vencavolrab/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Ahead of their first season in the NHL, the Las Vegas Golden Knights spent Wednesday filling their roster with players from the other 29 teams in the league.
As part of the league’s expansion draft, each team was able to protect nine players, leaving a total of 673 players available for the new team in Las Vegas. The Golden Knights were required to selected 30 players — 14 forwards, nine defenseman and three goalies. They were not allowed to select more than one player from the same team.
Here’s the roster Las Vegas has following the expansion draft:
Forwards
Teemu Pulkkinen (ARI)
William Carrier (BUF)
Tomas Nosek (DET)
Cody Eakin (DAL)
Jonathan Marchessault (FLA)
Reilly Smith (via trade with FLA)
Connor Brickley (CAR)
Chris Thorburn (WPG)
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (PHI)
Nikita Gusev (via trade with TBL)
James Neal (NSH)
Mikhail Grabovski (via trade with NYI)
Brendan Leipsic (TOR)
David Perron (STL)
Oscar Lindberg (NYR)
Defenseman
Luca Sbisa (VAN)
Jon Merrill (NJD)
Brayden McNabb (LAK)
Jason Garrison (TBL)
Deryk Engelland (CAL)
Jake Bischoff (via trade with NYI)
Colin Miller (BOS)
Marc Methot (OTT)
David Schlemko (SJS)
Alexei Emelin (MTL)
Griffin Reinhart (EDM)
Goalies
Calvin Pickard (COL)
Jean-Francois Berube (NYI)
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