As we’ve known for a while now, one member of the Sabres will officially be a Vegas Golden Knight after Wednesday’s expansion draft. With the protected player lists now released, we have more clarity on who that player will likely be.
Many of the Sabres unprotected players are UFAs or spent most of their time in the AHL, leaving only a few names that are realistic options. I’ve separated these names into to groups, players we’d be happy they take and players we’d be mad if they take.
Since Vegas cares about succeeding, they’ll probably take someone in the latter group.