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Trevor van Riemsdyk or Marcus Kruger goes to Vegas in ESPN’s 1st expansion mock draft

We’re still months from the Vegas Golden Knights expansion draft, but that didn’t stop ESPN from rolling out its first projection of the big event Tuesday. According to the four mocks presented by ESPN, the Chicago Blackhawks should plan to lose center Marcus Kruger or defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk to the NHL’s newest team.

For a quick summary of how the expansion draft works, each of the 30 current teams will protect up to 11 players (depending on positions) from Vegas. This excludes all players with two or less years of NHL/AHL experience.