Today is a big day for the NHL and the expansion draft. Not only does it mark the last day that teams can trade, waive, or sign players, but today is also when teams submit their expansion draft protected lists.
Teams have until 3pm EST to trade, sign, or waive a player before the roster freeze takes effect. After that, no move is allowed until Thursday June 22nd at 8am EST. The roster freeze applies to all teams except the expansion Vegas Golden Knights.
Then those teams have until 5pm EST to submit their protected lists to the NHL. Presumably teams have figured out who they will protect, but last minute moves by other teams could throw a wrench into a team’s predictions.
Stay tuned in the coming hours for any breaking news before the roster cutoff. It’s bound to be a good one.
I bet the markets going to get really crazy around 2ish as the deadline nears kind of like the trade deadline
I was thinking around 1. Teams might not want to push it so close.
Nothing yet this is lame