April 30: Draft lottery is conducted, order announced. Vegas receives its first official asset in the NHL, which will be one of the top six selections.
June 15-17?: Pre-expansion buyout window will be available to all thirty teams prior to expansion
June 17: All thirty teams submit a protection list, which must meet the expansion exposure quotas
June 17-20: Vegas has three days to make its thirty selections, which also must meet league quotas
June 21: Vegas’ thirty selections are made public, effective immediately
June 23-24: NHL Entry Draft
June 25: Minimum Qualifying Offers due to outgoing Restricted Free Agents (If RFA is not tendered a MQO, he becomes unrestricted)
June 30: Contracts and clauses expiration
July 1: Free Agency begins, June buyout window ends
July 4: Filing Deadline for salary arbitration (for those eligible)
July 15-August 1?