Redwoods LC
Adam
- A – Rob Pannell
- A – Jules Heningburg
- A – Ryder Garnsey
- A – Matt Kavanagh
- M – Myles Jones
- M – Brent Adams
- M – Sergio Perkovic
- SSDM – Pat Harbeson
- SSDM – Jack Near
- LSM – John Sexton
- D – Eddy Glazener
- D – Garrett Epple
- D – Finn Sullivan
- G – Tim Troutner
Hutton
- A – Rob Pannell
- A – Jules Heningburg
- A – Ryder Garnsey
- A – Matt Kavanagh
- M – Myles Jones
- M – Brent Adams
- M – Sergio Perkovic
- SSDM – Pat Harbeson
- SSDM – Jack Near
- LSM – John Sexton
- D – Eddy Glazener
- D – Garrett Epple
- D – Finn Sullivan
- G – Tim Troutner
Military Exempt: Matt Landis (D)
Possible Departures: Clarke Petterson (A), Greg Puskuldjian (FO), Hugh Crance (LSM), Jack Kelly (G), Joe Walters (M), Kyle Harrison (M), Larken Kemp (LSM), Peyton Smith (FO), Tyler Dunn (SSDM/D)
Overview
Both of us applaud Coach Nat St. Laurent’s trade for generational attackman Rob Pannell, but the move didn’t do Redwoods any favors in regards to protected player rosters. The Redwoods have so much talent, that any way you slice it, we think they’ll lose the maximum three players to expansion.
Young players like Clarke Petterson, Hugh Crance, Larken Kemp, Tyler Dunn and Peyton Smith were all left off our protected players list, but could be prime depth picks for Sean Quirk. We also both opted for youth over protecting veterans Kyle Harrison, Joe Walters and Greg Puskuldjian, though there is a decent possibility that all could return to the Redwoods after testing expansion.
Adam
Don’t get me started. The fact that I left Nick Ossello off my list is surprising and disappointing to me too. In all seriousness, it was also hard for me to leave off a guy like Jack Kelly, who hasn’t played in a couple years, but would easily start in this league if fully healthy. But with the addition of Pannell, what can a guy do? Not too mention other guys like Kyle Harrison and Joe Walters, who I wasn’t able to find spots for. Needless to say, this was the list that I had the least fun putting together.
Hutton
I came to the same conclusions as Adam, but it honestly ended up being easier than I thought it would. Leaving out key locker room guys like Kyle Harrison and Joe Walters was certainly not fun, but if you follow the logic of protecting players who are less likely to survive the expansion draft, then it makes more than enough sense to leave both off the list with the hope they still return to the Woods roster.
The toughest decision for me was protecting Finn Sullivan over Tyler Dunn. Sullivan is the better overall defender, but Dunn is a lot more versatile, being able to play SSDM, LSM or close defense if needed. Due to the uncertainty around Matt Landis’ availability this summer, I chose to protect Finn Sullivan.
