I have faced some pivotal career decisions in life, weighing all the factors known and feasible but unknown, getting into my time machine to imagine long-term consequences, and that whole process can be exhausting. So I can’t imagine what the Seattle Kraken braintrust is going through in the precious few days they have to truly digest the actual unprotected lists available through the NHL Expansion Draft.
That said...wow did the Islanders leave them some gifts* to choose from.
Unless the Isles already worked out(*) the framework for an arrangement to take another guy — which is quite possible — it’s still amazing to me that they exposed both Jordan Eberle and Josh Bailey while protecting two beloved but aging Identity Line forwards.