Wilderness Walk: EXPANSION!

That’s Wild

• The Seattle Kraken are storming into the NHL via the expansion draft taking place tonight. For one, the Minnesota Wild are prepared to replace the player that they lose. [Hockey Wilderness]
• In the most recent mock expansion draft provided by The Athletic (and basically everywhere else) the Seattle are projected to be taking goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen from the Wild. [The Athletic]
• Moving on to the entry draft, Francesco Pinelli is a center that might be there for Minnesota to take deep into the first round. [Hockey Wilderness]
• Also another player is Samu Tuomaala, who scores goals. [Hockey Wilderness]
• The Wild also released their schedule for the 2021-22 preseason. [Hockey Wilderness]
• Why the Wild exposed Kahkonen instead of Talbot. [10K Rinks]

Off the trail...

• Ranking the Metro Division’s decisions before the expansion draft. [Pensburgh]
• Luke Prokop, a Nashville Predators prospect, announced that he was gay this week and it’s just so powerful and nice to see. [ESPN]