The Vegas Golden Knights officially have a name and they’re starting to get a better sense of who will be off limits when the expansion draft is conducted in June.

Sportsnet has obtained a memo distributed from the NHL to its 30 teams on Tuesday night, which outlines the 66 players currently considered exempt from the expansion process because of no-move clauses. (The full list of 66 players can be read below)

The list was finalized after the league reviewed the parameters of each individual contract with the NHL Players’ Association.

A blanket rule couldn’t be applied to all cases because the way those clauses are worded is 100 per cent negotiable. Some expire midway through the contract or become a no-trade clause at a certain point in time.

The list of exempt players includes a handful of surprising omissions and inclusions as a result.

For example, veteran winger Rick Nash is required to be protected by the New York Rangers. He’s been a popular player to expose in mock drafts conducted by users of capfriendly.com or the (now defunct) generalfanger.com site because of the Rangers cap situation and the fact Nash is due to carry a $7.8-million cap hit next season.

However, the language in the contract he signed with Columbus on July 3, 2009 stipulated that he maintained the no-move aspect of the deal when it came to being waived or loaned (and ultimately exposed for expansion, under the NHL’s new interpretation) even though his full no-trade clause was downgraded to a 12-team list in June 2015.

Some players narrowly missed the cut-off.

Anaheim Ducks centre Antoine Vermette and Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask each hold no-move clauses that run until June 15, 2017 – just two days before each team must submit a list of protected players. That makes them eligible to be exposed (although, in Rask’s case, it’s virtually guaranteed not to happen). Arizona Coyotes goalie Mike Smith saw his no move expire last June and falls into the same category.

There is a scenario where Ottawa Senators winger Bobby Ryan can also be exposed to Vegas. When he signed a $50.75-million, seven-year extension in October 2014, it was widely reported that his contract included a no-move clause, but the language in that deal actually stipulates no movement to the minors and gives him a modified no-trade list, according to a source.

Carolina Hurricanes centre Jordan Staal, meanwhile, is exempt from the expansion draft process thanks to a no-movement component in his deal that had previously gone unreported.

There are bound to be some changes to the list before the 72-hour expansion draft begins on June 17. New contracts will be signed, a handful of injured players will be exempted – i.e. New Jersey’s Ryane Clowe, Toronto’s Nathan Horton and Columbus’ David Clarkson – and some may choose to waive their no-move clause in order to be exposed to Vegas.

With that in mind, here’s the full list of players who are currently required to be protected by their teams in the expansion draft:

Anaheim (4)

Kevin Bieksa

Ryan Getzlaf

Ryan Kesler

Corey Perry

Arizona (1)

Alex Goligoski

Boston (4)

David Backes

Patrice Bergeron

Zdeno Chara

David Krejci

Buffalo (1)

Kyle Okposo

Carolina (1)

Jordan Staal

Columbus (5)

Sergei Bobrovsky

David Clarkson

Brandon Dubinsky

Nick Foligno

Scott Hartnell

Chicago (8)

Artem Anisimov

Corey Crawford

Niklas Hjalmarsson

Marian Hossa

Patrick Kane

Duncan Keith

Brent Seabrook

Jonathan Toews

Colorado (2)

Francois Beauchemin

Erik Johnson

Dallas (2)

Jamie Benn

Jason Spezza

Detroit (1)

Frans Nielsen

Edmonton (3)

Milan Lucic

Andrej Sekera

Cam Talbot

Florida (1)

Keith Yandle

Los Angeles (1)

Anze Kopitar

Minnesota (4)

Mikko Koivu

Zach Parise

Jason Pominville

Ryan Suter

Montreal (2)

Jeff Petry

Carey Price

Nashville (1)

Pekka Rinne

New Jersey (1)

Ryane Clowe

N.Y. Islanders (3)

Johnny Boychuk

Andrew Ladd

John Tavares

N.Y. Rangers (4)

Dan Girardi

Henrik Lundqvist

Rick Nash

Marc Staal

Ottawa (1)

Dion Phaneuf

Philadelphia (1)

Claude Giroux

Pittsburgh (5)

Sidney Crosby

Marc-Andre Fleury

Phil Kessel

Kris Letang

Evgeni Malkin

Tampa Bay (4)

Ryan Callahan

Valtteri Filppula

Victor Hedman

Steven Stamkos

Toronto (1)

Nathan Horton

Vancouver (3)

Loui Eriksson

Daniel Sedin

Henrik Sedin

Winnipeg (2)

Dustin Byfuglien

Toby Enstrom

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Teams without any players that they’re required to protect: Calgary, San Jose, St. Louis, Washington.