Last week, it was reported that the NHL was internally making the rules for an upcoming expansion draft at the general managers meetings. The league is looking to add at least 1 team (Las Vegas) to the league in the next couple of years, so if that does indeed come to fruition, then an expansion draft will be necessary and it will impact the New York Rangers.
Before getting into how this future expansion draft effects the New York Rangers—which is kind of the whole point of this article—let’s just go over the basic rules that have been leaked to the media from the meetings.