21.   The Coyotes had to submit their protected list to the NHL by Monday afternoon.

22.   The deadline is designed to freeze rosters before the protected lists are submitted.

23.   The other deal became moot when the Indians placed Marquis Grissom on their protected list.

24.   The rest of the protected list pretty much went to form.

25.   The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rushed an uncommon North Carolina butterfly onto the protected list in April, citing fears that it would be collected into extinction.

26.   There also were countless trade rumors during the winter, especially after he was left off the Dodgers protected list at the expansion draft in November.

27.   Toronto could have kept Adams on its protected list, but it would have come at the risk of leaving another ex-Bruin, Dmitri Khristich, exposed.

28.   Placed OL-DL Pete Ohnegian and WR-DB Shannon Culver on the exempt from protected list.

29.   Placed on OL-DL Don Reynolds and OL-DL Dan Grier on the protected list.

30.   Fischler said the protected list would have no effect outside the EU unless it negotiates common labeling standards with its trade partners.