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NHL Expansion Draft begins today

The 2017 NHL Expansion Draft to stock the Vegas Golden Knights will begin today at 10 a.m. ET.

All 30 of the league’s existing clubs submitted their protection list to Central Registry and the NHLPA at 5 p.m. yesterday.

Those lists will be made public today coinciding with the start of the draft.

While we won’t know officially until that time, it looks as though the Florida Panthers went in a unexpected direction with its protection list.

The Cats elected to protect 8 skaters - 1 goaltender instead of 7 forwards, 3 defensemen and 1 goaltender.