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Expect More Rental Defensemen To Be Moved

02/23/2017 at 4:00pm EST

from Frank Seravalli of TSN,

Capitals GM Brian McLellan told reporters he believes blueline rentals like Hainsey and Michael Stone - who checked in at No. 5 on TSN’s Trade Bait board when he was moved on Monday - will all move before the deadline because teams don’t want to commit longer term with an expansion draft looming.

“With the ability to protect three defenceman in the expansion draft,” McLellan said, “it might restrict people from adding a guy at this point that you might have to protect and you might lose him come expansion draft time.”

Eight rental defencemen remain on TSN’s Trade Bait board of players potentially on the move, including Nos. 31-35:

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