St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues have chosen to protect:
Forwards
Ryan O’Reilly
Brayden Schenn
David Perron
Oskar Sundqvist
Ivan Barbashev
Robert Thomas
Jordan Kyrou
Defense
Justin Faulk
Torey Krug
Colton Parayko
Goaltender
Jordan Binnington
Prediction: The Kraken will select Vince Dunn. The 24-year-old is a former second-round pick of the Blues. He is an offensive defenseman who the Kraken can feature on their powerplay. Dunn was paid $1.875 last season and is currently an RFA.
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning have chosen to protect:
Forwards
Nikita Kucherov
Steven Stamkos
Brayden Point
Anthony Cirelli
Defense
Victor Hedman
Ryan McDonagh
Mikhail Sergachev
Erik Cernak
Goaltender
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Prediction: The Kraken will select Cal Foote. This might be a surprise to many who expected Francis to take Yanni Gourde.
Instead of going with the experienced 29-year-old cup winner, it makes sense for Seattle to take Foote who would either be a more valuable piece long-term or he can fetch a bigger return in a possible future trade. Foote is just 22 years old and is another RFA, coming off being paid $925,000.