Canadiens' protected list unveiled for Expansion Draft

MONTREAL - The National Hockey League announced on Sunday the Protected and Available lists for the 30 NHL Clubs who will provide players to the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft.

Here are the 11 players being protected by the Canadiens:
Forwards
Josh Anderson
Joel Armia
Jake Evans
Brendan Gallagher
Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Artturi Lehkonen
Tyler Toffoli
Defensemen
Ben Chiarot
Joel Edmundson
Jeff Petry
Goaltender
Jake Allen
Here are the players that are available to the Kraken:
Forwards
Brandon Baddock
Joseph Blandisi
Paul Byron
Phillip Danault
Laurent Dauphin
Jonathan Drouin
Michael Frolik
Charles Hudon
Corey Perry
Michael Pezzetta
Eric Staal
Tomas Tatar
Lukas Vejdemo
Jordan Weal
Defensemen
Cale Fleury
Erik Gustafsson
Brett Kulak
Jon Merrill
Gustav Olofsson
Xavier Ouellet
Shea Weber
Goaltenders
Charlie Lindgren
Michael McNiven
Carey Price
The Kraken's selection of 30 players, one from each NHL Club with the exception of the Vegas Golden Knights, will be revealed live from Seattle in a special 90-minute broadcast on Wednesday, July 21, at 8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN2 in the U.S. and Sportsnet, SN NOW and TVA Sports in Canada.
The 2021 NHL Expansion Draft is being conducted under the same rules for the Kraken as the Golden Knights in 2017. Current NHL teams were able to protect seven forwards, three defensemen and one goaltender, or eight skaters (forwards/defensemen) and one goaltender.