Before the Seattle Kraken gets their pick over the NHL during the expansion draft on July 21, we’ll take a look around the Minnesota Wild roster and determine how and why certain players might be heading west.
The Seattle Kraken have influenced every single NHL transaction for the last two years. With the looming threat of the expansion draft, the 30 franchises that will be affected — the Vegas Golden Knights will not be included in the draft — have scrambled around trying to solve the problem of having either too many good players to protect or not having enough experienced players to expose.