The expansion draft is coming up and on Tuesday the National Hockey League as well as the National Hockey League Player's Association took some steps to protect the integrity of the process.
The two sides came to an agreement on a list of 12 players, all of whom will be ineligible for the expansion draft, largely a list of retired or injured players who still have contracts in the National Hockey League.
Here are the 12 players according to Craig Custance:
Dave Bolland
Craig Cunningham
Chris Pronger, Cody McCormick
David Clarkson
Johan Franzen
Joe Vitale
Ryane Clowe
Pascal Dupuis
Nathan Horton
Stephane Robidas
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