OILERS NOTES: No last-minute deals before protected list finalized
Article content Here’s what the protected list is predicted to be, with unrestricted free agents not part of the 7-3-1: Forward: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jesse Puljujarvi, Kailer Yamamoto, Josh Archibald and Kassian, over top farmhand Tyler Benson. Kassian’s game didn’t measure up last season for his $3.2 million salary, in part because of a broken hand and a leg issue. But they need him to shoo the flies away from the stars.