One of the common refrains from general managers earlier this year as the possibility of an expansion draft approached was that they weren’t going to spend too much time worrying about it until they saw the exact rules. The rules have evolved since deputy commissioner Bill Daly first shared details of a possible expansion draft at the spring GM meetings.

That evolution stopped when teams were notified recently that the executive committee was going to recommend to the board of governors that the league expand by one team, to Las Vegas.

According to an NHL source, along with the notification of an expansion recommendation came the potential expansion draft rules.

These were among the new details that added some clarity: