Who will the New York Rangers lose in the expansion draft

Who the Kraken cannot get their tentacles on

The Seattle Kraken expansion draft will follow the same rules as the last draft for the Golden Knights. The Kraken will be required to choose 30 players, one from each eligible team, to satisfy a roster made up of a minimum of 14 forwards, nine defenseman and three goaltenders. Each team will be permitted to protect either seven forwards, three defensemen and a goalie, or, eight skaters (forwards or defensemen) and a goalie. The full rules can be viewed here at NHL.com.

Starting at the 2018 NHL trade deadline, the New York Rangers have either traded or bought out most of the players who have held veteran status in the league. In their place, they have mostly filled the team with young and talented players. This leaves the Rangers in an enviable position as they have many important players on their roster that will be exempt from the expansion draft.

Here are the main points affecting the Rangers

"All players with no movement clauses at the time of the draft, and who decline to waive those clauses, must be protected and will be counted toward their team’s applicable protection limits."

This leaves the Rangers with a small list of players who must be protected

Forwards 

Artemi Panarin
Mika Zibanejad
Chris Kreider

Defensemen

Jacob Trouba

"All first- and second-year NHL players, and all unsigned draft choices, will be exempt from selection (and will not be counted toward protection limits."

The New York Rangers have 45 players under professional contract, as can be seen here at capfriendly.com. Nearly one third of them are either first or second year professional players. Each of the following players, who have made an appearance with the New York Rangers are exempted from the draft and will not require to be protected.

Forwards

Kaapo Kakko
Alexis Lafrenière

Defensemen

Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller
Tarmo Reunanen

Goaltenders

Igor Shesterkin

Additionally, most of Rangers non NHL roster, including many of the Hartford Wolf Pack players, is made up of exempted status players.

Forwards

Vitali Kravtsov
Morgan Barron
Justin Richards
Patrick Khoderenko
Austin Rueschhoff

Defensemen

Yegor Rykov

Goaltenders

Adam Huska
Tyler Wall

Further, players on expiring contracts and are pending unrestricted free agents are not required to be protected. This includes the following players.

Forwards

Phillip Di Giuseppe
Jonny Brodzinski         

Defensemen

Brendan Smith
Jack Johnson
Darren Raddysh