The Las Vegas Golden Knights will reveal their expansion team during the NHL Awards on Wednesday evening. Just for fun, we took a shot at drafting their team, using the wonderful tool courtesy of CapFriendly.
Share your team in the comments, lets see how close we get.
Samwell9’s Las Vegas Golden Knights ($62.1 M Cap Hit for 2017-18 Season)
Forwards (15)
James Neal (NSH) - Ryan Strome (NYI)- David Perron (STL)
Matt Moulson (BUF) - Tomas Plekanec (MTL)- Mike Cammelari (NJ)
Lee Stempniak (CAR)- Cody Eakin (DAL) - Jordan Weal (PHI)
Marko Dano (WPG)- Mikhail Grigorenko (COL) - Kerby Rychel (TOR)
Extra Forwards: Hunter Shinkaruk (CGY), Brendan Gaunce (VAN), Teemu Pulkinnen (ARI)
*Already Owned: Vadim Shipachyov, Reid Duke
A decent scoring line, a line of expensive veterans that have played well in the past and do not have a lot of term on their deals, a decent third line and a young 4th line with some upside.