The Vegas Golden Knights entered June 21 with only two players on their roster. They will end the night with a 3-time Stanley Cup champion and a full squad.
The team filled its roster through the expansion draft at the NHL Award from T-Mobile Arena. Here's a running list of the players selected.
Calvin Pickard (COL)
Luca Sbisa (VAN)
Teemu Pulkkinen (ARI)
Jon Merrill (NJD)
William Carrier (BUF)
Tomas Nosek (DET)
Cody Eakin (DAL)
Jonathan Marchessault (FLA)
Reilly Smith (via trade with FLA)
Brayden McNabb
Connor Brickley (CAR)
Chris Thorburn (WPG)
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (PHI)
Jason Garrison (TBL)
Deryk Engelland (CAL)
James Neal (NASH)
Jake Bischoff (via Trade with NYI)
Mikhail Grabovski (via Trade with NYI)
Nikita Gusev (TB)
Brendan Leipsic (TOR)
Colin Miller (BOS)
Marc Methot (OTT)
David Schlemko (SJS)
David Perron (STL)
Alexei Emelin (MTL
Oscar Lindberg (NYR)
Griffin Reinhart (EDM)
Erik Haula (MIN)
Alex Tuch (MIN)
Shea Theodore (ANA)
Trevor Van Riemsdyk (CHI)
Nate Schmidt (WSH)
Marc-Andre Fleury (PIT)
When you build a team from scratch, you start from the net out. We also decided to start with a Stanley Cup champion. #VegasDraft pic.twitter.com/dx2BhiGVLc
— Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) June 22, 2017
