The Las Vegas Golden Knights might have the stupidest name this side of the Ottawa Red-Blacks, but they will draft their team nevertheless on June 18th. The results will be announced at the NHL awards on June 21st. While some teams are destined to lose valuable players, the Toronto Maple Leafs should find themselves in a decent enough position due to having so many ineligible players.
Teams can protect any combination of eight players and a goalie, or they can protect seven forwards, three defenseman and a goalie.
The rules make it so that each team will have to expose a top-four defenseman or protect less forwards in exchange for not doing so.