It can't be true.
The expansion team will come out of the expansion draft with probably the best D-core in the entire league.
The team would be able to pick one of the following D-men from each team:
CGY: Giordano, Hamilton, Brodie (Wideman NMC)
ANA: Fowler, Lindholm, Vatanen (Bieksa NMC)
CHI: Keith, Seabrook, Hjalmersson
NAS: Weber, Josi, Ekholm, Ellis
NYI: Leddy, Hamonic, DeHaan (Boychuk NMC)
WPG: Trouba (plus Myers, Byfuglien and Enstrom all have NMC's, they'd be hooped)
TBL: Hedman, Stralman, Garrison, Sustr
WSH: Niskanen, Carslon, Alzner, Orpik
CLB: Jones, Murray, Johnson, Savard (Tyutin NMC)
LAK: Doughty, Muzzin, Martinez
That's just 10 teams. You could pick a top D-core just from that list alone.
That article has to be rubbish.
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