Seattle Expansion Draft a Factor in Oilers Summer

The Edmonton Oilers have a few holes to fill this off season and with little in the form of assets to trade, they will need to look to the FA market. With the expansion draft set for 2021, there are things GM Ken Holland will need to consider when signing players this summer.

Seattle has to take one player from the Oilers during the expansion draft and the Oilers can only protect seven forwards, three defensemen and one goalie. Which currently doesn’t add a ton of problems since most of their contracts expire during or before that summer. Lucic and Koskinen are currently the only players under contract with NMCs that the Oilers will have to protect in the expansion. Which has to be of…