I can understand protecting Charlie Davies if you've got a rumor of trade interest that you
think might enable you to significantly improve the team1. I can even plunge past the mystifying
decision to protect a well-past-it Simms if a pay-cut or trade are on the horizon.
But Korb and Woolard?
Goff's version of the protected list is out, so I thought I'd stir from my hibernation1 to do
some comparisons. (Revisit my list in four parts by hitting the links highlighted in the
sidebar.)
- On both lists: Willis, Jakovic, De Rosario, Kitchen, McDonald, Pontius,
Quaranta, Wolff
- Goff also protects: Korb, Woolard, King
- I also protect: Boskovic, Brettschneider, da Luz
We're in alignment on a number of points beyond the obvious (De Rosario, Kitchen, Pontius).
In the first three parts of this series, I worked my way through the thick weeds of the roster,
pruning and purging. On the far side, I arrived with the roster sorted into the following
categories...
- PROTECT: De Rosario, Jakovic, Kitchen, Pontius
- EXPOSE: Barklage, Burch, Cronin, Davies, Korb, McTavish, Morsink, Ngwenya, Woolard, Zayner
- BUBBLE: Boskovic, Brettschneider, da Luz, King, McDonald, Quaranta, Simms, Willis, Wolff
- N/A: Hamid, Najar, Shanosky, White
Four of the twenty-seven players on the roster don't need to be sheltered from the rapacious
grasp of L'Impact de Montreal by virtue of their being home grown talents.
In Parts I and II we looked at the first two-thirds of United's roster in an attempt to compile
preliminary lists of players to PROTECT, players to EXPOSE, players on the BUBBLE, and players who
didn't have to be protected (N/A) for the expansion draft at the end of November that will stock
L'Impact's stables for 2012.
In Part I of this series, I made my way though the first third of United's roster, tagging and
releasing, identifying those to PROTECT, those to EXPOSE, those on the
BUBBLE, and those N/As the FO didn't have to make a call on. Moving on to the
second third of the roster.
Let's begin the expansion draft dance, shall we?
Some rules of the road:
- The rules allow teams to protect eleven players.
- United must protect one of their international players (Jakovic or Boskovic).
- I'm going to make the assumption that Kitchen will be graduated from GenAd and thus will need
to be protected.
