That makes trading for a player with term on his contract more complex, as teams need to consider not only the loss of assets - draft picks, prospects, and so on - but also the possibility of losing an unprotected player in the expansion draft as a result of the trade. 7 8 9 Remove the Exploding Kitten (1) from 2 the Streaking Kittens expansion deck. Teams can either protect seven forwards, three defencemen and one goaltender on June 17 or eight skaters and one goaltender. Remove the Exploding Kittens (4) and Defuse Cards (6) from your 1 Exploding Kittens deck as normal. It’s the protection list for the expansion draft that really throws a wrench into the process. “I think there’s going to be deals that potentially could’ve gotten done or may have gotten done in another situation that may not get done because of the expansion implication.” Ethan Miller / Getty Images So there is only one player left who is the winner.

The other 3 kittens must have been exploded eliminating 3 players. The moment you are running out of cards, 4 kittens must have been played of which at most one is streaking at one of the players. “I don’t think it’s going to necessarily stop moves, but I think it has an impact and I think it’s going to make it a little bit stickier,” Treliving said. Using streaking kittens expansion, the deck has 4 kittens. Vegas will choose 30 players, including at least 14 forwards, nine defencemen and three goaltenders, at the draft.