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LAS VEGAS, NV - OCTOBER 08: An image of a blackjack table is projected on the ice before a preseason game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Los Angeles Kings at T-Mobile Arena on October 8, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Colorado won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

LAS VEGAS, NV - OCTOBER 08:  An image of a blackjack table is projected on the ice before a preseason game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Los Angeles Kings at T-Mobile Arena on October 8, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Colorado won 2-1 in overtime.  (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

As we roll head-long towards the upcoming addition of the Las Vegas Desert Knights No Names to the National Hockey league for 2017-18, teams are frantically preparing for June's expansion draft. A report from earlier this week from ESPN's Pierre LeBrun indicates that there's an additional wrinkle to the expansion draft proceedings:

Sources told ESPN.