Blueshirt Banter · May 26, 2017
2017 NHL Expansion Draft: Bribing Vegas Will Not Be Easy
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesThis is expected to be a summer full of change for the New York Rangers, but before any of that can happen, the team needs to go through the expansion draft -- where Las Vegas will be able to take an unprotected player from the Rangers with nothing being exchanged back to Broadway.
Every NHL team will lose a single player, and every team has their own list they’re wrestling with to try and soften the blow as much as possible.
Before we dig into this article, let’s run through the expansion draft rules quickly (provided by the NHL):
Protected Lists
* Clubs will have two options for players they wish to protect in the Expansion Draft: