The picks are in and the roster is set as the Las Vegas Golden Knights, the NHL‘s 31st team is set to begin play for the 2017-18 season.
Headlining the Vegas roster is forward James Neal whom the Golden Knights selected via the Predators roster and starting goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury from the Penguins. Vegas was also provided a number of draft picks in an effort from other teams to steer the Knight’s away from certain players who went unprotected. This included the Sabres trading a 2017 sixth-round pick to Vegas in an effort to prevent Linus Ullmark from being selected. This was according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
Here’s the entire roster via theScore:
Forwards
- Connor Brickley* (from Hurricanes)
- William Carrier* (from Sabres)
- Cody Eakin (from Stars)
- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (from Flyers)
- Nikita Gusev* (from Lightning via trade)
- Erik Haula (from Wild)
- William Karlsson* (from Blue Jackets)
- Brendan Leipsic (from Maple Leafs)
- Oscar Lindberg (from Rangers)
- Jonathan Marchessault (from Panthers)
- James Neal (from Predators)
- Tomas Nosek (from Red Wings)
- David Perron (from Blues)
- Teemu Pulkkinen (from Coyotes)
- Reilly Smith* (from Panthers via trade)
- Chris Thorburn (from Jets)
- Alex Tuch* (from Wild via trade)
*Hurricanes trade 2017 fifth-round pick to Golden Knights as part of Brickley selection.
*Sabres trade 2017 sixth-round pick to Golden Knights (so Linus Ullmark wouldn’t be selected, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman).
*Lightning trade Gusev, second-round pick in 2017, fourth-round pick in 2018 to Vegas as part of Garrison selection.
*Blue Jackets trade David Clarkson, 2017 first-round pick, 2019 second-round pick to Vegas as part of Karlsson selection.
*Panthers trade Reilly Smith to Golden Knights for 2018 fourth-round pick.
*Wild trade Tuch to Vegas for third-round pick in 2017 or 2018.
Defensemen
- Alexei Emelin (from Canadiens)
- Deryk Engelland (from Flames)
- Jason Garrison* (from Lightning)
- Brayden McNabb (from Kings)
- Marc Methot (from Senators)
- Colin Miller (from Bruins)
- Jon Merrill (from Devils)
- Griffin Reinhart (from Oilers)
- Luca Sbisa (from Canucks)
- David Schlemko (from Sharks)
- Nate Schmidt (from Capitals)
- Clayton Stoner (from Ducks)
- Shea Theodore* (from Ducks via trade)
- Trevor van Riemsdyk (from Blackhawks)
*Lightning trade Gusev, second-round pick in 2017, fourth-round pick in 2018 as part of Garrison selection.
*Ducks trade Theodore to Golden Knights as part of Stoner selection.
Goalies
- Jean-Francois Berube* (from Islanders)
- Marc-Andre Fleury* (from Penguins)
- Calvin Pickard (from Avalanche)
*Islanders trade 2017 first-round pick, 2019 second-round pick, forward Mikhail Grabovski, defenseman Jake Bischoff to Golden Knights as part of Berube selection.
*Penguins trade 2020 second-round pick to Vegas as part of Fleury selection.
