Friday-First Buyout Period Begins
17 – Deadline for Protection Lists for Expansion Draft
21 – Expansion Draft for Seattle Kraken
23 – Round 1 of NHL Draft
24 – Rounds 2-7 of NHL Draft
28 – Free Agent signing begins
Unless Lamoriello gets very creative, Eberle, Leddy, Bellows seem most likely players Seattle could claim, but Leddy entering final year of his contract may be a poor choice because he can go elsewhere. Sorokin is exempt, but if they wanted to chance leaving Varlamov unprotected at his age it could work in what's likely to be an oversaturated market.
26-Written previously, qualifying offers due.
Josh Ho-Sang is an unrestricted free agent.
I thought it was time to see if tags still worked. The expectation is to update during draft here.