New York Islanders Protected List

The following players will be protected by the New York Islanders at the NHL Expansion Draft on June 21:

Andrew Ladd
Anders Lee
John Tavares
Johnny Boychuk
Travis Hamonic
Nick Leddy
Adam Pelech
Ryan Pulock
Thomas Greiss

The following players will not be protected by the New York Islanders at the NHL Expansion Draft on June 21:

Josh Bailey (F)
Steve Bernier (F)
Eric Boulton (F)
Jason Chimera (F)
Casey Cizikas (F)
Cal Clutterbuck (F)
Stephen Gionta (F)
Ben Holmstrom (F)
Bracken Kearns (F)
Nikolay Kulemin (F)
Brock Nelson (F)
Shane Prince (F)
Alan Quine (F)
Ryan Strome (F)
Johan Sundstrom (F)
Calvin de Haan (D)
Matthew Finn (D)
Jesse Graham (D)
Thomas Hickey (D)
Loic Leduc (D)
Scott Mayfield (D)
Dennis Seidenberg (D)
Jean-Francois Berube (G)
Christopher Gibson (G)
Jaroslav Halak (G)

The Islanders opted to protected eight total skaters (any combination of forwards and defensemen) and a goalie, as opposed to the seven forwards, three defensemen and a goalie option. All players with no movement clauses are automatically protected under the expansion draft rules.