Word leaked fairly early in the day that forward Jordan Eberle is the New York Islanders player who the Seattle Kraken would be selecting in its NHL Expansion Draft.
With Seattle’s list due to the league Wednesday morning, names like Eberle filtered out during the day (mostly from Frank Seravalli, though Eberle’s name came from other sources), but it wasn’t yet clear if and what the Islanders might’ve had to send Seattle’s way to direct them toward Eberle instead of, say, Josh Bailey.
On the surface, it shouldn’t have taken much to do that, because otherwise the Isles could’ve easily protected Bailey instead of Cal Clutterbuck or Matt Martin.