Yes, Predators expose Neal instead of Jarnkrok to expansion draft

The Nashville Predators indeed chose to protect Calle Jarnkrok instead of James Neal from the expansion draft, as Sunday’s list confirmed. Once it became clear that GM David Poile hadn’t (yet?) convinced Vegas Golden Knights GM George McPhee to accept a trade not to take someone like Neal, there were questions about whether the Predators might make a move rather than losing a key asset for free. Poile still has time to sweeten the deal for McPhee, but he wasn’t able to make a trade with any of the league’s other teams.