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Lessons Learned From Vegas Expansion Draft & How Wild Will Handle Seattle

LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 21: A general view during the 2017 NHL Awards and Expansion Draft at T-Mobile Arena on June 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Revisiting the Vegas Expansion Draft

When it was announced that the NHL would be adding Seattle as the 32nd team in the NHL, it gave Wild fans a bitter flashback to the previous Vegas Expansion Draft where the Wild gave up a promising prospect that just happened to be a right-winger, a position the Wild have a lack of depth in.

As the Seattle Draft grows nearer, many Wild fans are worried that the Roster will leave management with tough decisions again.