The expansion draft itself was mostly anticlimactic, as the names of numerous new Golden Knights had already leaked out.
A year after the NHL welcomed owner Bill Foley's 31st franchise into the league, the Golden Knights finally have the core of the team they'll put on the desert ice this fall.
In addition, it does make sense to reach out to the Golden Knights as both teams will be entering unfamiliar territory.
However this roster shakes out come the opening game of their inaugural season on October 6 against the Stars in Dallas - and then the first home-opener at T-Mobile Arena on October 10 against the Coyotes - it's clear his team has a good chance to have a better first season than any expansion team in history. "We'll miss David Schlemko, we will".
Griffin Reinhart joins the Golden Knights as a former Edmonton Oil King who won the WHL title twice and a Memorial Cup. Teams will be allowed to start announcing their trades after the official announcement and Thursday is expected to be full of the fallout that came with all the transactions that had been worked out over the past few days.
Forward Connor Brickley and a fifth-round pick in this year's draft went from Carolina to the Golden Knights followed by veteran forward Chris Thorburn from the Winnipeg Jets and Philadelphia forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, who starred for France in the World Cup of Hockey. Vegas will be his third National Hockey League team. But lots of teams are going to lose good players.
The defensemen Wilson's referring to are Tim Heed and Joakim Ryan, a pair of mobile blue liners who re-signed with the Sharks over the weekend after putting together all-star caliber seasons with AHL Barracuda.
Crosby finished 10th in balloting for the Selke Award, given to the league's top defensive forward.
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The expansion franchise welcomed its first veteran players during the NHL's annual awards show, and they chose from a fairly deep pool of talent.
The Sharks hit the jackpot with the timing of the expansion draft because they didn't have to protect Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau or any of the young prospects on their roster.
The Golden Knights were for real. Clarkson, 33, has three years and $15.75 million remaining on his contract and has been sidelined since the 2015-16 season with back pain.
Managing to move a player that was not going to be a part of a talented and crowded defense corps would require something that McPhee would want and that meant sending away Theodore, a 21-year-old with strong puck-moving skills and great skating ability. "The youth that's coming helps, too".
Vegas picked the bulk of its team Wednesday, with Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, Ottawa defenseman Marc Methot, St. Louis forward David Perron and Nashville scorer James Neal among its most notable selections.
The Golden Knights' biggest strength will be in net, where Fleury, who led the Penguins past the Blue Jackets in the first round of the playoffs, gives them team a solid No. 1 goalie to build around. No player on the roster is more invested in Las Vegas than Engelland. The 30-year-old defenseman spent four-plus years with the Arizona Coyotes before jumping around the National Hockey League, spending time with the Stars, the Calgary Flames and the New Jersey Devils.
Philadelphia opens October 4 at the San Jose Sharks, who have the longest active season-opener winning streak at seven.
"I was just going on the stage to give a quick welcome", Fleury said.
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