Here’s what we know today about the soon-to-be Seattle NHL franchise: not a whole lot.



We know the yet-to-be-named team will begin play in 2021 at a renovated KeyArena and that its jerseys could go heavy on salmon pink, but other than that, we’re left only to speculate. Of course, speculation is what we do during the summer months, so it’s only natural to wonder how the Seattle expansion draft will impact the Predators in two years.



Much has changed since we last performed this exercise in December 2018. P.K. Subban has been traded. Matt Duchene has fulfilled his destiny of joining the Predators. Kyle Turris sits at a crossroads.



As a refresher, Seattle will be bound by the same rules as the Vegas Golden Knights in the expansion draft, which is scheduled for June 2021. (The Golden Knights will be exempt from the process.) The other 30 teams will have the option of protecting seven forwards, three defensemen and one goaltender or any...