Just one month from today, each of the 30 NHL teams will submit the list of players that they have chosen to protect and the list of players that are available to be drafted by the Vegas Golden Knights.
In other words, the NHL is one month away from changing forever. It’s scary, yet exciting for the future of the NHL. But for the 30 current NHL franchises, it’s simply one more thing in the agenda that makes the offseason even more stressful.
Not only do front offices have to worry about how to improve their team in time for the 2017-18 season, but they also have to willingly give away one of their players in the draft.