Jeff Gorton’s key to Rangers avoiding an NHL expansion draft heist

This was in October 2016, some eight months ahead of the expansion draft that would stock the Vegas operation due to commence play in 2017-18. The protection rules were stringent. For a $500 million entry fee, the NHL was not about to produce a latter-day version of the 12-60-6 first-year, 1972-73 Islanders or the 8-67-5...

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