Last December, when Seattle officially became the NHL’s 32nd franchise, I took a way too early look at what the 2021 Seattle Expansion Draft could look like for the Minnesota Wild. It’s still way too early to know with any certainty what the Wild roster might look like in the summer of 2021 and what players may need protection, but after plenty of trades and some free agent signings, it’s worth looking at where things currently stand with the team with regards to the expansion draft.
New GM Bill Guerin has inherited a team that already looks very different from the team Paul Fenton took over less than a year and a half ago, and Guerin will need to carefully consider the implications that any trades or signings will have on whom the Wild will protect and expose in 2021 as he leads this team for hopefully longer than 14 months.