Pierre LeBrun: The first NHL buyout window technically opened up at 11 PM last night. Would assume that most will be waiting until at least this morning before they start buying out players.
Scott Powers: Source saying the Blackhawks don’t have any current plans to buy someone out.
NHL will publish expansion protection lists on July 18th
Pierre LeBrun: The NHL will release each teams’ expansion protection list on Sunday, July 18th. Teams must submit their lists to the NHL on Saturday, July 17th.