Rangers' NHL expansion-draft list: Kevin Rooney protected
The Rangers’ protection list for the upcoming expansion draft for the new Seattle Kraken franchise offered no major surprises. The Blueshirts protected seven forwards, three defensemen and goalie Alexandar Georgiev, with their most notable exposures including newly acquired pending free agent Barclay Goodrow, fellow forwards Julien Gauthier, Colin Blackwell and Phillip Di Giuseppe, defensemen Tony DeAngelo, Anthony Bitetto and Brendan Smith and third-string goalie Keith Kinkaid.