It's an unusual year for midseason trades in the NHL. Let's pick some ideal destinations for names still on the board.

First, here’s a quick refresher of some particularly important expansion draft rules: The 2021 NHL Expansion Draft will be under the same rules for Seattle as the Vegas Golden Knights in 2017.

Teams were also able to make trades ahead of the draft to avoid selections altogether. The NHL's most recent expansion drafts for the Vegas Golden Knights and Seattle Kraken used the same rules ...

Thanks to the NHL’s expansion draft rules, detailed as they may be, those teams were far more competitive from the get-go.

Today, the First and Second Quarter-Century Team for the Vegas Golden Knights, who entered the NHL for the 2017-18 season.

The story goes that in January 2010, Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz was the first person in the organization to bring up ...

of the 2008 NHL Draft, Eberle played seven seasons for the Edmonton Oilers and four with the New York Islanders before the Kraken chose him in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft. He was named Seattle ...

He spent six total seasons playing in the Sunshine State before being selected by the Kraken at the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft. Gourde has been a consistent presence in Seattle's lineup since ...

The Kraken have decided to make a difficult decision regarding the future of former starting goaltender Philipp Grubauer.

This structure does much of the legwork for future international growth. Once there’s proven interest, expanding further to ...

The Seattle Kraken will be without one of their alternate captains for over a month. Forward Yanni Gourde underwent ...