Rangers Lose Oscar Lindberg In Expansion Draft

Not only will the league have a new team in the Las Vegas Golden Knights, but it also will have new uniforms for all 31 teams.

The NHL is switching jersey providers for the 2017-18 season. Dallas wasn’t offering anything of significant value to the Golden Knights in the expansion draft.

There will be some last-minute trades, some more side deals for the future, and because the Golden Knights have to choose one player from each team, “throwaway picks”. This week, they’ll finally have one player apiece from the other 30 clubs, putting recognizable faces on the franchise for the first time. I still think there is a chance that they will take Bobby Ryan or Freddie Claesson, but prevailing suggestions are that it will indeed be Methot who says goodbye to the Senators.

McPhee plans to finalize the Golden Knights’ roster Tuesday night, check with the National Hockey League to make sure everything’s good to go, sleep on it and submit it Wednesday morning before the deadline. Eakin plays a two-way game and has averaged 35-40 points over his last four seasons.

Stars hold out hope for Nichushkin: With several talented young defensemen, including a top prospect in Julius Honka, who was not eligible for the expansion draft, the Dallas Stars were inevitably going to leave some talented blueliners unprotected.

It looks like Desiigner eventually took off the jersey. Look for the Golden Knights to fare better than the past 10 expansion franchises – making that playoff bet a tempting one. They have missed the postseason for the last five years and they are coming off their worst season in almost three decades.

Obviously, this will be the first time the Coyotes have matched up with the expansion club.

Jonathan Marchessault was exposed by the Panthers after a breakout 30-goal season, and he would be the flawless player for the expansion Golden Knights to draft and then flip to the highest bidder.

Aside from the expansion draft results, the NHL will announce its award winners for the 2016-17 season, including the league’s most valuable player.

What’s even more tantalizing than Marchessault’s goal output is his 2017-18 cap hit, a smooth $750,000.

It is all very complicated, which makes it all the more silly. The team exceeded expectations in 2015-16, posting a 38-36-8 mark and staying in contention until the final two months as goaltender Cory Schneider and forwards Kyle Palmieri and Adam Henrique had big seasons.

The expansion draft affects every team in the league, so numerous stars convening in Vegas will be paying close attention to the names of the teammates they’ll be losing to Sin City.