Mock Expansion Draft: Litter Box Cats builds the Seattle Kraken

After a lot of back and forth on Monday and a final pruning this morning after getting most of the way there on Sunday, I am finally finished assembling a Seattle Kraken lineup that I am mostly satisfied with, mostly.

I ended up selecting the mandated 14 forwards and 3 goaltenders, and like George McPhee and Kelly McCrimmon did with the Vegas Golden Knights, used all four non-mandated spots on defensemen to end up with 13 of those.

22 of my selections are under contract for the upcoming season and I have six restricted free agents and two unrestricted free agents, one of whom is Florida Panthers goalie Chris Driedger who, according to reports, will be selected and signed to a new contract, on…