#jonas coburn

[nerds-yearbook]

The Arrowverse expanded with the addition of DC Legends of Tomorrow, which premiered on January 21, 2016. Time traveler Rip Hunter (played by Arthur Darvill, who also played time traveler Rory Williams on Doctor Who) put together a team to save the world and time. The show also featured Victor Garber (Alias/Titanic) as Dr. Martin Stein and Brandon Routh (Superman Returns/Scott Pilgrim vs the World) as Ray Palmer. Also included in the cast were Caity Lotz - Sara Lance, Franz Drameh - Jefferson Jackson, Ciara Renee - Kendra Saunders, Falk Hentschel - Carter Hall, Amy Louise Pemberton - Gideon, Dominic Purcell - Mick Rory, Wentworth Miller - Leonard Snart, Stephen Amell - Oliver Queen, Katie Cassidy - Laurel Lance, Casper Crump - Vandal Savage, Peter Francis James - Aldus Boardman, Kiefer O' Reilly - Jonas, and Alice Duncan - Miranda Coburn. Part of the episode took place in 1975. ("Pilot pt 1" DC Legends of Tomorrow, TV Event)

[noradarhks]

gif request meme: @timewantstohappen​ asked: most heartbreaking moment

[singledarkshade]

Rip Hunter Bingo Challenge 2022

The RBACL Rip Hunter Bingo Challenge gave me the below Bingo Card:

I couldn’t get five in a row, but I did manage 5 fics from the above prompts.

Enjoy

1 - The Vanishing Point

Michael stared at the large structure hanging in space before him as Time Master Druce flew the small ship towards it. This was his first visit to the Vanishing Point, the Time Master’s base and Michael was not looking forward to it one bit.

He’d had to get up early, was wearing stiff grey clothes that made him itch, his hair was plastered down neatly, and he had to wear the stupid courier thing all day. Miss Xavier had explained when she had given him it that he had to wear it at all times. It was meant to be worn on his ‘non-dominant hand’ whatever that meant, finally Miss Xavier just told him to wear it on his left wrist because that was the hand he didn’t use as much. She then had to explain what ambidextrous meant.

Michael tended to keep it in his pocket because it was so uncomfortable.

“Now,” Druce stated, “Today you will get to see the important parts of the base. Including the Council Chambers. I expect you to be on your best behaviour at all times, listen to your elders and follow any orders given. Understand?”

“Yes, sir,” Michael said, as Miss Xavier had drummed into him.

Druce stood and started out the ship, heading out with Michael following after him trying to keep up with the man’s long stride.

As he stepped out onto the deck, Michael stared feeling suddenly terrified of the large grey room filled with people and ships. He’d never seen anything like this in his life.

“Why are you standing there?” Druce snapped appearing beside him, “Follow me, Michael.”

Shaking slightly, Michael followed behind Druce relieved when they stepped into a corridor which was much quieter.

“Now that was the smallest docking bay where the ships get maintenance,” Druce told him, “There are six others which is where the Time Master Captains dock their ships when they return from their missions and another one used for training,” Druce continued his explanation while Michael jogged to keep up with him.

It was going to be a tiring day.

x

Michael was relieved as the day was drawing to a close and they would be leaving soon. The entire day had been filled with so much he had no idea about and Druce kept talking not caring if Michael understood everything.

Michael had a list of things to ask Miss Xavier about when he got back ho… to the Refuge.

“So, Michael,” Druce stated as they headed back to the ship, “What do you think of the Vanishing Point?”

He hesitated before saying, “It’s really big, with so many people.” He realised that Druce was looking for something more, “But I like it.”

Druce chuckled, “I suppose considering where you come from this must be overwhelming in many ways. On your next visit, I’ll let you sit in on some of the training sessions. We’ll see how smart you are.”

Michael grimaced as Druce started walking away again. With a sigh, the boy began to chase after the man once more. As they reached the ship, Druce motioned Michael to wait while he moved to talk to a woman with white hair wearing a uniform just like Druce by a similar looking ship.

Standing near the other ship was a girl about his age with dark hair, dark eyes, and pale skin who was dressed the same as Michael.

She glanced at him, Michael waved at her happy to see someone his own age. She stared at him for a moment before crossing her eyes and sticking out her tongue.

Michael laughed and stuck his tongue out at her, jumped when Druce turned and snapped, “Michael, behave yourself.”

Chastised he saw the girl smiling amused.

“Sandra,” the woman called to her, “It’s time to go. Time Master Druce, we will discuss this later.”

As the girl, Sandra, walked past him she smiled amused again before Druce stepped in front of him.

“Time to leave, Michael,” Druce said.

Following the man back to the ship, Michael sat watching how Druce activated the small ship before he turned his attention to the place he was going to go once he grew up.

Part of him wanted to, the other still wanted to find a way to run away but as they flew away Michael stared at the intimidating structure hanging in space before him knowing that it was going to play a large part in his future.

2 - Jelly Beans

Rip let out an audible sigh of relief as he reached the door to the home he shared with his wife and son. It had been several long hard weeks, with multiple dangerous missions which had resulted in Rip needing a lot of medical attention that he knew he’d have to tell Miranda about because Gideon would.

Reaching out to open the door, he paused and listened hearing his son singing along to something. Rip couldn’t quite make out the words, or tune, but the sound of Jonas’ voice filled him with joy.

The moment he opened the door, Rip was attacked by his little whirlwind as an excited Jonas slammed into his legs.

“You’re home!!!!!”

Rip eased Jonas off him before he lifted his five-year-old son up and hugged him, “I have missed you, Little Man.”

“We missed you too, Daddy,” Jonas told him seriously before beaming and hugging Rip once more.

Miranda appeared from the kitchen, her long dark hair pulled up in a messy bun, “Why don’t you get your drawing you did in school today to show your daddy.”

At her suggestion, Jonas wriggled so Rip would set him down and ran out the room. Miranda moved to her husband and kissed him hello.

“He’s been very excited since we got your message,” Miranda murmured, as Rip pulled her close.

Rip rested his forehead against hers, “So was I when Gideon told me I can be here for three days.”

Before they could say anything else, Jonas appeared carrying a drawing of him with Rip and Miranda.

“Wow,” Rip crouched down to look at the picture, “That’s amazing.”

Jonas beamed again and leaned in for another hug. x Rip settled on the couch, happy to be home. Miranda was finishing dinner, he’d cook the rest of the time he was here, while Jonas had disappeared with a mysterious smile.

Closing his eyes Rip relaxed, happy to be home.

Aware suddenly he wasn’t alone, Rip opened his eyes and found his wife standing with his son grinning at him. Both were holding gifts in their hands.

“Happy Birthday, Daddy,” Jonas cried.

Miranda gave him a smile, “Happy Birthday.”

Rip frowned; he hadn’t realised that it was the date the Time Masters had estimated to be his date of birth. To be honest it wasn’t something that mattered to him much but if it mattered to Jonas then Rip would go along with anything.

“Open Mummy’s gift first,” Jonas told him.

Rip nodded and took the small rectangular present Miranda gave him. Slowly he unwrapped it to find a gold pocket watch, beautifully engraved and smiled when he opened it find the picture of his wife and son in there.

“It’s perfect,” he breathed, “I will never let this out of my sight.”

Miranda kissed him quickly, “Jonas has got you something special for you.”

Rip turned to his son who thrust the gift into Rip’s hands. Jonas was bouncing excitedly as Rip slowly opened the wrapping once more. He caught Miranda rolling her eyes, but he’d never been able to just tear off gift wrapping.

When he’d unwrapped the gift, Rip laughed to see the large bag of sweets.

“They’re jellybeans,” Jonas cried, “Mummy said you like sweet things.”

“I do,” Rip told his son, “But I’ve never tried jellybeans before.”

Incredulity filled Jonas’ eyes, “You’ve never had them before.”

Rip shook his head, “I haven’t.”

“They’re yummy,” Jonas told him, “Try one.”

Glancing at his wife’s amused smile, Rip opened the bag and took several of the sweets out popping them into his mouth. He did have a sweet tooth but usually ate cakes, sweet cereals or on occasion chocolate to satisfy it. As he ate the sweets, he let Jonas take some while Miranda had a few too.

Enjoying the jellybeans, Rip knew that from now on these would be his favourites because his son had introduced him to them.

3 - Kendra Saunders

The doorbell being rung pulled Kendra out of her reading. Opening the door, she stared in surprise at the man standing there. He was dressed in the same dark denims, white shirt, brown leather jacket and duster she always remembered him wearing but he was clean shaven.

Which didn’t suit him at all.

“Rip?” she laughed, “What are you doing here?”

He gave her a small smile, surprised when she hugged him and managed to pat her back gently.

“Still have issues with affection from your friends, I see,” Kendra noted amused when she let him go.

Rip shrugged, “Still expect a punch more than a hug.”

“That was once,” Kendra laughed as she motioned him inside the apartment, “And you deserved it for lying to us.”

Rip rolled his eyes while Kendra led him into her small living room.

“Do you want some tea?” Kendra offered.

“Not at the moment,” he replied.

Kendra chuckled, “Probably a good thing, my tea making skills haven’t improved since we last met.” Taking a seat across from him, she asked, “So, to what do I owe this pleasure?” x Rip hadn’t been sure if coming to visit Kendra was a good idea. But since he’d left the Waverider to get his head together, the ship with the Legends had been trapped in a time quake. He’d spent more than six months alone when he’d only intended being away for a week at the most and lost without Gideon, needed to speak to someone, anyone who understood his life.

Kendra listened to the story of what had happened since she’d left the Waverider, although Rip left out several things that he didn’t want to talk about but gave her the general gist.

“You’ve done what?” Kendra asked when Rip finished talking.

“I created a new organisation to protect time,” Rip told her, “I was hoping you might want to see it.”

Kendra smiled, “That sounds like fun.”

Relieved Rip stood and pulled back his sleeve so he could access his courier.

“What is that?” Kendra asked intrigued, jumping when the portal opened.

Rip gave a slight smile, “Something I have been working on for a long time. Shall we?”

Taking his arm, Kendra walked through the portal and into the Time Bureau.

4 - Playing Records

Rip walked into the parlour, happy to see that it was now back to the way he had left it, all evidence of those who had infested his ship had been removed. It was almost as if the past few years had not happened.

Except for one thing which definitely had.

“The engines are at full capacity,” Gideon stated as she walked into the parlour, “We can leave the time stream whenever you are ready.”

“When we’re ready,” Rip reminded her, “We’re partners, remember?”

A smile touched her lips, “Of course.”

Rip nodded before he turned back to the desk, finding his record player sitting in its spot undamaged. Either it had been put in storage or this was a newly fabricated one.

Flipping through the record collection he had amassed over the years, Rip found one of his favourites. As the music filled the room, Rip turned to Gideon and offered his hand.

“Dance with me.”

Gideon shook her head, “I don’t know how.”

Moving closer and taking her hand, Rip smiled as he drew her closer, “I’ll teach you.”

Shaking her head slightly in amusement, Gideon allowed him to put his arms around her and start to move gently in time to the music. Gideon rested her head against his shoulder as the music played, Rip held her tightly as the next song came on.

When the music stopped, Gideon looked up at him and smiled as his lips touched hers. Taking his hand, Gideon turned off the record player and led him to the room they were now sharing.

From that day on, they played records and danced after dinner.

Happy to be together.

5 - Shogun Ballistic

“Gideon,” Rip winced when he saw the contents of the bag she’d brought back from her shopping trip, “What…just what?”

She stopped brushing her hair and turned to him, “Is something wrong?”

“Is there something you want to talk to me about?” Rip asked her.

Gideon placed the hairbrush down and moved to sit on the bed beside him, “We’ve been together for several months as a couple.”

“Yes.”

“And as much as I enjoy our…” she blushed before continuing, “Activities in the bedroom, you are much more experienced than I am.”

“I was married to the same person for over ten years,” Rip reminded her, “And the only experience each of us had was with one another.”

Gideon rolled her eyes, “It’s still more experience than I have.”

“That doesn’t explain your shopping,” Rip noted.

“The books I have read suggest that to ensure your partner is satisfied then it is a good idea to use toys and accoutrements in the bedroom to ‘spice things up’,” Gideon explained, looking anywhere but in his eyes, “I just want to make sure you don’t get bored with me.”

Rip frowned, he really had to find her a hobby so she wouldn’t worry so much about small things that didn’t matter. He touched her chin so she would look at him, “I’m not bored with you, I’m not going to get bored with you. You are amazing, Gideon and I love you.”

Smiling she leaned in to hug him. Rip wrapped his arms around her holding her close.

“I love you too,” she murmured softly, snuggling close to him, “But I did buy these things so perhaps we could try them.”

Rip chuckled, “If you want. What else do your books say about spicing things up?”

“That we should agree on a safe word or phrase for if one of us wishes to stop everything,” Gideon told him.

With a grin, Rip pulled her and trapped her onto the bed below him, “I have an idea for that,” he murmured, pressing a soft kiss to her cheek before whispering in her ear, “Shogun ballistic.”

[boopsterliv]

I feel like at the end of Legends Season One, Rip should’ve been the one to blow up the Oculus. The main problem I have with Rip is how self-serving he can be. He’s willing to do whatever it takes to get his family back, just not at the risk of his own life. If the season ended with Rip holding down the failsafe, realizing how important his team is to him and how he can’t let any of them die in order to stop the Time Masters, then I think it would’ve been a good way to end his character arc. 

And what would make it better is if through sheer will alone, he was able to bring back his family. Miranda ends up becoming a Legend, Ray and Kendra leave the team in order to pursue a life together (I’m still not over how they handled Kendra), and Jonas lives on the Waverider and has the weirdest and best extended family in the entire universe. You know, this might be my new AU, I’m kinda liking this idea. 

Although that would beg the question of who joins the Legion of Doom in Len and Rip’s places. So many characters to choose from! But honestly, can we please get some ladies on the team? Preferably ladies who could kill the dudes if they so much as blink at her wrong?

[agentmarymargaretskitz]

Gary finding something of Jonas's in the Waverider's storage bins and remembering his past.

(Thank you for giving me this new crazy theory and also thanks to @incendiaglacies for the added help and inspiration)

The halls of the Waverider were quiet when Gary walked down them. Most everyone was in their rooms right now, and John was crashing in the library. He had been trying to sleep, but somehow he felt restless. So he’d decided to walk around a little, and maybe he’d succumb to exhaustion.

Whenever he was on the ship, Gary always knew where he was going. It didn’t make sense since he had a horrible sense of direction. On the Waverider, it was and always had been the opposite. Even with his first visit back in training days, he had known the layout of the ship and where things were.

Tonight, he found himself in the cargo bay with a cup of warm milk. He sat on one of the crates, looking at the others surrounding him. Most of them looks clean, but there was one that covered in dust. Not only that, but it was shoved back in the corner. Gary found himself staring at it and how out of place it looked out there. He didn’t know why it was bothering him so much.

Finally, he sighed. “Gideon, what’s in the crate over there?”

“The belongings of Captain Hunter’s family. Following their passing, he stowed the things they had left on the ship in there.”

“Huh,” Gary took a sip from the mug. “Thought he’d have taken those with him.”

He wasn’t sure what compelled him to move towards the dusty crate, but he set the mug down and moved towards it. Gary leaned down and unlocked the latch on it. Dust billowed up towards him, making him cough a little. He waved the dust away before peering inside.

The crate was about half filled. A few garments were folded up nicely on one side. A box painted with red flowers was pushed up next to them. On top of the box was a badge with the logo of an hourglass. Someone’s knitting project, forever unfinished, was also inside with a few balls of yarn. Photographs and a few toys were scattered around the rest of the space left inside the chest.

Gary reached in and withdrew one of the toys- a small wooden top. It had been painted once, but use had worn and chipped it away. He set the top on the crate behind him and spun it. As it twirled, he counted how long it stayed upright. Ten seconds.

His fingers released the top and he sat down the floor to watch, counting the seconds. Mummy and Daddy were still talking about adult stuff with Gideon in the parlor. That was fine. He could have fun on his own and he got to go on the Waverider where it was safe.

The top fell down. He’d gotten to eleven.

Gary blinked a few times and shook his head as the memory became more clear in his head. His childhood up to the age of ten had always been a blank, but he attributed that to getting flashed one time too many. Since his temporary and regrettable allegiance with Neron, the blank has become more of a thick, soupy fog. There was something beyond it, but he couldn’t recall it.

Now he had remembered something, but it didn’t make sense. How could he have been on the Waverider as a child? Gary didn’t understand it at all. But the milk was finally starting to kick in and he felt exhausted. Besides, he wasn’t supposed to be going through the box anyways.

Gary went to replace the top inside the crate when he noticed one of the pictures. It was blurry, but the subject could still be made out.  A woman with dark hair was laughing at the camera. The fog in his memories parted again and a word slipped out of his mouth.

“Mum?”

[the-call-of-possibilities]

What if

In an alternate universe where Rip dies during Vandal’s siege instead of Miranda and Jonas, Miranda takes Jonas and recruits the Legends herself.

[theadrogna]

New fic up on AO3: The Logic of All My Dreams

When the team gets a distress signal from the jump ship that Rip left in, they go to retrieve him only to find that something is feeding on him. As he gets weaker, it's up to the team to save him, with the assistance of an unexpected visit from Rip's Dad. Set at the end of S2. 

This is part of the Rip Chat Christmas Gift Exchange for @kalinara who wanted something with the prompt “Rip and family”

[oasis-wasteland]

Hunter-Coburn Family

"The Time Masters discourage marriage.

They urge against procreation even more.

A Time Master should be free of any personal entanglements that might compromise him. But I fell in love, and we had a child.

A boy. Jonas."

[terrayoungsgifsets]

Remember me…

[amiinterrupting]

The Time Travel family aka Miranda Coburn, Rip Hunter and Jonas Hunter-Coburn

[destinyguardians]

Rip Hunter Appreciation Week

Day 4 - Family

Miranda

Jonas

Gideon

Booster Gold

[jewishgarygreen]

Rip + Angels

It’s hard to believe in anything like angels when you’re a poor orphan boy begging on the streets of London. The smog in the air and the cold of the cobblestones seep into your bones, and nothing feels real after a while. 

It’s hard to believe in anything like angels against the stark sterility of technology, new and fresh and smelling like nothing he’s ever smelled before. Clean and dead and empty all at once. 

He gets used to it, and he goes into the depths of space, the depths of time, and finds nothing but emptiness. No angels here, nothing but his thoughts and his AI. 

Miranda, though. In her, he thinks he finds heaven, and to his eyes she glows, like angels must. Jonas, too--his son he named after someone who was never an angel but he loved anyway--Jonas glowed, bright and beautiful, the best thing Rip ever created. 

When he loses her, loses them, though, he loses heaven, and any hope of angels along with it. Now there’s nothing but space, stark and cold against the seven warm bodies on his ship. Without them, he thinks he might float away into the black.

Maybe if he goes far enough he’ll find them. The angels. His wife and son. What’s the difference? They’re out of his reach, regardless. Untouchable, unattainable, gone. 

Who needs angels, anyway? Technology is his higher power, Gideon is as close to an angel as he needs, right? 

And she can’t leave him if he leaves her first.

[jamesvanriemsdyk]

nhl trade deadline 2021

we made it! my brain still feels like a beehive, but this post is updated and clarified. here's pretty much every major trade that went down in the 48 hours before or on the deadline. theyre not exactly in order, im sorry, i did my best lmao. let me know if you have any questions or want my opinions on trades and such!

travis zajac and kyle palmieri to the ny isles from the devils for the isles' 2021 first round pick, a conditional 4th rounder, aj greer, and mason jobst

tampa acquired david savard from the cbj but it went like this: savard to detroit for brian lashoff with 50% of savard's salary salary retained, making his cap hit $2.125mil. detroit then sent savard to tampa for a fourth rounder and ALSO retained half, making savard's final cap hit for tampa $1.0625mil. the jackets then sent lashoff to tampa for tampa's 2021 first rounder and a 2022 third rounder

eric staal to the habs; 2021 third and fifth round picks going to buffalo

avs acquire devan dubnyk from the sharks for greg pateryn and a 2021 fifth round pick

the habs acquire defenseman jon merrill from detroit in exchange for a 2021 fifth rounder and hayden verbeek

new jersey acquires dman jonas siegenthaler from the caps in exchange for a conditional 2021 third rounder

florida panthers acquire lucas carlsson and lucas wallmark from chicago in exchange for brett connolly, riley stillman, the rfa rights to henrik borgstrom, and a 2021 seventh rounder. this was largely a cap dump in order to do this:

florida panthers acquire brandon montour from the buffalo sabres in exchange for a 2021 third rounder

the isles acquire dman braydon coburn from the ottawa senators in exchange for a 2022 seventh rounder

the bruins acquired dman mike reilly from the ottawa senators in exchange for a 2022 third rounder

in a three team trade, the leafs have just acquired nick foligno but it went like this: the jackets traded foligno to the sharks and retained 50% of his salary, and then the sharks traded foligno to the leafs and retained 25% of foligno's salary, making foligno's cap hit for the leafs under $1.5 million. in the end, the leafs acquired foligno and noesen, the jackets got toronto's 2021 first and fourth round picks, and the sharks got another fourth rounder from toronto.

the leafs acquire david rittich from the flames for a 2021 third round pick

the pittsburgh penguines acquire jeff carter from the la kings for a 2022 conditional third rounder and a 2023 conditional fourth rounder.

the bruins have acquired taylor hall and curtis lazar from the sabres for a 2021 second round pick and anders bjork

victor mete claimed on waivers by the ottawa senators

sami vatanen claimed on waivers by the dallas stars

vancouver sent adam gaudette to chicago for matthew highmore

new jersey sent dmitri kulikov to the oilers for a 2022 conditional fourth rounder

scott laughton signed a deal with philadelphia for five years, $3 million per

chicago traded carl soderberg to colorado for josh dickinson and ryder rolston

tampa bay sent goalie prospect magnus chrona (thats the dopest name ive ever seen in my life) to san jose for dman frederik claesson

alexander barabanov to san jose, antti suomela to toronto

gustafsson to montreal, a seventh round pick to philadedelphia

ben hutton from anaheim to toronto for a fifth round pick

erik gudbransen to nashville, brandon fortunato and a seventh in 2023 to ottawa

philadelphia sent michael raffl to washington for a fifth round pick

carolina sent haydn fleury to anaheim for jani hakanapaa and a pick

jordie benn to winnipeg for a sixth round pick

madison bowie and a 2021 fifth round to vancouver, chicago sends a 2021 fourth round pick

detroit sent anthony mantha to the caps for jakub vrana, richard panik, a 2021 first round pick and a 2022 second round pick

calgary sent sam bennett and a 2022 sixth round pick to the florida panthers for prospect emil heineman and a second round pick

philadelphia sent erik gustafsson to montreal for a 2022 seventh round pick

vegas acquired matthias janmark from chicago for a 2021 second rounder and a 2022 third rounder

vegas acquired dman nick desimone from san jose for a 2022 fifth round pick

[singledarkshade]

Alone

Summary: He hoped Gideon had been listening when the signal went out, as brief as it had been, and it reached her otherwise he would probably die here. But as the last of the Time Masters, maybe it was time. Author’s Note: Day 3: “I’ve seen darker days.” – Terrible things have happened to Rip throughout the show, but as fans we’re good at thinking up more. It’s Whump Day!                                ********************************************* Rip Hunter, former Time Master, former Time Bureau Director, former Captain, former husband, former father, and current recluse walked slowly through the deserted space station looking for the point of origin of the distress signal he was tracking.

The station had been shut down for years and, from what he knew, there should be nothing working at all. Never mind a signal made by technology over a hundred years ahead of when the station existed.

He checked the tracker on his modified courier for the information Gideon had provided for him. Rip shook away his sadness at the fact they weren’t together, but current circumstances meant they weren’t able to be.

Reaching the coordinates, Rip frowned when he saw the object and realising that what he’d been tracking was a trap set by Time Pirates. Turning he began to run through the corridors back to the Time Sphere, hearing the device charging. Reaching the Sphere, Rip jumped in and activated a time jump but before the portal closed the Sphere was rocked by an energy wave. Rip grimaced as he fought to steady the small craft, but the blast had disabled several of the systems.

“Come on,” he muttered as he tried to keep the small vessel inside the time stream long enough to reach his current base of operations, but the sphere didn’t have the same redundancies the Waverider did. Suddenly the time stream disappeared, and Rip saw the ground rushing towards him. Slamming the button to activate the emergency beacon, Rip managed to grab the disaster kit and activated the sphere’s version of an airbag before he hit the ground. Aware of things smashing around him, Rip’s head slammed against the console before everything went black.

Rip woke slowly.

His head was throbbing but as almost every other part of him was aching, it was in the majority. Forcing his eyes open, Rip could see the Sphere was completely dead and in complete disarray. He was lying on his side, his legs trapped beneath the seat and Rip felt any hope of rescue die quickly seeing the beacon was as dead as the rest of the Sphere. He hoped Gideon had been listening when the signal went out, as brief as it had been, and it reached her otherwise he would probably die here.

But as the last of the Time Masters, maybe it was time.

He’d been alone for so long, betrayed by those who raised him, by the man who he looked up to and almost thought of as a father, then forced to destroy them, the people he loved were all dead while those he had once called friend presumed him dead and probably had a party at the fact.

Perhaps it was time he finally did.

“Please,” a mocking voice drawled, “You won’t die. I’m not that lucky.”

Turning slightly, Rip frowned as he saw a familiar woman sitting just to one side of him, “Sara?”

“Well,” Sara Lance said amused, “Your brain is still working for the moment.”

He frowned confused, “Why are you here? How are you here?”

“To make sure you actually die this time,” she smirked at him, “Since you clearly didn’t after the Mallus thing. I don’t want to have to worry about you trying to take my ship. Even if there’s no way you could, it would be inconvenient to have to put up with the attempt.”

Rip closed his eyes as he thought of his ship, his home and Gideon who he knew worried about him while he worked away from her.

“The Waverider is mine,” he breathed, “You’re currently allowed to use her.”

Sara laughed, “Do you really think you could walk onto the Waverider and even get a chance to say a word before we had you in the brig, bound and gagged so you couldn’t talk to Gideon? She wouldn’t accept you back anyway. After how often you’ve abandoned her.”

“Gideon knows…”

“What?” Sara demanded, “That you care about her? You’re fooling no one, Rip. We all know the only one you care about is you. Gideon was just a means to an end, a tool you used and threw away when you found something better. You can pretend to yourself that you asked her to come with us but,” she smirked, “We both know she came with us to get away from you.”

Rip covered his eyes with his hand, “No. She knows why I left, she understands.”

“You’re so pathetic,” Sara shook her head, “No wonder Druce was able to manipulate you with ease. You’re desperate to be loved, desperate to be relevant but let’s face it, Rip you’re not. I mean look how easy your beloved mentor fooled you,” she paused and smirked at him, “The love of your life was probably screwing you under his orders.”

Rip flinched at her words, at a deep unspoken fear he had that could never be eased since Miranda was gone, being spoken aloud.

“Because who could possibly love someone like you?”

With a cry Rip threw the first aid kit at her, it bounced off the shell of the ship and fell to the ground. Rip closed his eyes and slipped into unconsciousness.

 The pain in his head was worse when Rip woke again, touching his forehead he winced as he felt the wound there. Pulling his hand back he saw blood coating his fingers. That explained the pain.

“Injured again, Rip. Honestly if it wasn’t for our medical technology, you would have been dead years ago,” Druce said, making Rip flinch when he saw the man sitting where Sara had been earlier, “But then again you should have been dead a long time, that worthless brat we found living on the streets.”

“You’re dead,” Rip whispered, horror filling his voice.

Druce smiled darkly at him, “Am I? You know better than anyone how to fake your death.”

��I didn’t fake my death,” Rip replied coldly, “I simply didn’t let the team know I survived. They don’t care anyway.”

“Well, that is true,” Druce noted, “The team you brought together learned very quickly how worthless you are. They have a leader they actually listen to, someone who can fix the ship as well as programme the AI and a historian. Where would you fit in?”

Rip closed his eyes.

“And even Gideon,” Druce continued, “Your dear Gideon, she doesn’t need you at all. The only people who ever needed you, Rip, you utterly failed to protect.”

“Stop,” Rip snapped.

“Miranda would have been so much better if she’d never met you,” Druce reminded him, “And your son probably would be alive now is she’d never let you know him.”

“Stop!!!” Rip screamed, the memory of Jonas dead in his arms hitting him and tears filled Rip’s eyes, “Please, don’t.”

“Failing at everything you’ve ever tried to be is bad enough,” Druce ignored Rip’s pleas, “But that little boy, so innocent and full of life deserved so much better than you.”

“Stop, stop, stop,” Rip cried, turning his head away sharply, it connected with something solid and fell into unconsciousness once more.

                                 *********************************************

 Rip felt sick as he woke up once more to the empty Sphere. At least Druce was gone but the feeling of hopelessness his former mentor had left him with remained.

He had to get himself out of this and find a way back to Gideon to repair his injuries but right now, Rip had no idea how. His mind was fuzzy, it felt like it had been filled with cotton wool and he wanted to just give in, to simply sleep but he knew he couldn’t.

“You were never lazy,” the clipped voice of Mary Xavier told him, “You have plenty of other faults, but I will admit you’ve never been lazy.”

“Mother,” Rip whispered.

She shook her head, “Oh, Michael, what a mess you are.”

Shaking his head, Rip sighed, “Please, don’t. I can’t take it from you too. You’ve always encouraged me.”

“Well, that was my job,” Mary reminded him matter-of-factly, “To take the children I was given and make them Time Masters. I had to act like I cared about them.”

“Mother…”

“I have never met such a needy child as you before or since,” she sighed sadly, “Desperate for approval, desperate for love, desperate for someone to tell him he is good boy.”

Rip stared at her through tear filled eyes, “Don’t…”

“It was so easy to get you on the right path,” Mary continued, “Bake with you, tell you stories, pat you on the head and you were my little lapdog.”

“I love you,” Rip whispered.

“I know, Michael,” she smiled at him sympathetically, “Which was why it was so easy to train you.”

Rip closed his eyes, “Go away, go away, go away.”

“That’s not a nice thing to say to your mother, Michael,” she admonished.

“You’re not my mother,” he snapped, “Because she would never say these things to me and she…”

“She?” Mary motioned him to continue when he trailed off.

Rip whispered, “I don’t know where she went after the Time Masters were destroyed.”

“For all you know,” she noted, “She’s dead.”

He nodded.

“One more person you claim to love who you failed,” Mary told him.

“Mother…”

“No, you don’t get to call me that anymore,” she told him sharply, “Only someone who would care to look for me can call me that.”

“I looked,” Rip whispered.

She ignored him continuing, “Only someone worthy of the love I gave deserves to call me mother and you are nothing more than a worthless pathetic failure.”

Trying to move to her, pain stabbed in his legs and Rip cried out, Mary shook her head before she disappeared.

 Rip realised suddenly he was hallucinating. Which considering he’d seen three people who’d disappeared, one of who was definitely dead, meant his brain was not functioning as it normally would.

“Head injury,” Rip murmured to himself, “But that doesn’t explain hallucinations this vivid.”

Taking several deep breaths, Rip hunted through the emergency pack lying beside him for some water. He took a few sips from the canteen, realising he could smell something on his clothes. A strange sickly smell that he hadn’t noticed before and grimaced, “Bollocks.”

The booby trap wasn’t just an energy blast, they had included a hallucinogen probably activated the moment Rip had walked into the engine room of the station, to disorientate the victim while the pirates raided their ship. If it was the one that he thought it was, then it was going to get a lot worse before it wore off. Rip knew he was not the poster child for good mental health and dreaded what else his subconscious would dredge up to taunt him with.

Suddenly remembering he had a courier, Rip looked around to find some components to see if he could modify it to signal Gideon.  Rip groaned finding it smashed beyond repair, so there was no way it was going to open a portal to the Waverider. He had to find a way to make it sturdier if he survived this.

“Focus,” he murmured to himself, “Focus.”

“You always could focus.”

Rip felt the knife in his heart and tears fill his eyes, “No.”

“Now is that any way to greet your wife?” Miranda asked sweetly.

Raising his head Rip stared at the woman before him, the woman who had stolen his heart before he’d even realised that he liked her.

“Miranda.”

“My darling husband,” she smiled at him before noting, “You look terrible by the way.”

Rip closed his eyes, “Not you, please not you. I can’t hear the things I feel about myself from you.”

“Oh, Rip,” Miranda whispered, “It’s only the truth you’re being told.”

“I know you loved me,” Rip whispered, tears slipped down his cheeks, “It’s one of the only truths in my life.”

“Are you sure?” Miranda asked, “Because let’s face it, dear you are not good with people. And I was taught to lie just as much as you were. In fact, more since I was raised by the Time Masters from a much earlier age.”

Rip winced, “Don’t…”

“I’m not saying it wasn’t fun pretending to love you,” Miranda mused, “When you are focused on doing something well, you really work at it but…” she trailed off with a smirk.

Remembering how he’d managed to get rid of the hallucination of his mother, Rip looked up at the beautiful women he’d loved in a way he’d never known himself capable of.

“I love you,” he whispered before he deliberately moved his leg sending a stab of pain through his leg.

As Miranda disappeared, Rip dropped his head and wept.

 Managing to stop his tears, Rip forced himself to concentrate on working. His resolve instantly dissolved at the small voice piping up, “Daddy.”

“I can’t do this anymore,” Rip cried, “Please stop.”

“Don’t you miss me, Daddy?”

Looking up Rip saw the earnest face of his son looking down at him and whispered achingly, “Jonas.”

“Don’t you miss me, Daddy?” the little boy asked again.

“Every day,” Rip breathed, “I miss you every day.”

“Then why did you leave me?” Jonas asked a confused pout on his face, “Why weren’t you there when the bad man killed me? Why didn’t you stop him?”

Rip stared at him, no longer able to cry, “I tried, Jonas. I tried so hard for so long. I’m sorry. Please forgive me, I’m sorry.”

“You don’t deserve to be forgiven,” the little boy scowled at him, “You deserve nothing.”

Reaching out for his son, Rip whispered, “Jonas…Jonas…Jo…”

The world spun and Rip fell into blackness.

                                 *********************************************

 “Gideon?” John called as he scanned the area, “Are you sure this is where the beacon came from?”

“I am, Mr Constantine,” Gideon replied, “The Time Sphere should be within view soon.”

John sighed, the problem with being the only member of the crew who knew Rip was alive was that Gideon expected him to go searching without any back-up when the idiot got himself into trouble.

“Why is he using that and not the Time Courier, which would let him step from place to place?” John demanded, “Isn’t that much easier?”

“Captain Hunter prefers to use the Time Sphere as there is a possibility someone may try to follow him through the portal back to his base of operations,” Gideon explained before adding, “An issue the Legends have experienced.”

Continuing along the path, John finally spotted the Time Sphere or more accurately what was left of it. Running over, John grimaced finding Rip trapped and unconscious with blood dripping down his face.

“Damn it, you crazy bastard,” John snapped, “What the hell did you do this time?”

Crouching down beside his friend, John checked for a pulse, relieved to find one. Slow but it was there.

“Gideon,” John said, moving junk off Rip, “I’ve found him.”

“Excellent, Mr Constantine,” Gideon said, relief evident in her voice, “Is he injured?”

“It’s Rip,” John replied wearily, “Of course, he’s injured.”

The man in question groaned, murmuring something about not being able to take it anymore.

“Typically,” John continued before Gideon say anything, “He’s also pinned beneath parts of the Time Sphere, I need to get things off him then get him to the med bay. From the look of it, he’s going to be in a lot of pain and possibly bleeding heavily.”

The portal to the medical bay opened beside him and Gideon told him, “I am waiting for you.”

John grimaced, he pulled the loose bits of kit out of the way before managing to shift the seat pinning Rip to the ground off the other man, releasing his legs but unfortunately this meant the wounds it had been pressing on began to gush blood.

“This is not going to be pleasant,” John murmured as he gripped Rip under his arms, “But hopefully you’ll stay unconscious, and Gideon will have you on the good drugs soon.”

Pulling Rip out of the Sphere made him cry out but thankfully he didn’t waken. John managed to get him into the medbay then onto the medical chair and attached the cuff to Rip’s wrist.

Gideon instantly began to scan Rip, sedating him and started the healing process.

“I suggest once you clean up the blood on the floor,” Gideon said, “That you get something to eat and drink. I shall contact you once Captain Hunter is awake.”

John sighed, grabbing a cloth he gently patted his friend’s shoulder.

 “Captain,” a gentle voice invaded the blackness, “Wake up, Captain.”

Rip squeezed his eyes shut, he couldn’t do this anymore. Not with Gideon, she was all he had left. Why couldn’t he stay unconscious? Why did his mind have to torture him like this?

“It’s alright, Rip,” she continued, gentle fingers stroked his hair, “You’re home.”

Slowly opening his eyes, Rip found he was in the parlour of the Waverider with Gideon sitting at his side.

“Are you real?” he asked softly.

An amused smile touched her lips, “That is a discussion we might wait to have until I am sure you are well enough to debate.”

“You know what I mean,” Rip frowned at her, “Am I hallucinating you or am I on the Waverider?”

Gideon squeezed his hand, “You are currently in the medbay, under my care and sedated so you stay put.”

Relief filled him.

“From your blood work, you were exposed to the hallucinogen, SL27,” Gideon spoke up.

“I knew it was something potent,” Rip sighed, looking at her sadly, “What I saw…”

“Was not real, Rip,” Gideon reminded him, “It was your subconscious fears brought to life, voiced by people you would listen to.”

Rip stared at her, he wanted to rest just for a short time with his best friend before he had to leave once more but unbidden the question slipped from his lips, “Did Miranda love me?”

“Oh, Rip,” Gideon whispered, “Of course she did. Miranda was deeply in love with you.”

He shook his head, “I know, I do know but…”

“The hallucinogen you were exposed to has played with your mind,” Gideon sympathised, before stating, “I have something for you from my memory banks that will help.”

Rip frowned confused jumping in amazement as Miranda appeared before him dressed in her wedding dress with a worried frown on her face as she paced a small strip in front of him.

“Is something wrong, Lieutenant Coburn?” Gideon asked her, “Are you having second thoughts about the wedding?”

Miranda shook her head, “No. I can’t wait to marry Rip. I love him more than I knew I could love anyone.”

Rip felt tears fill his eyes but stayed quiet as the scene played out before him.

“Then what is concerning you?” Gideon asked.

Sighing Miranda confessed, “That by marrying him I’ll be holding him back. I know Rip is destined for great things. I don’t want to be the reason he doesn’t reach his potential.”

Gideon turned back to Rip and hugged him tightly as Miranda disappeared.

“She loved you,” Gideon reminded him.

“I’ve never felt as alone as I did when the vision of Miranda suggested she never loved me,” Rip took a shuddering breath in, “I thought I was going to die there.”

“You are never alone,” Gideon assured him, “And I will always come for you, my dear Captain.”

 Rip dressed after his shower, happy to be home wishing he didn’t have to leave again but he knew the team needed Gideon to guide them more than he did for now. Besides the noise they made hid his work from those who would try to interfere.

“Your new Time Courier is ready, Captain,” Gideon spoke up, “And Mr Constantine is waiting for you in the parlour.”

“Thank you, Gideon,” Rip gave her a quick smile.

Grabbing his freshly laundered duster, Rip rested his hand on the bulkhead before he walked up to the bridge where John was waiting for him.

“Thank you,” Rip said, “For coming to help me.”

“Gideon gave me no choice,” John told him, an amused smile touching his lips, “But you’re welcome.”

Rip chuckled softly, “I’m assuming the team are visiting family or taking a break while you’re here.”

“Actually, they’re in the middle of a mission,” John shrugged, “Gideon assures me she can return the ship to the exact same moment we left.”

“She can,” Rip nodded, “And I should let you go.”

“Captain,” Gideon said softly, “You do not need to leave so soon.”

Stroking the central console beneath her avatar, Rip sighed, “I do. The longer I’m here, there is a greater probability that the crew will discover my survival.”

Taking a deep breath, Rip picked up the bag with the supplies Gideon had made for him before tapping a few instructions into his courier.

“Gideon, please reset the preferences within the base to allow me access via portal?” he asked.

“Of course, Captain,” Gideon told him.

“John, thank for finding me,” he said to his friend, “Take care of Gideon.”

John shook Rip’s hand, “I will but I don’t want to have to save your sorry arse again, so be more careful.”

“I’ll try,” Rip gave a slight sardonic smile, opening the portal he left the Waverider once more hoping it wouldn’t be for too long.

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NHL Expansion Draft 2021: Full list of players available for Seattle Kraken

The NHL announced the protected lists for the 30 teams involved in the NHL Expansion Draft. (Vegas is exempt.) With the names of those protected come the guys who could be snatched up by the Seattle Kraken. There are a number of big names that have everyone trying to figure out just what general manager Ron Francis will do. Will he take Canadiens netminder, and future Hall of Famer, Carey Price and his hefty cap hit? Is Vladimir Tarasenko the sniper he needs or is his health a big question mark? There's also a number of guys who would fit in nicely but are free agents and the chances of signing them are not high (i.e. Alex Ovechkin).  EXPANSION DRAFT: Date, time, rules & more for Seattle Kraken team selectionRegardless of what Francis, coach Dave Hakstrol and Co. end up doing, there's a good chance the Kraken will be a playoff contender in just their first season. For now, let the intrigue and the guessing WWRFD (that's: what will Ron Francis do?) begin. Here's a look at every player they can pick.

List of players made available by all 30 NHL teams

Anaheim DucksAndrew Agozzino (F) David Backes (F) Sam Carrick (F) Chase De Leo (F) Ryan Getzlaf (F) Derek Grant (F) Danton Heinen (F) Adam Henrique (F) Vinni Lettieri (F) Sonny Milano (F) Andrew Poturalski (F) Carter Rowney (F) Nick Sorensen (F) Alexander Volkov (F) Trevor Carrick (D) Haydn Fleury (D) Brendan Guhle (D) Jacob Larsson (D) Josh Mahura (D) Kevin Shattenkirk (D) Andy Welinski (D) Ryan Miller (G) Anthony Stolarz (G)Arizona CoyotesDerick Brassard (F) Michael Bunting (F) Brayden Burke (F) Michael Chaput (F) Hudson Fasching (F) Christian Fischer (F) Frederik Gauthier (F) John Hayden (F) Dryden Hunt (F) Andrew Ladd (F) Lane Pederson (F) Tyler Pitlick (F) Blake Speers (F) Tyler Steenbergen (F) Jason Demers (D) Cam Dineen (D) Alex Goligoski (D) Jordan Gross (D) Niklas Hjalmarsson (D) Ilya Lyubushkin (D) Dysin Mayo (D) Aaron Ness (D) Jordan Oesterle (D) Vili Saarijarvi (D) Josef Korenar (G) Marek Langhamer (G) Antti Raanta (G)Boston BruinsAnton Blidh (F) Paul Carey (F) Peter Cehlarik (F) Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson (F) Taylor Hall (F) Cameron Hughes (F) Ondrej Kase (F) Alex Khokhlachev (F) Joona Koppanen (F) David Krejci (F) Karson Kuhlman (F) Sean Kuraly (F) Curtis Lazar (F) Greg McKegg (F) Nick Ritchie (F) Zach Senyshyn (F) Chris Wagner (F) Linus Arnesson (D) Connor Clifton (D) Steven Kampfer (D) Jeremy Lauzon (D) Kevan Miller (D) John Moore (D) Mike Reilly (D) Jarred Tinordi (D) Jakub Zboril (D) Callum Booth (G) Jaroslav Halak (G) Tuukka Rask (G)Buffalo SabresDrake Caggiula (F) Jean-Sebastien Dea (F) Cody Eakin (F) Steven Fogarty (F) Zemgus Girgensons (F) Andrew Oglevie (F) Kyle Okposo (F) Tobias Rieder (F) Riley Sheahan (F) Jeff Skinner (F) C.J. Smith (F) Will Borgen (D) Brandon Davidson (D) Matt Irwin (D) Jake McCabe (D) Colin Miller (D) Casey Nelson (D) Michael Houser (G) Carter Hutton (G) Dustin Tokarski (G)Calgary FlamesByron Froese (F) Glenn Gawdin (F) Justin Kirkland (F) Josh Leivo (F) Milan Lucic (F) Joakim Nordstrom (F) Matthew Phillips (F) Zac Rinaldo (F) Brett Ritchie (F) Buddy Robinson (F) Derek Ryan (F) Dominik Simon (F) Mark Giordano (D) Oliver Kylington (D) Nikita Nesterov (D) Alexander Petrovic (D) Michael Stone (D) Louis Domingue (G) Tyler Parsons (G)Carolina HurricanesMorgan Geekie (F) Steven Lorentz (F) Jordan Martinook (F) Max McCormick (F) Brock McGinn (F) Nino Niederreiter (F) Cedric Paquette (F) Sheldon Rempal (F) Drew Shore (F) Spencer Smallman (F) Jake Bean (D) Jake Gardiner (D) Eric Gelinas (D) Jani Hakanpaa (D) Dougie Hamilton (D) Maxime Lajoie (D) Roland McKeown (D) Joakim Ryan (D) David Warsofsky (D) Antoine Bibeau (G) Jeremy Helvig (G) Petr Mrazek (G) James Reimer (G) Dylan Wells (G)Chicago BlackhawksRyan Carpenter (F) Brett Connolly (F) Josh Dickinson (F) Adam Gaudette (F) Vinnie Hinostroza (F) Brandon Pirri (F) John Quenneville (F) Zack Smith (F) Calvin de Haan (D) Anton Lindholm (D) Nikita Zadorov (D) Collin Delia (G) Malcolm Subban (G)Colorado AvalancheTravis Barron (F) Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (F) Matt Calvert (F) J.T. Compher (F) Joonas Donskoi (F) Sheldon Dries (F) Vladislav Kamenev (F) Gabriel Landeskog (F) Ty Lewis (F) Jayson Megna (F) Liam O'Brien (F) Brandon Saad (F) Miikka Salomaki (F) Kiefer Sherwood (F) Carl Soderberg (F) T.J. Tynan (F) Mike Vecchione (F) Kyle Burroughs (D) Dennis Gilbert (D) Erik Johnson (D) Jacob MacDonald (D) Patrik Nemeth (D) Dan Renouf (D) Devan Dubnyk (G) Jonas Johansson (G) Hunter Miska (G)Columbus Blue JacketsZac Dalpe (F) Max Domi (F) Nathan Gerbe (F) Mikhail Grigorenko (F) Ryan MacInnis (F) Stefan Matteau (F) Cliff Pu (F) Kole Sherwood (F) Kevin Stenlund (F) Calvin Thurkauf (F) Daniel Zaar (F) Gavin Bayreuther (D) Gabriel Carlsson (D) Adam Clendening (D) Michael Del Zotto (D) Scott Harrington (D) Dean Kukan (D) Cameron Johnson (G)Dallas StarsNick Caamano (F) Andrew Cogliano (F) Blake Comeau (F) Justin Dowling (F) Tanner Kero (F) Joel L'Esperance (F) Adam Mascherin (F) Matej Stransky (F) Taylor Fedun (D) Ben Gleason (D) Joel Hanley (D) Niklas Hansson (D) Julius Honka (D) Jamie Oleksiak (D) Mark Pysyk (D) Andrej Sekera (D) Sami Vatanen (D) Ben Bishop (G) Landon Bow (G) Colton Point (G)Detroit Red WingsRiley Barber (F) Kyle Criscuolo (F) Turner Elson (F) Valtteri Filppula (F) Sam Gagner (F) Luke Glendening (F) Darren Helm (F) Taro Hirose (F) Vladislav Namestnikov (F) Frans Nielsen (F) Bobby Ryan (F) Evgeny Svechnikov (F) Dominic Turgeon (F) Hayden Verbeek (F) Alex Biega (D) Dennis Cholowski (D) Danny DeKeyser (D) Christian Djoos (D) Joe Hicketts (D) Dylan McIlrath (D) Marc Staal (D) Troy Stecher (D) Jonathan Bernier (G) Kevin Boyle (G) Kaden Fulcher (G) Calvin Pickard (G)EXPANSION DRAFT: Full list of players protected by all 30 teamsEdmonton OilersTyler Benson (F) Alex Chiasson (F) Adam Cracknell (F) Tyler Ennis (F) Joseph Gambardella (F) Seth Griffith (F) Dominik Kahun (F) Jujhar Khaira (F) Cooper Marody (F) James Neal (F) Alan Quine (F) Patrick Russell (F) Devin Shore (F) Anton Slepyshev (F) Kyle Turris (F) Bogdan Yakimov (F) Tyson Barrie (D) Oscar Klefbom (D) Slater Koekkoek (D) Dmitry Kulikov (D) William Lagesson (D) Adam Larsson (D) Kris Russell (D) Mikko Koskinen (G) Mike Smith (G) Alex Stalock (G)DUNCAN KEITH: Oilers add three-time Stanley Cup championFlorida PanthersNoel Acciari (F) Patrick Bajkov (F) Juho Lammikko (F) Ryan Lomberg (F) Brad Morrison (F) Aleksi Saarela (F) Frank Vatrano (F) Lucas Wallmark (F) Alex Wennberg (F) Scott Wilson (F) Lucas Carlsson (D) Kevin Connauton (D) Tommy Cross (D) Radko Gudas (D) Noah Juulsen (D) Brady Keeper (D) Brandon Montour (D) Markus Nutivaara (D) Ethan Prow (D) Anton Stralman (D) Philippe Desrosiers (G) Chris Driedger (G) Sam Montembeault (G)Los Angeles KingsAndreas Athanasiou (F) Michael Eyssimont (F) Martin Frk (F) Carl Grundstrom (F) Bokondji Imama (F) Brendan Lemieux (F) Blake Lizotte (F) Matt Luff (F) Drake Rymsha (F) Austin Wagner (F) Mark Alt (D) Daniel Brickley (D) Kale Clague (D) Olli Maatta (D) Kurtis MacDermid (D) Jacob Moverare (D) Austin Strand (D) Christian Wolanin (D) Troy Grosenick (G) Jonathan Quick (G)Minnesota WildWilliam Bitten (F) Nick Bjugstad (F) Nick Bonino (F) Joseph Cramarossa (F) Gabriel Dumont (F) Marcus Johansson (F) Luke Johnson (F) Victor Rask (F) Kyle Rau (F) Mason Shaw (F) Dmitry Sokolov (F) Matt Bartkowski (D) Louie Belpedio (D) Ian Cole (D) Brad Hunt (D) Ian McCoshen (D) Brennan Menell (D) Dakota Mermis (D) Carson Soucy (D) Andrew Hammond (G) Kaapo Kahkonen (G)Montreal CanadiensBrandon Baddock (F) Joseph Blandisi (F) Paul Byron (F) Phillip Danault (F) Laurent Dauphin (F) Jonathan Drouin (F) Michael Frolik (F) Charles Hudon (F) Corey Perry (F) Michael Pezzetta (F) Eric Staal (F) Tomas Tatar (F) Lukas Vejdemo (F) Jordan Weal (F) Cale Fleury (D) Erik Gustafsson (D) Brett Kulak (D) Jon Merrill (D) Gustav Olofsson (D) Xavier Ouellet (D) Shea Weber (D) Charlie Lindgren (G) Michael McNiven (G) Carey Price (G)Nashville PredatorsMichael Carcone (F) Nick Cousins (F) Matt Duchene (F) Mikael Granlund (F) Rocco Grimaldi (F) Erik Haula (F) Calle Jarnkrok (F) Ryan Johansen (F) Sean Malone (F) Michael McCarron (F) Rem Pitlick (F) Anthony Richard (F) Brad Richardson (F) Colton Sissons (F) Yakov Trenin (F) Frederic Allard (D) Matt Benning (D) Mark Borowiecki (D) Erik Gudbranson (D) Ben Harpur (D) Josh Healey (D) Tyler Lewington (D) Connor Ingram (G) Kasimir Kaskisuo (G) Pekka Rinne (G)New Jersey DevilsNathan Bastian (F) Christoph Bertschy (F) Brandon Gignac (F) A.J. Greer (F) Andreas Johnsson (F) Ivan Khomutov (F) Nicholas Merkley (F) Brett Seney (F) Ben Street (F) Marian Studenic (F) Will Butcher (D) Connor Carrick (D) Josh Jacobs (D) Ryan Murray (D) David Quenneville (D) Colby Sissons (D) P.K. Subban (D) Matt Tennyson (D) Colton White (D) Evan Cormier (G) Aaron Dell (G) Scott Wedgewood (G)New York IslandersJosh Bailey (F) Cole Bardreau (F) Kieffer Bellows (F) Casey Cizikas (F) Austin Czarnik (F) Michael Dal Colle (F) Jordan Eberle (F) Tanner Fritz (F) Joshua Ho-Sang (F) Ross Johnston (F) Otto Koivula (F) Leo Komarov (F) Kyle Palmieri (F) Richard Panik (F) Dmytro Timashov (F) Travis Zajac (F) Sebastian Aho (D) Braydon Coburn (D) Andy Greene (D) Thomas Hickey (D) Mitchell Vande Sompel (D) Parker Wotherspoon (D) Ken Appleby (G) Cory Schneider (G)New York RangersColin Blackwell (F) Jonny Brodzinski (F) Phillip Di Giuseppe (F) Gabriel Fontaine (F) Julien Gauthier (F) Tim Gettinger (F) Barclay Goodrow (F) Anthony Greco (F) Ty Ronning (F) Anthony Bitetto (D) Brandon Crawley (D) Tony DeAngelo (D) Nick DeSimone (D) Mason Geertsen (D) Jack Johnson (D) Darren Raddysh (D) Brendan Smith (D) Keith Kinkaid (G)EXPANSION DRAFT FRENZY: Ryan Ellis, Jared McCann, Barclay Goodrow among players swapped before trade freezeOttawa SenatorsAvailable Vitaly Abramov (F) Michael Amadio (F) Artem Anisimov (F) J.C. 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