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Sabres risk losing Josh Norris, Jack Quinn if NHL expands
There's chatter that the NHL might add a 33rd team next summer, which would lead to an expansion draft.And if that happens, every team will have to decide who they're protecting from selection. For the Buffalo Sabres, there could be some tough calls.The Athletic's Shayna Goldman took a crack at a hypothetical expansion setup in a new article, and in it, she theorizes about who each team would protect.For the Sabres, she has eight skaters protected from being chosen:Tage ThompsonZach BensonJosh DoanJiri KulichRasmus DahlinMattias SamuelssonOwen PowerOlen ZellwegerShe also protects goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen.Of course, if there's a goalie trade for the Sabres at some point, that name could change.MORE: How a 3-team Dylan Larkin, Jason Robertson trade could workThe Kulich protection also cou
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