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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Actually, it guarantees whatever contract the Kraken negotiate with them. As I understand the procedure, you pick a UFA in the expansion draft by signing him to a contract. No contract, no pick.
That gives the Kraken a couple of days to negotiate with these guys before submitting their list.
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I’ve been doing some digging on this. It appears UFAs don’t need to be signed to be selected. If they’re selected but not signed their cap hit doesn’t count towards the minimum though.
Here’s the UFA/RFAs Vegas drafted and where they signed after the draft.
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Teemu Pulkkinen (Arizona) RFA
Vegas signed July 6, 2017
Connor Brickley (Carolina) UFA
Florida signed July 1, 2017
Chris Thorburn (Winnipeg) UFA
St. Louis signed July 1, 2017
Jean-Francois Berube (NYI) UFA
Chicago signed July 1, 2017
Brendan Leipsic (Toronto) RFA
Vegas signed July 15, 2017
Oscar Lindberg (NYR) RFA
Vegas signed July 4, 2017
Griffin Reinhart (Edmonton) RFA
Vegas signed July 15, 2017
Nate Schmidt (Washington) RFA
Vegas signed August 5, 2017
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