Brayden McNabb looked down at his fresh, new jersey, examining the colors and crest of the Golden Knights with a dazed but eager eye moments after they had claimed him from the Kings in the NHL’s expansion draft.
“It’s nice,” he said. “A little flashy. It’s like Vegas.”
The Golden Knights, the league’s 31st franchise, took shape Wednesday night when the team’s 30 picks were announced in spurts between the awarding of the NHL’s annual trophies. There was a little glitz, a lot of glamour and more than a few moments of awkwardness as the NHL combined two unrelated events into one big televised show, but that’s like Vegas, too.