The Seattle Kraken expansion draft is scheduled to take place 8 p.m. Wednesday, but the picks were finalized in the morning and started to get leaked out almost immediately.
Nearly every NHL team’s pick was leaked by reporters as of 1 p.m. Wednesday, minus Detroit Red Wings. That one took a bit longer to leak out because apparently Seattle couldn’t get ahold of the player, Dennis Cholowski. SportNet’s Mark Spector reported the Kraken were unable to reach Cholowski for much of the day.
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Awaiting trades
Meanwhile, any trades that Seattle has made will not be leaked before the actual draft event Wednesday night. The 2017 Vegas Golden Knights expansion draft included 10 trades.
The Kraken have to choose 14 forwards, nine defensemen and three goalies. Four other players could be any position. Twenty of those players must be under contract currently.
- The expansion draft will be broadcast on at 8 p.m. ET (ESPN2, SN, SN NOW, TVAS).
Seattle expansion draft picks
Here are the Seattle expansion draft picks -- these picks are unofficial unless otherwise noted as confirmed by Seattle:
Anaheim: D Haydn Fleury -- confirmed -- 25th pick revealed during draft
Arizona: F Tyler Pitlick -- confirmed -- 17th pick revealed during draft
Boston: D Jeremy Lauzon -- confirmed -- 1st pick revealed during draft
Buffalo: D Will Borgen -- confirmed -- 2nd pick revealed during draft
Calgary: D Mark Giordano -- confirmed -- 26th pick revealed during draft
Carolina: F Morgan Geekie -- confirmed -- 9th pick revealed during draft
Chicago: F John Quenneville -- confirmed -- 18th pick revealed during draft
Colorado: F Joonas Donskoi -- confirmed -- 19th pick revealed during draft
Columbus: D Gavin Bayreuther -- confirmed -- 10th pick revealed during draft
Dallas: D Jamie Oleksiak -- confirmed -- 20th pick revealed during draft
Detroit: D Dennis Cholowski -- confirmed -- 3rd pick revealed during draft
Edmonton: D Adam Larsson -- confirmed -- 27th pick revealed during draft
Florida: G Chris Driedger -- confirmed -- 4th pick revealed during draft
Los Angeles: D Kurtis MacDermid -- confirmed -- 28th pick revealed during draft
Minnesota: D Carson Soucy -- confirmed -- 21st pick revealed during draft
Montreal: D Cale Fleury -- confirmed -- 5th pick revealed during draft
Nashville: F Calle Jarnkrok -- confirmed -- 22nd pick revealed during draft
New Jersey: F Nathan Bastian -- confirmed -- 11th pick revealed during draft
New York Islanders: F Jordan Eberle -- confirmed -- 12th pick revealed during draft
New York Rangers: F Colin Blackwell -- confirmed -- 13th pick revealed during draft
Ottawa: G Joey Daccord -- confirmed -- 6th pick revealed during draft
Philadelphia: F Carsen Twarynski -- confirmed -- 14th pick revealed during draft
Pittsburgh: F Brandon Tanev -- confirmed -- 15th pick revealed during draft
San Jose: F Alexander True -- confirmed -- 29th pick revealed during draft
St. Louis: D Vince Dunn -- confirmed -- 23rd pick revealed during draft
Tampa Bay: F Yanni Gourde -- confirmed -- 7th pick revealed
Toronto: F Jared McCann -- confirmed -- 8th pick revealed
Vancouver: F Kole Lind (source) -- confirmed -- 30th pick revealed during draft
Washington: G Vitek Vanecek -- confirmed -- 16th pick revealed during draft
Winnipeg: F Mason Appleton (source) -- confirmed -- 24th pick revealed during draft