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The Calgary Roughnecks have set their protected player list ahead of the next month’s National Lacrosse League Expansion Draft.

The draft to stock the New York Riptide and the latest incarnation of the Rochester Knighthawks goes Tuesday, July 9.

Ahead of that roster pick ’em, each NLL team is allowed to designate 11 protected players who are exempt from selection in the draft.

Of the Roughnecks list of protected players, the most curious name is Wesley Berg, who sat out the entire 2019 NLL season after failing to come to terms on a new contract with the league champions.

Fellow Riggers forward protected by the squad are NLL Finals MVP Dane Dobbie, Curtis Dickson, Tyler Pace and Jesse King. Goalkeeper Christian Del Bianco is also under protection by the Roughnecks, as are defenders Reece Callies, Eli Salama, Zach Currier, Tyson Bell and Mitch Wilde.

Among those Roughnecks left unprotected are captain Dan MacRae, fellow defenders Curtis Manning, Tyler Burton and Chad Cummings and forwards Dan Taylor, Riley Loewen and Rhys Duch, the overtime hero in the championship clinching contest.

Under expansion draft rules, each team will surrender no more than two players.

The Knighthawks will select first overall followed by the Riptide as a result of a coin toss that took place during the NLL Finals.

There will be 11 rounds and a maximum of 22 players selected.