With the NHL expanding to 31 teams next season as the Vegas Golden Knights join in, the American Hockey League plans to add on, as well, but apparently not until at least 2018-19.

A story in the Las Vegas Review-Journal said that the Golden Knights likely will sign an affiliation agreement with the Chicago Wolves, an independently owned AHL team currently aligned with the St. Louis Blues.

No official announcement has been made, but the plan is to supply eight or nine players to the Wolves, according to the Review-Journal. As an expansion team, the Knights won’t have enough players to full stock an AHL franchise until at least the following season. The Las Vegas team likely will seek an AHL partner out West, reasonably close to the parent club.

More news is likely to come out during or after the NHL and AHL all-star breaks over the weekend.