The NHL released a list of updated critical dates leading up to the Expansion Draft on June 21. Today, we’ll take a look at those dates and what they might mean for GM Chuck Fletcher and the Minnesota Wild.
Monday, June 12 @ 11:59 am PST - Deadline for clubs to request players to waive their no-movement clause
This could potentially be a key day for the Wild, who have long been rumored to be considering asking Jason Pominville to waive his NMC for the purpose of being exposed in the expansion draft. Currently, the club is required to protect Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise, and Pominville, leaving the team with 4 slots to protect some combination of Mikael Granlund, Nino Niederreiter, Charlie Coyle, Jason Zucker, Eric Staal, Erik Haula, and Chris Stewart.