How the Flames expansion draft situation looks after the trade deadline

The Calgary Flames made two trades prior to the NHL’s trade deadline last week, sending David Rittich to Toronto and Sam Bennett to Florida. With the Seattle Kraken joining the NHL via an expansion draft in mid-July, it’s worth revisiting the club’s expansion draft situation after those moves.

2021’s expansion draft rules

The Seattle expansion draft will use the same rules as the Vegas expansion draft back in 2017, with the exception being that Vegas is exempt. They won’t lose a player, but they also won’t get a piece of the sweet, sweet $650 million expansion fee that the 30 other clubs get.

For players to be eligible for selection, they must have completed their third season under an NHL…