Colin Blackwell, who enjoyed a breakout season with the Rangers in 2021, was selected by the expansion Seattle Kraken in Wednesday’s expansion draft, an NHL source confirmed. The expansion draft will be televised on ESPN2 at 8 p.m. Wednesday, but Seattle had to submit its list of selections to the NHL by 10 a.m. Wednesday, and most of the players taken were identified by unnamed sources on social media.
What had not leaked during the day was whether there were any trades, or side deals made by the Kraken in putting together their list. So there still could be other activity involving the Rangers and Seattle that is revealed later in the evening.