It's also worth noting that conducting an expansion draft in the salary cap era gives another huge advantage to the drafting team: The other teams are willing to trade the new team draft picks in exchange for agreeing to take a specific player. This is exactly what happened with Marc-Andre Fleury. Las Vegas didn't just pick him because he was available. Pittsburgh gave LV a second round pick in the 2020 draft to take him off Pittsburgh's hands!
That was a dumb move in my opinion. Fleury could give Murray a rest when he needed one. Pittsburgh would not have won the Cup without Fleury. Also well before the draft, it was rumored that Fleury was the guy Vegas wanted. Pittsburgh was throwing away a #2 pick.