Carolina Hurricanes' Derek Ryan (33) and Minnesota Wild's Erik Haula (56), of Finland, struggle for possession of the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, March 16, 2017. (Jerry Broome/AP)
Erik Haula wasn’t nervous. Neither was Shea Theodore or Clayton Stoner.
The trio of NHL veterans know it’s going to be a battle to earn a spot on the Golden Knights’ roster. But they also know they’ve got the ability to make the team and that they can control their own fate — to a point.
“I don’t feel any pressure,” Haula, 26, said Thursday at City National Arena as the players went through their physicals, off-ice testing and photo sessions.