The NHL will release names of players who will and won't be available to join the Vegas Golden Knights as part of the expansion draft.
A senior NHL writer says the league will release the list in June during the draft. He also says the list wasn't originally going to be made public.
Protected and available player lists for Vegas expansion draft were initially not going to be made public. NHL will now make them public.
— Dan Rosen (@drosennhl) March 29, 2017
Deputy commissioner Bill Daly on why the NHL ultimately decided to release the lists of protected and available players for expansion draft: pic.twitter.com/FJbwJ7AmkR
— Dan Rosen (@drosennhl) March 29, 2017