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2017 NHL EXPANSION DRAFT RULES

UPDATE: Here are the Las Vegas Golden Knights Expansion Draft Selections.

Regulations NHL Expansion Draft for Vegas Golden Knights

  • The Golden Knights must select one player from each presently existing club for a total of 30 players (not including additional players who may be acquired as the result of violations of the Expansion Draft rules).
  • The Golden Knights must select the following number of players at each position: 14 forwards, nine defensemen and three goaltenders.
  • The Golden Knights must select a minimum of 20 players who are under contract for the 2017-18 season.
  • The Golden Knights must select players with an aggregate Expansion Draft value that is between 60-100% of the 2016-17 season’s upper limit for the salary cap.
  • The Golden Knights may not buy out any of the players selected in the Expansion Draft earlier than the summer following their first season.

Protected Lists

  • Clubs will have two options for players they wish to protect in the Expansion Draft:
    a) Seven forwards, three defensemen and one goaltender
    b) Eight skaters (forwards/defensemen) and one goaltender
  • All players who have currently effective and continuing “No Movement” clauses at the time of the Expansion Draft (and who to decline to waive such clauses) must be protected (and will be counted toward their club’s applicable protection limits).
  • All first- and second-year professionals, as well as all unsigned draft choices, will be exempt from selection (and will not be counted toward their club’s applicable protection limits).

Player Exposure Requirements

  • All clubs must meet the following minimum requirements regarding players exposed for selection in the Expansion Draft:
    i) One defenseman who is a) under contract in 2017-18 and b) played in 40 or more NHL games the prior season OR played in 70 or more NHL games in the prior two seasons.
    ii) Two forwards who are a) under contract in 2017-18 and b) played in 40 or more NHL games the prior season OR played in 70 or more NHL games in the prior two seasons.
    iii) One goaltender who is under contract in 2017-18 or will be a restricted free agent at the expiration of his current contract immediately prior to 2017-18. If the club elects to make a restricted free agent goaltender available in order to meet this requirement, that goaltender must have received his qualifying offer prior to the submission of the club’s protected list.
  • Players with potential career-ending injuries who have missed more than the previous 60 consecutive games (or who otherwise have been confirmed to have a career-threatening injury) may not be used to satisfy a club’s player exposure requirements, unless approval is received from the NHL. Such players also may be deemed exempt from selection by the League.

NHL Expansion Draft Deadlines

Saturday, June 17 – Commencement of the Expansion Draft Trade/Waiver Freeze for all NHL clubs with exception of the Golden Knights (3 p.m. ET).

Commencement of Expansion Draft Signing Moratorium on NHL SPCs for all NHL clubs with exception of the Golden Knights (3 p.m. ET).
Deadline for each club to simultaneously submit its Protection List to Central Registry and the NHLPA (5 p.m. ET)

Sunday, June 18 – Deadline for Central Registry to approve and simultaneously distribute the Protection Lists to all NHL clubs (including the Golden Knights) and the NHLPA (10 a.m. ET).

Opening of the UFA/RFA Interview Period (only applies to players who are available for selection in the Expansion Draft) for the Golden Knights only (10 a.m. ET).

Wednesday, June 21 – Deadline for the Golden Knights to simultaneously submit their Expansion Draft selections to Central Registry and the NHLPA (10 a.m. ET).

Deadline for the Golden Knights to submit SPCs for any pending UFA/RFAs who are selected by the team and signed to a new contract (10 a.m. ET). The Golden Knights are permitted to sign a current or pending free agent on a current club’s list of Available Players during the period between 10:01 a.m. ET on Sunday, June 18, and 9:59 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 21, and in so doing will be deemed to have made their Expansion Draft selection from such current club. If the Golden Knights sign a restricted free agent from the Available List of a current club during said period, the current club will not be entitled to any compensation from the Golden Knights.

Official distribution and announcement of the Golden Knights’ selections in conjunction with the 2017 NHL Awards (8 p.m. ET).

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