With the process now complete, or at least almost there, one thing for certain is that each and every NHL GM learned a lot from the last expansion draft and the nightmare that was the Vegas Golden Knights entering the league with a golden ticket in their clutches.
That is, each and every GM except Ron Francis?
This column is coming out hours after it was originally planned for the sole reason that surely, there was another shoe to drop. Because it's impossible to believe — and astounding, really — the Seattle Kraken would have managed to execute one lousy side-deal agreement with the other 30 teams involved.