The Expansion Draft can be an overwhelming to even the most diehard hockey fan. We get it, so this post is an attempt to simplify the Expansion Draft by showing the most probable players to be selected from each team.

The idea is based on the model used by the awesome movie review website, Rotten Tomatoes. We took a total of 29 “expert” mock drafts and averaged out each of their selection to come up with an “Expert Score.” We then partnered with CapFriendly.com to come up with a score that’s representative of the fans. CapFriendy.com has had more than 77,000 mock drafts submitted to their site, we averaged out each selection to create the “Fan Score.”

After the protection lists are released, we will go back and update these charts to show which players are indeed available to the Golden Knights during the Expansion Draft.

Note: Every selection made by the 29 experts is represented, and every player scoring higher than 2% from the fans is represented on the charts.

Anaheim Ducks

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Jakob Silfverberg (Protected) RW 55.17 55.93 Josh Manson D 10.34 9.09 Cam Fowler (Protected) D 10.34 4.44 Simon Despres D 6.90 4.47 Sami Vatanen D 3.45 3.49 Andrew Cogliano (Protected) LW 3.45 3.27 Antoine Vermette (Protected) C 3.45 2.50 Nicolas Kerdiles LW 3.45 0.32 Jaycob Megna D 3.45 0.15

Arizona Coyotes

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Luke Schenn (Protected) D 30.77 32.39 Jamie McGinn LW 23.08 10.19 Teemu Pulkkinen LW 11.54 4.79 Kevin Connauton D 11.54 4.43 Mike Smith (Traded to CGY) G 7.69 3.54 Louis Domingue G 3.85 3.68 Josh Jooris C 3.85 1.77 Brad Richardson RW 3.85 4.97 Alexander Burmistrov C 0.00 3.18 Radim Vrbata RW 0.00 5.19 Peter Holland C 0.00 2.39 Nick Cousins (Acquired from PHI) (Protected) C 12.50 (PHI) 6.60 (PHI) Chad Johnson (Acquired from CGY) (Protected) G 0.00 (CGY) 2.07 (CGY)

Boston Bruins

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Malcolm Subban G 25.00 22.54 Jimmy Hayes RW 25.00 11.44 Adam McQuaid D 17.86 13.14 Kevan Miller (Protected) D 10.71 9.18 Riley Nash (Protected) C 7.14 8.96 Colin Miller D 7.14 2.37 Matt Beleskey LW 3.57 7.91 Joe Morrow D 3.57 2.79 Drew Stafford RW 0.00 3.34

Buffalo Sabres

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Josh Gorges D 17.24 6.85 Nicolas Deslauriers LW 13.79 7.83 Tyler Ennis (Protected) C 13.79 2.03 Matt Moulson LW 10.34 13.32 Linus Ullmark G 10.34 5.06 William Carrier LW 6.90 8.93 Justin Falk D 6.90 6.40 Dmitry Kulikov D 3.45 13.03 Cody Franson D 3.45 6.89 Zemgus Girgensons (Protected) C 3.45 1.49 Johan Larsson (Protected) LW 3.45 1.41 Marcus Foligno (Protected) LW 3.45 1.13 Zach Bogosian D 3.45 0.92 Jake McCabe D 0.00 5.79 Nathan Beaulieu (Acquired from MTL) (Protected) D 0.00 (MTL) 2.36 (CGY)

Calgary Flames

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Matt Stajan C 24.14 7.67 Micheal Ferland (Protected) LW 20.69 8.39 Curtis Lazar (Protected) C 13.79 4.20 Hunter Shinkaruk C 10.34 8.24 Lance Bouma C 6.90 12.84 Freddie Hamilton C 6.90 0.67 Matt Bartkowski D 3.45 3.74 Troy Brouwer RW 3.45 2.25 Tyler Wotherspoon D 3.45 0.54 Tom McCollum G 3.45 0.45 Michael Stone D 0.00 6.67 TJ Brodie (Protected) D 0.00 6.32 Kris Versteeg LW 0.00 5.24 Alex Chiasson RW 0.00 4.09 Emile Poirier LW 0.00 3.72 Dennis Wideman D 0.00 3.67 Chad Johnson (Traded to ARI) G 0.00 2.07 Mike Smith (Acquired from ARI) (Protected) G 7.69 (ARI) 3.54 (ARI)

Carolina Hurricanes

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Lee Stempniak RW 34.48 17.02 Joakim Nordstrom LW 13.79 15.27 Justin Faulk (Protected) D 13.79 15.21 Eddie Lack G 13.79 9.82 Brock McGinn (Protected) LW 10.34 3.77 Phillip Di Giuseppe (Protected) LW 6.90 2.03 Klas Dahlbeck D 3.45 2.90 Andrej Nestrasil C 3.45 2.31 Cam Ward G 0.00 5.88 Scott Darling (Protected) G 0.00 6.30

Chicago Blackhawks

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Trevor Van Riemsdyk D 65.52 43.42 Marcus Kruger C 17.24 13.22 Ville Pokka D 13.79 7.84 Brian Campbell D 3.45 1.69 Tomas Jurco RW 0.00 4.97 Ryan Hartman RW 0.00 4.19 Richard Panik (Protected) RW 0.00 3.03 Johnny Oduya D 0.00 3.03

Colorado Avalanche

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Blake Comeau (Protected) LW 16.67 5.14 Semyon Varlamov (Protected) G 13.33 6.75 Sven Andrighetto (Protected) RW 13.33 4.86 Carl Soderberg C 10.00 12.03 Patrick Wiercioch D 10.00 3.29 Mikhail Grigorenko C 10.00 2.32 Joe Colborne C 6.67 10.62 Mark Barberio D 6.67 4.21 Calvin Pickard G 3.33 13.05 Nikita Zadorov (Protected) D 3.33 6.19 Matt Nieto (Protected) LW 3.33 4.88 Eric Gelinas D 3.33 3.52 Tyson Barrie (Protected) D 0.00 4.56

Columbus Blue Jackets

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Joonas Korpisalo G 34.48 11.10 William Karlsson C 27.59 16.46 Jack Johnson D 6.90 28.53 David Savard (Protected) D 6.90 1.98 Matt Calvert LW 3.45 9.88 Sam Gagner C 3.45 5.00 Josh Anderson RW 3.45 3.06 Scott Harrington D 3.45 1.32 Lukas Sedlak C 3.45 0.70

Dallas Stars

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Stephen Johns (Protected) D 46.15 10.40 Antoine Roussel (Protected) LW 7.69 7.24 Cody Eakin C 7.69 7.13 Greg Pateryn D 7.69 3.48 Brett Ritchie (Protected) RW 7.69 1.23 Jamie Oleksiak D 3.85 11.69 Patrick Sharp LW 3.85 6.76 Curtis McKenzie LW 3.85 4.35 Antti Niemi G 3.85 2.69 Patrik Nemeth D 3.85 2.14 Adam Cracknell RW 3.85 1.63 Ben Bishop (Protected) G 0.00 12.44 Valeri Nichushkin (Protected) RW 0.00 7.97 Jiri Hudler LW 0.00 3.58 Kari Lehtonen G 0.00 2.37

Detroit Red Wings

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Riley Sheahan C 56.00 26.57 Darren Helm C 16.00 11.77 Jimmy Howard (Protected) G 16.00 8.26 Luke Glendening C 4.00 5.86 Anthony Mantha (Protected) RW 4.00 2.07 Jared Coreau G 4.00 1.77 Xavier Ouellet D 0.00 5.19 Jonathan Ericsson D 0.00 4.55 Andreas Athanasiou (Protected) C 0.00 2.30

Edmonton Oilers

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Mark Letestu (Protected) C 37.04 10.05 Benoit Pouliot LW 22.22 15.25 Griffin Reinhart D 11.11 15.65 Laurent Brossoit G 11.11 4.17 Zack Kassian (Protected) RW 7.41 1.39 Mark Fayne D 3.70 4.50 Patrick Maroon (Protected) LW 3.70 2.22 Jujhar Khaira LW 3.70 1.22 Kris Russell D 0.00 8.50 David Desharnais C 0.00 4.33 Iiro Pakarinen RW 0.00 3.01 Eric Gryba D 0.00 2.01

Florida Panthers

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Alex Petrovic (Protected) D 25.93 13.35 Colton Sceviour C 22.22 12.61 James Reimer (Protected) G 14.81 8.64 Mark Pysyk (Protected) D 14.81 8.22 Jason Demers D 7.41 15.60 Thomas Vanek LW 3.70 8.47 Derek MacKenzie C 3.70 3.54 Jonathan Marchessault C 3.70 1.91 Jaromir Jagr RW 0.00 4.42 Jakub Kindl D 0.00 2.26

Los Angeles Kings

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Brayden McNabb D 48.28 23.00 Dustin Brown RW 10.34 14.16 Derek Forbort (Protected) D 6.90 7.42 Marian Gaborik RW 6.90 1.77 Jordan Nolan C 3.45 7.38 Nic Dowd C 3.45 3.06 Nick Shore C 3.45 2.32 Trevor Lewis C 3.45 1.63 Jeff Zatkoff G 3.45 1.58 Tanner Pearson (Protected) LW 3.45 0.72 Alec Martinez (Protected) D 3.45 0.64 Michael Mersch LW 3.45 0.47 Matt Greene D 0.00 2.63 Teddy Purcell RW 0.00 2.35 Kyle Clifford C 0.00 2.02

Minnesota Wild

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Jonas Brodin (Protected) D 48.28 34.79 Jason Zucker (Protected) LW 31.03 17.02 Matt Dumba D 10.34 5.80 Marco Scandella D 3.45 7.18 Chris Stewart RW 0.00 3.84 Eric Staal C 0.00 3.50 Martin Hanzal C 0.00 3.40 Jared Spurgeon (Protected) D 0.00 2.71 Erik Haula C 0.00 2.41 Gustav Olofsson D 0.00 0.41

Montreal Canadiens

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Tomas Plekanec C 20.00 14.22 Jordie Benn (Protected) D 20.00 12.71 Brandon Davidson D 13.33 14.77 Charles Hudon LW 10.00 3.20 Al Montoya G 10.00 2.72 Jacob De La Rose LW 6.67 6.99 Nikita Nesterov D 6.67 3.97 Phillip Danault (Protected) C 6.67 1.84 Alexei Emelin D 3.33 12.37 Alexander Radulov RW 3.33 0.55 Torrey Mitchell C 0.00 3.83 Paul Byron (Protected) C 0.00 3.72 Dwight King LW 0.00 3.31 Nathan Beaulieu (Traded to BUF) D 0.00 2.36

Nashville Predators

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Calle Jarnkrok (Protected) C 46.43 21.36 Ryan Ellis (Protected) D 14.29 7.24 Craig Smith C 10.71 9.38 Colin Wilson C 7.14 20.09 Colton Sissons C 7.14 5.34 Matt Irwin D 3.57 1.15 James Neal LW 3.57 1.11 Austin Watson LW 3.57 0.82 Pontus Aberg LW 3.57 0.88 Viktor Arvidsson (Protected) LW 0.00 4.62 Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau RW 0.00 3.18 Mattias Ekholm (Protected) D 0.00 2.75 Mike Fisher C 0.00 2.15 Cody McLeod LW 0.00 2.09

New Jersey Devils

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Devante Smith-Pelly RW 25.00 19.92 Beau Bennett RW 21.43 11.09 Ben Lovejoy D 21.43 10.96 Jon Merrill D 10.71 8.18 Mike Cammalleri LW 7.14 9.37 John Moore D 7.14 1.82 Seth Helgeson D 3.57 0.21 Dalton Prout D 0.00 4.72 Jacob Josefson C 0.00 3.99 Scott Wedgewood G 0.00 2.89 Mirco Mueller (Acquired from SJ) (Protected) D 3.70 (SJ) 6.96 (SJ)

New York Islanders

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Thomas Hickey D 34.62 15.38 Calvin De Haan D 19.23 19.18 Ryan Pulock (Protected) D 15.38 9.61 Shane Prince LW 15.38 7.70 Josh Bailey LW 7.69 1.30 Ryan Strome C 3.85 2.03 Nick Leddy (Protected) D 3.85 0.50 Cal Clutterbuck RW 0.00 10.00 Nikolai Kulemin LW 0.00 4.26 Jaroslav Halak G 0.00 3.48 Dennis Seidenberg D 0.00 2.60

New York Rangers

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Antti Raanta G 25.93 15.05 Kevin Klein D 14.81 6.59 Oscar Lindberg C 14.81 3.31 Jesper Fast RW 11.11 3.20 Michael Grabner RW 7.41 28.08 Nick Holden (Protected) D 7.41 3.82 Taylor Beck RW 7.41 0.00 Kevin Hayes (Protected) C 3.70 15.14 Rick Nash (Protected) LW 3.70 1.29 Brandon Pirri C 0.00 4.30

Ottawa Senators

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Marc Methot D 24.00 17.26 Zack Smith (Protected) C 16.00 7.80 Jyrki Jokipakka D 16.00 5.85 Bobby Ryan RW 8.00 6.84 Cody Ceci D 8.00 2.38 Mark Borowiecki D 4.00 5.89 Ryan Dzingel (Protected) C 4.00 5.67 Alexandre Burrows RW 4.00 5.22 Chris Wideman D 4.00 5.16 Fredrik Claesson D 4.00 1.62 Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Protected) C 4.00 1.62 Tommy Wingels RW 0.00 4.71 Andrew Hammond G 0.00 3.79 Viktor Stalberg LW 0.00 3.70 Mark Stone (Protected) RW 0.00 3.05 Clarke MacArthur LW 0.00 2.48 Mike Condon G 0.00 2.44

Philadelphia Flyers

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Michael Raffl LW 41.67 13.46 Matt Read RW 16.67 14.03 Dale Weise RW 12.50 11.86 Nick Cousins (Traded to ARI) C 12.50 6.60 Brandon Manning (Protected) D 4.17 7.24 Michael Del Zotto D 4.17 4.33 Michal Neuvirth G 4.17 3.38 Scott Laughton (Protected) C 4.17 2.16 Steve Mason G 4.17 1.62 Brayden Schenn (Protected) C 4.17 0.24 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare LW 0.00 5.27 Anthony Stolarz (Protected) G 0.00 3.50 Andrew MacDonald D 0.00 2.65

Pittsburgh Penguins

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Marc-Andre Fleury G 21.43 6.85 Ian Cole D 17.86 7.73 Tom Kuhnhackl RW 14.29 5.42 Matt Murray (Protected) G 10.71 42.29 Brian Dumoulin (Protected) D 10.71 3.77 Carl Hagelin LW 10.71 1.25 Derrick Pouliot D 7.14 5.40 Scott Wilson LW 3.57 2.87 Olli Matta (Protected) D 3.57 0.72

San Jose Sharks

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Jannik Hansen (Protected) RW 18.52 16.46 Brenden Dillon D 11.11 16.07 Joel Ward RW 11.11 8.83 David Schlemko D 11.11 7.17 Paul Martin D 11.11 4.77 Melker Karlsson (Protected) C 11.11 1.90 Joe Thornton C 7.41 0.61 Chris Tierney (Protected) C 3.70 7.81 Mikkel Boedker LW 3.70 7.75 Mirco Mueller (Traded to NJD) D 3.70 6.96 Dylan DeMelo D 3.70 2.11 Aaron Dell G 3.70 1.62 Justin Braun (Protected) D 0.00 2.35

St. Louis Blues

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Nail Yakupov RW 20.83 25.53 Dmitrij Jaskin RW 16.67 16.01 Robert Bortuzzo D 12.50 3.08 Patrik Berglund (Protected) C 12.50 1.64 Carl Gunnarsson D 8.33 7.20 Ryan Reaves (Protected) RW 8.33 4.19 Carter Hutton G 8.33 1.54 Ty Rattie RW 4.17 2.86 David Perron LW 4.17 2.35 Jordan Binnington G 4.17 0.39 Vladimir Sobotka (Protected) LW 0.00 6.48 Joel Edmundson (Protected) D 0.00 3.43 Kyle Brodziak C 0.00 3.38 Magnus Paajarvi LW 0.00 2.69

Tampa Bay Lightning

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Vladislav Namestnikov (Protected) C 44.44 38.83 Alex Killorn (Protected) C 18.52 12.47 J.T. Brown RW 11.11 4.45 Cedric Paquette C 7.41 5.34 Braydon Coburn (Protected) D 3.70 4.27 Slater Koekkoek D 3.70 2.37 Andrej Sustr D 3.70 0.68 Kristers Gudlevskis G 3.70 1.18 Peter Budaj G 3.70 1.59 Jason Garrison D 0.00 2.51

Toronto Maple Leafs

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Matt Martin (Protected) LW 25.93 7.77 Martin Marincin D 18.52 16.19 Kerby Rychel LW 14.81 9.60 Eric Fehr C 11.11 6.29 Brendan Leipsic LW 7.41 2.33 Tyler Bozak (Protected) C 7.41 0.72 Alexey Marchenko D 3.70 9.09 Josh Leivo (Protected) LW 3.70 3.72 Seth Griffith RW 3.70 2.85 Connor Brown (Protected) RW 3.70 0.86 Leo Komarov (Protected) C 0.00 5.09 Brian Boyle C 0.00 4.15 Roman Polak D 0.00 2.93 Joffrey Lupul LW 0.00 2.64 Connor Carrick (Protected) D 0.00 2.16

Vancouver Canucks

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Luca Sbisa D 39.13 22.17 Markus Granlund (Protected) C 13.04 9.45 Reid Boucher LW 8.70 4.78 Richard Bachman G 8.70 1.36 Erik Gudbranson (Protected) D 8.70 1.31 Brendan Gaunce C 4.35 9.60 Derek Dorsett RW 4.35 7.28 Jayson Megna C 4.35 2.65 Sven Baertschi (Protected) LW 4.35 1.93 Michael Chaput C 4.35 1.21 Alex Biega D 0.00 4.81

Washington Capitals

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Philipp Grubauer G 46.67 15.70 Dmitry Orlov (Protected) D 13.33 7.84 Lars Eller (Protected) C 6.67 18.56 Tom Wilson (Protected) RW 6.67 2.36 Kevin Shattenkirk D 3.33 7.72 Jay Beagle RW 3.33 6.28 Karl Alzner D 3.33 5.39 Brooks Orpik D 3.33 4.35 Brett Connolly RW 3.33 3.97 Nate Schmidt D 3.33 3.07 Nathan Walker LW 3.33 0.23 Pheonix Copley G 3.33 0.28 Justin Williams RW 0.00 2.11 Taylor Chorney D 0.00 2.05

Winnipeg Jets

Expert

Score

(%) Fan

Score

(%) Mathieu Perreault (Protected) C 35.71 3.91 Adam Lowry (Protected) LW 24.29 17.31 Marko Dano C 17.86 12.70 Tyler Myers (Protected) D 10.71 2.76 Joel Armia (Protected) RW 3.57 13.64 Shawn Matthias C 3.57 7.39 Michael Hutchinson G 3.57 7.29 Mark Stuart D 3.57 4.96 Ondrej Pavelec G 3.57 1.39 Scott Kosmachuk RW 3.57 0.36 Jacob Trouba (Protected) D 0.00 2.05

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Expert Mock Draft Links

ESPN, Sportsnet, TSN, USA Today, Fox Sports, The Score, Dobber Prospects, Fantrax, OnTheForecheck, The Hockey Writers, Scouting Post, FanSided, Bleacher Report, Hockey Buzz, Wingin’ It Motown, Blueshirt Banter