We’ll finally get to meet the Seattle Kraken next week, as the NHL holds an expansion draft on Wednesday. It will be the 13th expansion draft in league history, or maybe the 12th, and quite possibly the last for a while. And if you know this league, you can probably guess that the history here gets weird.
We’ve had the 1967 draft that doubled the size of the league, three more expansions in the early 70s, a 1979 merger that may or may not count, six different expansion drafts in a decade starting in 1991, and of course the 2017 draft that welcomed the Golden Knights. I hear they turned out OK. Maybe Seattle will too.
What about you? You’re probably not getting drafted on Wednesday, although once the side deals start flying you never know. But you can show off your knowledge by taking this 20-question quiz about the history of NHL expansion.
Can you ace it? Or will you put the “mock” in mock draft? Take your best shot at answering the multiple-choice questions, then scroll back up and check the table to see how you did.
0 correct: You are the 1974 Capitals, and it shouldn’t be possible to be this bad.
1 – 3 correct: You are the 1992 Senators, and owe everyone an apology.
4 – 6 correct: You are the 1999 Thrashers, and did you best with what you had, which is to say nothing.
7 – 9 correct: You are the 1972 Islanders, and it’s OK because you’re building for the future.
10 – 12 correct: You are the 1991 North Stars, and we’re not even sure you should be here.
13 – 16 correct: You are the 1993 Panthers, and your success will no doubt be completely sustainable.
17 – 19 correct: You are the 1967 Blues, and got put in an easy division.
20 correct: You are Ron Francis and should probably stop screwing around with online quizzes and get back to work.
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