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Philadelphia Flyers Expansion Draft Planning

The signing of Brandon Manning yesterday not only clarified things in terms of training camp spot competition and the Philadelphia Flyers salary cap standing, but the signing of this last free agent also adds some clarity to planning for the expansion draft when Las Vegas enters the league for the 2017-18 season.

To prepare to enter the league, an expansion draft is scheduled for next summer. We already took an initial look at this, but a few signings since then have changed the picture slightly. Without getting academic about the rules, here’s the relevant picture for the Flyers.