Wednesday night saw the Seattle Kraken become the NHL’s 32nd team, kicked off by a live (albeit mostly spoiled due to leaks throughout the day) expansion draft on the waterfront. Below are the Kraken’s selections from the other 30 NHL teams (Vegas was exempt from the draft).
The Kraken will have their home opener on Oct. 23rd against their Pacific North West rivals, the Vancouver Canucks.
- Colorado Avalanche: Joonas Donskoi
- Chicago Blackhawks: John Quenneville
- Columbus Blue Jackets: Gavin Bayreuther
- St. Louis Blues: Vince Dunn
- Boston Bruins: Jeremy Lauzon
- Montreal Canadiens: Cale Fleury
- Vancouver Canucks: Kole Lind
- Washington Capitals: Vitek Vanecek
- Arizona Coyotes: Tyler Pitlick
- New Jersey Devils: Nathan Bastian
- Anaheim Ducks: Haydn Fleury
- Calgary Flames: Mark Giordano
- Philadelphia Flyers: Carsen Twarynski
- Carolina Hurricanes: Morgan Geekie
- New York Islanders: Jordan Eberle
- Winnipeg Jets: Mason Appleton
- Los Angeles Kings: Kurtis MacDermid
- Tampa Bay Lightning: Yanni Gourde
- Toronto Maple Leafs: Jared McCann
- Edmonton Oilers: Adam Larsson
- Florida Panthers: Chris Driedger
- Pittsburgh Penguins: Brandon Tanev
- Nashville Predators: Calle Jarnkrok
- New York Rangers: Colin Blackwood
- Detroit Red Wings: Dennis Cholowski
- Buffalo Sabres: Will Borgen
- Ottawa Senators: Joey Daccord
- San Jose Sharks: Alexander True
- Dallas Stars: Jamie Oleksiak
- Minnesota Wild: Carson Soucy