The expansion draft, which will create an NHL team in Las Vegas, is set to take place in June 2017.
That’s far enough down the line to know lots will change between now and then, but it’s also close enough to take a look at the players teams should be thinking about protecting and which teams are in trouble to estimate what a constructed Las Vegas roster might look like.
That’s what we’ve endeavoured to do here.
For each team, we’ve provided a capsule evaluation of its position heading into an expansion draft. This is going to change as teams make moves—the Pittsburgh Penguins obviously won’t be exposing goaltender Matt Murray, for example, but that's something they’re currently required to do. So rather than try to project those moves, we’re looking at each club’s real-world position.
Based on the roster today, we also project each team’s protected list.
On the Las Vegas side, we look at how the team could turn each situation to its further advantage before listing the players it would select from our projected lists. After all, 30 teams are considered, so ...
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