NHL GMs anxiously prepare for ‘unknown’ of expansion draft
The last time the NHL had an expansion draft, Steve Yzerman was coming off a Selke trophy-winning season as captain of the Detroit Red Wings.
Seventeen years have passed, and it appears general managers are still determining how to best protect their rosters, even as a key deadline for the Vegas Golden Knights draft draws near.
Though Yzerman, now the GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning, made a bold strike Thursday when he sent promising 23-year-old Jonathan Drouin to Montreal, he thought caution was mostly ruling the day.
“The league has been pretty quiet,” Yzerman said.