from Dan Rosen of NHL.com,
The list is likely to be released on June 18 at the same time it is distributed to the teams, Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said.
"After a lot of internal discussion following the General Managers meeting (March 6-8), we determined it would be best to disclose those lists publicly," Daly said. "One of our guiding principles from the start of this process was to prioritize transparency, and certainly here, keeping the lists private would not have promoted that particular objective.
"Also, while I think the [general] managers on balance favored maintaining the privacy of the process, I can't say I felt anyone expressed particularly strong views on the subject one way or the other. So, in the end, we ran it by the (NHL) Players' Association and it ultimately became a pretty easy decision."
Vegas begins play in the NHL next season.
The 30 other NHL teams must submit their list of protected players by 5 p.m. ET June 17. Vegas will submit its selections by 5 p.m. ET June 20, and the announcement of the selections will be made June 21.
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