Majority owner Bill Foley speaks with emcee Chris Maathuis before the Vegas Golden Knights was announced as the name for Foey’s Las Vegas NHL franchise at T-Mobile Arena on November 22, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team will begin play in the 2017-18 season. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

There are a total of 66 NHL players with no-move clauses who are currently exempt from next June’s Vegas Golden Knights expansion draft, according to a report by Sportsnet.

The expansion draft rules state that a player with a no-move clauses at the time of the draft must be protected by his team, provided the player doesn’t waive his clause. Per the story by Chris Johnston, on Tuesday night the NHL released a memo to its member clubs saying which players fell into this category.

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Here is the list of players:

Anaheim Ducks

Kevin Bieksa

Ryan Getzlaf

Ryan Kesler

Corey Perry

Arizona Coyotes

Alex Goligoski

Boston Bruins

David Backes

Patrice Bergeron

Zdeno Chara

David Krejci

Buffalo Sabres

Kyle Okposo

Carolina Hurricanes

Jordan Staal

Columbus Blue Jackets

Sergei Bobrovsky

David Clarkson

Brandon Dubinsky

Nick Foligno

Scott Hartnell

Chicago Blackhawks

Artem Anisimov

Corey Crawford

Niklas Hjalmarsson

Marian Hossa

Patrick Kane

Duncan Keith

Brent Seabrook

Jonathan Toews

Colorado Avalanche

Francois Beauchemin

Erik Johnson

Dallas Stars

Jamie Benn

Jason Spezza

Detroit Red Wings

Frans Nielsen

Edmonton Oilers

Milan Lucic

Andrej Sekera

Cam Talbot

Florida Panthers

Keith Yandle

Los Angeles Kings

Anze Kopitar

Minnesota Wild

Mikko Koivu

Zach Parise

Jason Pominville

Ryan Suter

Montreal Canadiens

Jeff Petry

Carey Price

Nashville Predators

Pekka Rinne

New Jersey Devils

Ryane Clowe

New York Islanders

Johnny Boychuk

Andrew Ladd

John Tavares

New York Rangers

Dan Girardi

Henrik Lundqvist

Rick Nash

Marc Staal

Ottawa Senators

Dion Phaneuf

Philadelphia Flyers

Claude Giroux

Pittsburgh Penguins

Sidney Crosby

Marc-Andre Fleury

Phil Kessel

Kris Letang

Evgeni Malkin

Tampa Bay Lightning

Ryan Callahan

Valtteri Filppula

Victor Hedman

Steven Stamkos

Toronto Maple Leafs

Nathan Horton

Vancouver Canucks

Loui Eriksson

Daniel Sedin

Henrik Sedin

Winnipeg Jets

Dustin Byfuglien

Tobias Enstrom

The Calgary Flames, San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals did not have players that required protection from the expansion draft.

The story noted that New York Rangers forward Rick Nash maintained the no-move part of his contract when it came to being waived or loaned even though his no-trade clause was lessened to a 12-team list in June of 2015. This means that the Rangers will not be able to expose Nash and his $7.8 million salary cap hit. It was previously believed that Nash could be available for Vegas.

Also, Johnston reported that Ottawa Senators forward Bobby Ryan can be exposed to the draft because his no-move meant no movement to the minors and involved a modified no-trade clause. The piece points out that Carolina Hurricanes center Jordan Staal held a previously unreported no-move clause in his contract.

This list could change, since some players could waive their no-move clauses. Also, some players, such as Nathan Horton, David Clarkson and Ryane Clowe, are suffering from long-term injuries and are unlikely to play again.

As part of the expansion draft rules, all first and second-year professionals, as well as all unsigned draft choices, will be exempt from selection and won’t count toward their club’s applicable protection limits.

Teams will have two options for how to proceed with players they wish to protect in the draft.

They can keep either seven forwards, three defensemen and one goaltender or eight skaters (forwards/defensemen) and one goaltender.

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