Mock Expansion Draft Database – Experts vs. CapFriendly Fans

The Expansion Draft can be an overwhelming to even the most diehard hockey fan. We get it, so this post is an attempt to simplify the Expansion Draft by showing the most probable players to be selected from each team.

The idea is based on the model used by the awesome movie review website, Rotten Tomatoes. We took a total of 29 “expert” mock drafts and averaged out each of their selection to come up with an “Expert Score.” We then partnered with CapFriendly.com to come up with a score that’s representative of the fans. CapFriendy.com has had more than 77,000 mock drafts submitted to their site, we averaged out each selection to create the “Fan Score.”

After the protection lists are released, we will go back and update these charts to show which players are indeed available to the Golden Knights during the Expansion Draft.

Note: Every selection made by the 29 experts is represented, and every player scoring higher than 2% from the fans is represented on the charts.

Anaheim Ducks

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Jakob Silfverberg (Protected)	RW	55.17	55.93
Josh Manson	D	10.34	9.09
Cam Fowler (Protected)	D	10.34	4.44
Simon Despres	D	6.90	4.47
Sami Vatanen	D	3.45	3.49
Andrew Cogliano (Protected)	LW	3.45	3.27
Antoine Vermette (Protected)	C	3.45	2.50
Nicolas Kerdiles	LW	3.45	0.32
Jaycob Megna	D	3.45	0.15

Arizona Coyotes

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Luke Schenn (Protected)	D	30.77	32.39
Jamie McGinn	LW	23.08	10.19
Teemu Pulkkinen	LW	11.54	4.79
Kevin Connauton	D	11.54	4.43
Mike Smith (Traded to CGY)	G	7.69	3.54
Louis Domingue	G	3.85	3.68
Josh Jooris	C	3.85	1.77
Brad Richardson	RW	3.85	4.97
Alexander Burmistrov	C	0.00	3.18
Radim Vrbata	RW	0.00	5.19
Peter Holland	C	0.00	2.39
Nick Cousins (Acquired from PHI) (Protected)	C	12.50 (PHI)	6.60 (PHI)
Chad Johnson (Acquired from CGY) (Protected)	G	0.00 (CGY)	2.07 (CGY)

Boston Bruins

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Malcolm Subban	G	25.00	22.54
Jimmy Hayes	RW	25.00	11.44
Adam McQuaid	D	17.86	13.14
Kevan Miller (Protected)	D	10.71	9.18
Riley Nash (Protected)	C	7.14	8.96
Colin Miller	D	7.14	2.37
Matt Beleskey	LW	3.57	7.91
Joe Morrow	D	3.57	2.79
Drew Stafford	RW	0.00	3.34

Buffalo Sabres 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Josh Gorges	D	17.24	6.85
Nicolas Deslauriers	LW	13.79	7.83
Tyler Ennis (Protected)	C	13.79	2.03
Matt Moulson	LW	10.34	13.32
Linus Ullmark	G	10.34	5.06
William Carrier	LW	6.90	8.93
Justin Falk	D	6.90	6.40
Dmitry Kulikov	D	3.45	13.03
Cody Franson	D	3.45	6.89
Zemgus Girgensons (Protected)	C	3.45	1.49
Johan Larsson (Protected)	LW	3.45	1.41
Marcus Foligno (Protected)	LW	3.45	1.13
Zach Bogosian	D	3.45	0.92
Jake McCabe	D	0.00	5.79
Nathan Beaulieu (Acquired from MTL) (Protected)	D	0.00 (MTL)	2.36 (CGY)

Calgary Flames

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Matt Stajan	C	24.14	7.67
Micheal Ferland (Protected)	LW	20.69	8.39
Curtis Lazar (Protected)	C	13.79	4.20
Hunter Shinkaruk	C	10.34	8.24
Lance Bouma	C	6.90	12.84
Freddie Hamilton	C	6.90	0.67
Matt Bartkowski	D	3.45	3.74
Troy Brouwer	RW	3.45	2.25
Tyler Wotherspoon	D	3.45	0.54
Tom McCollum	G	3.45	0.45
Michael Stone	D	0.00	6.67
TJ Brodie (Protected)	D	0.00	6.32
Kris Versteeg	LW	0.00	5.24
Alex Chiasson	RW	0.00	4.09
Emile Poirier	LW	0.00	3.72
Dennis Wideman	D	0.00	3.67
Chad Johnson (Traded to ARI)	G	0.00	2.07
Mike Smith (Acquired from ARI) (Protected)	G	7.69 (ARI)	3.54 (ARI)

Carolina Hurricanes 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Lee Stempniak	RW	34.48	17.02
Joakim Nordstrom	LW	13.79	15.27
Justin Faulk (Protected)	D	13.79	15.21
Eddie Lack	G	13.79	9.82
Brock McGinn (Protected)	LW	10.34	3.77
Phillip Di Giuseppe (Protected)	LW	6.90	2.03
Klas Dahlbeck	D	3.45	2.90
Andrej Nestrasil	C	3.45	2.31
Cam Ward	G	0.00	5.88
Scott Darling (Protected)	G	0.00	6.30

Chicago Blackhawks

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Trevor Van Riemsdyk	D	65.52	43.42
Marcus Kruger	C	17.24	13.22
Ville Pokka	D	13.79	7.84
Brian Campbell	D	3.45	1.69
Tomas Jurco	RW	0.00	4.97
Ryan Hartman	RW	0.00	4.19
Richard Panik (Protected)	RW	0.00	3.03
Johnny Oduya	D	0.00	3.03

Colorado Avalanche

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Blake Comeau (Protected)	LW	16.67	5.14
Semyon Varlamov (Protected)	G	13.33	6.75
Sven Andrighetto (Protected)	RW	13.33	4.86
Carl Soderberg	C	10.00	12.03
Patrick Wiercioch	D	10.00	3.29
Mikhail Grigorenko	C	10.00	2.32
Joe Colborne	C	6.67	10.62
Mark Barberio	D	6.67	4.21
Calvin Pickard	G	3.33	13.05
Nikita Zadorov (Protected)	D	3.33	6.19
Matt Nieto (Protected)	LW	3.33	4.88
Eric Gelinas	D	3.33	3.52
Tyson Barrie (Protected)	D	0.00	4.56

Columbus Blue Jackets 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Joonas Korpisalo	G	34.48	11.10
William Karlsson	C	27.59	16.46
Jack Johnson	D	6.90	28.53
David Savard (Protected)	D	6.90	1.98
Matt Calvert	LW	3.45	9.88
Sam Gagner	C	3.45	5.00
Josh Anderson	RW	3.45	3.06
Scott Harrington	D	3.45	1.32
Lukas Sedlak	C	3.45	0.70

Dallas Stars

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Stephen Johns (Protected)	D	46.15	10.40
Antoine Roussel (Protected)	LW	7.69	7.24
Cody Eakin	C	7.69	7.13
Greg Pateryn	D	7.69	3.48
Brett Ritchie (Protected)	RW	7.69	1.23
Jamie Oleksiak	D	3.85	11.69
Patrick Sharp	LW	3.85	6.76
Curtis McKenzie	LW	3.85	4.35
Antti Niemi	G	3.85	2.69
Patrik Nemeth	D	3.85	2.14
Adam Cracknell	RW	3.85	1.63
Ben Bishop (Protected)	G	0.00	12.44
Valeri Nichushkin (Protected)	RW	0.00	7.97
Jiri Hudler	LW	0.00	3.58
Kari Lehtonen	G	0.00	2.37

Detroit Red Wings 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Riley Sheahan	C	56.00	26.57
Darren Helm	C	16.00	11.77
Jimmy Howard (Protected)	G	16.00	8.26
Luke Glendening	C	4.00	5.86
Anthony Mantha (Protected)	RW	4.00	2.07
Jared Coreau	G	4.00	1.77
Xavier Ouellet	D	0.00	5.19
Jonathan Ericsson	D	0.00	4.55
Andreas Athanasiou (Protected)	C	0.00	2.30

Edmonton Oilers 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Mark Letestu (Protected)	C	37.04	10.05
Benoit Pouliot	LW	22.22	15.25
Griffin Reinhart	D	11.11	15.65
Laurent Brossoit	G	11.11	4.17
Zack Kassian (Protected)	RW	7.41	1.39
Mark Fayne	D	3.70	4.50
Patrick Maroon (Protected)	LW	3.70	2.22
Jujhar Khaira	LW	3.70	1.22
Kris Russell	D	0.00	8.50
David Desharnais	C	0.00	4.33
Iiro Pakarinen	RW	0.00	3.01
Eric Gryba	D	0.00	2.01

Florida Panthers 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Alex Petrovic (Protected)	D	25.93	13.35
Colton Sceviour	C	22.22	12.61
James Reimer (Protected)	G	14.81	8.64
Mark Pysyk (Protected)	D	14.81	8.22
Jason Demers	D	7.41	15.60
Thomas Vanek	LW	3.70	8.47
Derek MacKenzie	C	3.70	3.54
Jonathan Marchessault	C	3.70	1.91
Jaromir Jagr	RW	0.00	4.42
Jakub Kindl	D	0.00	2.26

Los Angeles Kings

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Brayden McNabb	D	48.28	23.00
Dustin Brown	RW	10.34	14.16
Derek Forbort (Protected)	D	6.90	7.42
Marian Gaborik	RW	6.90	1.77
Jordan Nolan	C	3.45	7.38
Nic Dowd	C	3.45	3.06
Nick Shore	C	3.45	2.32
Trevor Lewis	C	3.45	1.63
Jeff Zatkoff	G	3.45	1.58
Tanner Pearson (Protected)	LW	3.45	0.72
Alec Martinez (Protected)	D	3.45	0.64
Michael Mersch	LW	3.45	0.47
Matt Greene	D	0.00	2.63
Teddy Purcell	RW	0.00	2.35
Kyle Clifford	C	0.00	2.02

Minnesota Wild

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Jonas Brodin (Protected)	D	48.28	34.79
Jason Zucker (Protected)	LW	31.03	17.02
Matt Dumba	D	10.34	5.80
Marco Scandella	D	3.45	7.18
Chris Stewart	RW	0.00	3.84
Eric Staal	C	0.00	3.50
Martin Hanzal	C	0.00	3.40
Jared Spurgeon (Protected)	D	0.00	2.71
Erik Haula	C	0.00	2.41
Gustav Olofsson	D	0.00	0.41

Montreal Canadiens 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Tomas Plekanec	C	20.00	14.22
Jordie Benn (Protected)	D	20.00	12.71
Brandon Davidson	D	13.33	14.77
Charles Hudon	LW	10.00	3.20
Al Montoya	G	10.00	2.72
Jacob De La Rose	LW	6.67	6.99
Nikita Nesterov	D	6.67	3.97
Phillip Danault (Protected)	C	6.67	1.84
Alexei Emelin	D	3.33	12.37
Alexander Radulov	RW	3.33	0.55
Torrey Mitchell	C	0.00	3.83
Paul Byron (Protected)	C	0.00	3.72
Dwight King	LW	0.00	3.31
Nathan Beaulieu (Traded to BUF)	D	0.00	2.36

Nashville Predators

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Calle Jarnkrok (Protected)	C	46.43	21.36
Ryan Ellis (Protected)	D	14.29	7.24
Craig Smith	C	10.71	9.38
Colin Wilson	C	7.14	20.09
Colton Sissons	C	7.14	5.34
Matt Irwin	D	3.57	1.15
James Neal	LW	3.57	1.11
Austin Watson	LW	3.57	0.82
Pontus Aberg	LW	3.57	0.88
Viktor Arvidsson (Protected)	LW	0.00	4.62
Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau	RW	0.00	3.18
Mattias Ekholm (Protected)	D	0.00	2.75
Mike Fisher	C	0.00	2.15
Cody McLeod	LW	0.00	2.09

New Jersey Devils 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Devante Smith-Pelly	RW	25.00	19.92
Beau Bennett	RW	21.43	11.09
Ben Lovejoy	D	21.43	10.96
Jon Merrill	D	10.71	8.18
Mike Cammalleri	LW	7.14	9.37
John Moore	D	7.14	1.82
Seth Helgeson	D	3.57	0.21
Dalton Prout	D	0.00	4.72
Jacob Josefson	C	0.00	3.99
Scott Wedgewood	G	0.00	2.89
Mirco Mueller (Acquired from SJ) (Protected)	D	3.70 (SJ)	6.96 (SJ)

New York Islanders 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Thomas Hickey	D	34.62	15.38
Calvin De Haan	D	19.23	19.18
Ryan Pulock (Protected)	D	15.38	9.61
Shane Prince	LW	15.38	7.70
Josh Bailey	LW	7.69	1.30
Ryan Strome	C	3.85	2.03
Nick Leddy (Protected)	D	3.85	0.50
Cal Clutterbuck	RW	0.00	10.00
Nikolai Kulemin	LW	0.00	4.26
Jaroslav Halak	G	0.00	3.48
Dennis Seidenberg	D	0.00	2.60

New York Rangers 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Antti Raanta	G	25.93	15.05
Kevin Klein	D	14.81	6.59
Oscar Lindberg	C	14.81	3.31
Jesper Fast	RW	11.11	3.20
Michael Grabner	RW	7.41	28.08
Nick Holden (Protected)	D	7.41	3.82
Taylor Beck	RW	7.41	0.00
Kevin Hayes (Protected)	C	3.70	15.14
Rick Nash (Protected)	LW	3.70	1.29
Brandon Pirri	C	0.00	4.30

Ottawa Senators 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Marc Methot	D	24.00	17.26
Zack Smith (Protected)	C	16.00	7.80
Jyrki Jokipakka	D	16.00	5.85
Bobby Ryan	RW	8.00	6.84
Cody Ceci	D	8.00	2.38
Mark Borowiecki	D	4.00	5.89
Ryan Dzingel (Protected)	C	4.00	5.67
Alexandre Burrows	RW	4.00	5.22
Chris Wideman	D	4.00	5.16
Fredrik Claesson	D	4.00	1.62
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Protected)	C	4.00	1.62
Tommy Wingels	RW	0.00	4.71
Andrew Hammond	G	0.00	3.79
Viktor Stalberg	LW	0.00	3.70
Mark Stone (Protected)	RW	0.00	3.05
Clarke MacArthur	LW	0.00	2.48
Mike Condon	G	0.00	2.44

Philadelphia Flyers 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Michael Raffl	LW	41.67	13.46
Matt Read	RW	16.67	14.03
Dale Weise	RW	12.50	11.86
Nick Cousins (Traded to ARI)	C	12.50	6.60
Brandon Manning (Protected)	D	4.17	7.24
Michael Del Zotto	D	4.17	4.33
Michal Neuvirth	G	4.17	3.38
Scott Laughton (Protected)	C	4.17	2.16
Steve Mason	G	4.17	1.62
Brayden Schenn (Protected)	C	4.17	0.24
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	LW	0.00	5.27
Anthony Stolarz (Protected)	G	0.00	3.50
Andrew MacDonald	D	0.00	2.65

Pittsburgh Penguins 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Marc-Andre Fleury	G	21.43	6.85
Ian Cole	D	17.86	7.73
Tom Kuhnhackl	RW	14.29	5.42
Matt Murray (Protected)	G	10.71	42.29
Brian Dumoulin (Protected)	D	10.71	3.77
Carl Hagelin	LW	10.71	1.25
Derrick Pouliot	D	7.14	5.40
Scott Wilson	LW	3.57	2.87
Olli Matta (Protected)	D	3.57	0.72

San Jose Sharks 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Jannik Hansen (Protected)	RW	18.52	16.46
Brenden Dillon	D	11.11	16.07
Joel Ward	RW	11.11	8.83
David Schlemko	D	11.11	7.17
Paul Martin	D	11.11	4.77
Melker Karlsson (Protected)	C	11.11	1.90
Joe Thornton	C	7.41	0.61
Chris Tierney (Protected)	C	3.70	7.81
Mikkel Boedker	LW	3.70	7.75
Mirco Mueller (Traded to NJD)	D	3.70	6.96
Dylan DeMelo	D	3.70	2.11
Aaron Dell	G	3.70	1.62
Justin Braun (Protected)	D	0.00	2.35

St. Louis Blues

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Nail Yakupov	RW	20.83	25.53
Dmitrij Jaskin	RW	16.67	16.01
Robert Bortuzzo	D	12.50	3.08
Patrik Berglund (Protected)	C	12.50	1.64
Carl Gunnarsson	D	8.33	7.20
Ryan Reaves (Protected)	RW	8.33	4.19
Carter Hutton	G	8.33	1.54
Ty Rattie	RW	4.17	2.86
David Perron	LW	4.17	2.35
Jordan Binnington	G	4.17	0.39
Vladimir Sobotka (Protected)	LW	0.00	6.48
Joel Edmundson (Protected)	D	0.00	3.43
Kyle Brodziak	C	0.00	3.38
Magnus Paajarvi	LW	0.00	2.69

Tampa Bay Lightning 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Vladislav Namestnikov (Protected)	C	44.44	38.83
Alex Killorn (Protected)	C	18.52	12.47
J.T. Brown	RW	11.11	4.45
Cedric Paquette	C	7.41	5.34
Braydon Coburn (Protected)	D	3.70	4.27
Slater Koekkoek	D	3.70	2.37
Andrej Sustr	D	3.70	0.68
Kristers Gudlevskis	G	3.70	1.18
Peter Budaj	G	3.70	1.59
Jason Garrison	D	0.00	2.51

Toronto Maple Leafs 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Matt Martin (Protected)	LW	25.93	7.77
Martin Marincin	D	18.52	16.19
Kerby Rychel	LW	14.81	9.60
Eric Fehr	C	11.11	6.29
Brendan Leipsic	LW	7.41	2.33
Tyler Bozak (Protected)	C	7.41	0.72
Alexey Marchenko	D	3.70	9.09
Josh Leivo (Protected)	LW	3.70	3.72
Seth Griffith	RW	3.70	2.85
Connor Brown (Protected)	RW	3.70	0.86
Leo Komarov (Protected)	C	0.00	5.09
Brian Boyle	C	0.00	4.15
Roman Polak	D	0.00	2.93
Joffrey Lupul	LW	0.00	2.64
Connor Carrick (Protected)	D	0.00	2.16

Vancouver Canucks 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Luca Sbisa	D	39.13	22.17
Markus Granlund (Protected)	C	13.04	9.45
Reid Boucher	LW	8.70	4.78
Richard Bachman	G	8.70	1.36
Erik Gudbranson (Protected)	D	8.70	1.31
Brendan Gaunce	C	4.35	9.60
Derek Dorsett	RW	4.35	7.28
Jayson Megna	C	4.35	2.65
Sven Baertschi (Protected)	LW	4.35	1.93
Michael Chaput	C	4.35	1.21
Alex Biega	D	0.00	4.81

Washington Capitals 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Philipp Grubauer	G	46.67	15.70
Dmitry Orlov (Protected)	D	13.33	7.84
Lars Eller (Protected)	C	6.67	18.56
Tom Wilson (Protected)	RW	6.67	2.36
Kevin Shattenkirk	D	3.33	7.72
Jay Beagle	RW	3.33	6.28
Karl Alzner	D	3.33	5.39
Brooks Orpik	D	3.33	4.35
Brett Connolly	RW	3.33	3.97
Nate Schmidt	D	3.33	3.07
Nathan Walker	LW	3.33	0.23
Pheonix Copley	G	3.33	0.28
Justin Williams	RW	0.00	2.11
Taylor Chorney	D	0.00	2.05

Winnipeg Jets 

		Expert Score (%)	Fan Score (%)
Mathieu Perreault (Protected)	C	35.71	3.91
Adam Lowry (Protected)	LW	24.29	17.31
Marko Dano	C	17.86	12.70
Tyler Myers (Protected)	D	10.71	2.76
Joel Armia (Protected)	RW	3.57	13.64
Shawn Matthias	C	3.57	7.39
Michael Hutchinson	G	3.57	7.29
Mark Stuart	D	3.57	4.96
Ondrej Pavelec	G	3.57	1.39
Scott Kosmachuk	RW	3.57	0.36
Jacob Trouba (Protected)	D	0.00	2.05

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