It was a double dose of drafting this week in the NHL, with the Expansion Draft going first, on Wednesday night. Immediately following that there was a major flurry of trade action as teams sought assets recently gleaned by the Vegas Golden Knights. Finally, Friday and Saturday saw the NHL converge on Chicago for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.
Despite a shaky start to the off-season with rumours of an Alex Galchenyuk trade, Marc Bergevin and his team had an outstanding week overall. They made it out of the expansion draft relatively unscathed — and perhaps even more well off than when they entered — before they reloaded a few areas of organizational weakness with several good prospects.