NHL Expansion Draft and Awards Show
June 21st, 2017 -
The NHL welcomed its 31st franchise, the Vegas Golden Knights, for the upcoming 2017-2018 season. They named former scout and AGM Jim Benning as their inaugural General Manager and he hired recently released Lightning bench boss Jon Cooper to be their first Head Coach.
Teams submitted protection lists for the expansion draft and there was also some wheeling and dealing behind the scenes, netting Vegas some extra players in exchange for not selecting players who couldn't be protected. The selections were unveiled at the Awards Show tonight:
From ANA G Frederik Andersen
From ARI D David Schlemko
From BOS G Malcolm Subban
Trade from BOS F Patrick Maroon
From BUF C Bryan Little
From CGY D Luke Schenn
From CAR D Ryan Murphy
From CHI F Joakim Nordstrom
Trade from CHI F Riley Nash
From COL G Calvin Pickard
From CBJ G Anton Forsberg
From DAL F Daniel Winnik
From DET F Alexander Burmistrov
From EDM F Dave Bolland
From FLA F Brandon Pirri
From LAK D Alec Martinez
Trade from LAK D Alex Edler
From MIN F Erik Haula
From MTL F Stephane Da Costa
From NSH F Gabriel Bourque
From NJD F Joonas Donskoi
From NYI D Johnny Boychuk
Trade from NYI F Dale Weise
From NYR D John Moore
From OTT F Jiri Tlusty
Trade from OTT F Jean-Gabriel Pageau
From PHI F Jason Akeson
From PIT D Brian Dumoulin
Trade from PIT F Justin Abdelkader
From SJS F Melker Karlsson
From STL D Ian Cole
Trade from STL F Patrik Berglund
From TBL F Vladislav Namestnikov
From TOR D Stuart Percy
Trade from TOR F Tyler Bozak
From VAN F Brendan Gaunce
Trade from VAN F Jake Virtanen
From WSH F Emerson Etem
From WPG G Michael Hutchinson