Seattle expansion draft (Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
The Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft is taking place on July 21st. One of the bigger names the New York Rangers will leave unprotected is Tony DeAngelo. Although it isn’t out of the realm of possibility for Ron Francis to select the exiled Blueshirts. That’s because Francis’ likes to build his team’s from the blue-line out.
Here’ some other key items and dates you need to know before Seattle makes its first selection.
Rangers must submit protected list by 7/17/21
The Blueshirts and all other teams (except the Vegas Golden Knights) will need to submit their list of protected players to the league by 5 PM ET on July 17.