Protection lists are out, the player pool solidified, and the Seattle Kraken are working overtime to figure out who will populate their first-ever roster. It’s an exciting time for the NHL’s newest franchise, and since there won’t be much actual news over the next few days I figured I’d have a little fun with the expansion draft and pick my own team from the available player pool.
It’s a fun thought exercise that should be, at a minimum, entertaining to pick apart afterward. There are no ground rules for this exercise, I could in theory pick a pending free agent and follow that by predicting Seattle would sign that player to a new contract (admittedly, I will likely avoid that as often as possible).