The Seattle Expansion Draft is set for this summer when the league will welcome the Seattle Kraken as the 32nd team in the NHL. Make no mistake, an expansion draft can be detrimental to a teams future. After an assortment of mistakes in the Vegas Expansion Draft, it will be paramount for teams to make accurate assessments of their teams in this second chance opportunity.
The one element that will change is the side deals that took place. Teams will most definitely be hesitant to make a side deal, especially a team like the Florida Panthers who paved the way for the Vegas Golden Knights inaugural season or the Minnesota Wild who lost a future fixture in Alex Tuch which has most definitely backfired.