leaves a defender available capable of logging 20-plus minutes/night.
If GM Bob Murray still has a job following the 2016-17 season, expect him to very busy leading up to the expansion draft. – Ryan Ritchie