Carolina Hurricanes: Updated Look at Seattle Expansion Draft Scenarios
No, I promise you aren’t having déjà vu. I’ve definitely touched on this subject before. The Seattle Expansion Draft is right around the corner, and the Carolina Hurricanes could see a few different scenarios play out.
Things are a little bit different now, and likely will even be more different by the time the Seattle Expansion Draft comes along, but I’d be remiss to not at least offer up a “pulse check” of sorts on where things stand for the Carolina Hurricanes’ and what we as fans should expect from the Expansion Draft in general.
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For starters, I think we should temper our expectations now; the Carolina Hurricanes are going to lose a good player, at the bare minimum.
As I’ve said before, I highly doubt Ron Francis will be as willing to play ball with the Carolina Hurricanes as George McPhee was in the Vegas Expansion Draft (the Canes gave up a 2017 5th round draft pick that was eventually used to draft C Jonathan Dugan if Vegas agreed to select Connor Brickley).
Despite having departed the Carolina Hurricanes’ organization almost 2 years and 11 months ago to the date (at the time of writing), Francis undoubtedly still has an intimate understanding of what he’ll be getting regardless of who he picks.
That being said, I’d like to discuss the two most likely scenarios, in no particular order, that the Carolina Hurricanes could run into in the Seattle Expansion Draft, and what it could mean for the Canes (and the Seattle Kraken) going forward.