A look at players who were exposed to the Seattle Kraken expansion draft while carrying a current cap hit at or above $3.5 million. View the entire protection/exposure list from the NHL here.
| Carey Price | MTL | G | $10,500,000 |
| P.K. Subban | NJD | D | $9,000,000 |
| Jakub Voracek | PHI | F | $8,250,063 |
| Matt Duchene | NSH | C | $8,000,000 |
| Ryan Johansen | NSH | C | $8,000,000 |
| Shea Weber | MTL | D | $7,857,143 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | STL | F | $7,500,000 |
| James Van Riemsdyk | PHI | F | $7,000,000 |
| Mark Giordano | CGY | D | $6,750,000 |
| Matthew Murray | OTT | G | $6,250,000 |
| Erik Johnson | COL | D | $6,000,000 |
| Adam Henrique | ANA | C | $5,825,000 |
| Jonathan Quick | LAK | G | $5,800,000 |
| James Neal | EDM | F | $5,750,000 |
| Martin Jones | SJS | G | $5,750,000 |
| Anton Stralman | FLA | D | $5,500,000 |
| Jordan Eberle | NYI | F | $5,500,000 |
| Jason Zucker | PIT | F | $5,500,000 |
| Max Domi | CBJ | F | $5,300,000 |
| Ondrej Palat | TBL | F | $5,300,000 |
| Nino Niederreiter | CAR | F | $5,250,000 |
| Frans Nielsen | DET | C | $5,250,000 |
| Yanni Gourde | TBL | C | $5,166,666 |
| Danny DeKeyser | DET | D | $5,000,000 |
| Josh Bailey | NYI | F | $5,000,000 |
| Evgeni Dadonov | OTT | F | $5,000,000 |
| Tyler Johnson | TBL | C | $5,000,000 |
| Ben Bishop | DAL | G | $4,916,667 |
| Calvin de Haan | CHI | D | $4,550,000 |
| Mikko Koskinen | EDM | G | $4,500,000 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | PHI | D | $4,500,000 |
| Alexander Killorn | TBL | C | $4,450,000 |
| Braden Holtby | VAN | G | $4,300,000 |
| Oscar Klefbom | EDM | D | $4,167,000 |
| Jake Gardiner | CAR | D | $4,050,000 |
| Marcus Pettersson | PIT | D | $4,025,175 |
| Victor Rask | MIN | C | $4,000,000 |
| Justin Schultz | WAS | D | $4,000,000 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | ANA | D | $3,900,000 |
| Brenden Dillon | WAS | D | $3,900,000 |
| Will Butcher | NJD | D | $3,733,333 |
| Brett Connolly | CHI | F | $3,500,000 |
| J.T Compher | COL | C | $3,500,000 |
| Alexander Kerfoot | TOR | C | $3,500,000 |