At 35, he is one of three players who have been with the team since the expansion draft after the 1976 season.
There would not be another expansion draft until the 2006 season.
No team can lose more than two players in the expansion draft.
There is also an expansion draft at the end of the season.
It's the first time we've got all 30 teams with no expansion draft.
Each team can lose only one player to the expansion draft.
An expansion draft was held to stock the team in August.
As part of this process, the league ran an expansion draft.
But neither does he want to trade one of them until he's certain the expansion draft will take place this year.
And they stand to lose a player in next month's expansion draft.