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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Do we know that? In 2000, each team took 26 players (1 from every team except Atlanta and Nashville, for obvious reasons).
I would think an expansion team would look to take around 14 NHL ready players, ~8 prospects ready to to compete for a job, and ~8 more that are a few years away.
If they did limit it to 23, 26, etc. teams, then the teams at the bottom of the standings should be exempt.
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I seem to remember that each team will lose one player (1 expansion team drafts 30 players) so yeah they'll probably be picking mostly NHL players with some prospects for the farm and as injury replacements. The odds are we won't lose any undeveloped prospects, but maybe a tweener such as the departed Granlund.