They face another expansion draft next June, when the newly named Seattle Kraken will pluck one player from each of 30 teams to build the NHL’s 32nd member, slated to begin play in 2021-22.
At the end of the day, it’s just too far out to really have an idea of what some of Detroit’s protection slots are going to look like.
My way too soon pick for who Detroit will lose is Evgeny Svechnikov. I would love to be wrong because he does a great job this coming season and forces the team to protect him.