With Las Vegas joining the NHL in 2017, teams need to prepare for the upcoming expansion draft. The Vancouver Canucks managed to take care of business with a minor move: extending AHL goalie Richard Bachman.
The 28-year-old played in one game for the Canucks last season, marking the 43rd NHL contest of his career. Bachman spent the majority of his career in the AHL, though, and is not expected to see much more NHL time over the next years. But yet, Vancouver locked him up through the 2017-18 campaign, with the sole purpose being that he can be exposed in the expansion draft.