BenedictGomez
Corsi is GROSSLY overrated
https://www.tsn.ca/bettman-seattle-to-host-draft-all-star-game-1.1238871
Bettman states that Seattle will host the All-Star game within its first seven seasons, plus host a draft during that span. The latter is relevant to my interests.
They'll also get a sweetheart expansion draft, complete with bribery/extortion draft picks that will quickly jump Seattle over the bottom 5 or 6 NHL teams.
That is complete horsecrap.
While I agree they should not set-up expansion teams for failure, they shouldn't be immediately good enough to be playoffs teams within a season either. Vegas got a number of really solid players in addition to a thermonuclear arsenal of NHL draft picks with which it used to get even more really solid players.