Hundreds of thousands of miles have been traveled with a similar amount of money spent. The data obtained since September has been recorded. The big board is set up. The dress rehearsals are finished.
The time has almost arrived for the Golden Knights to go through a once-in-a-franchise experience — the NHL Expansion Draft.
“It’s an exciting time,” general manager George McPhee said Monday. “We’ve put a lot of time and an extraordinary amount of work into this and we’re ready.”
The pro side of the hockey operations staff comes to town Wednesday. Beginning Sunday and concluding the morning of June 21 — when the final list must be submitted to the league — McPhee and his staff will sit in a meeting room at the team’s Summerlin offices and begin the selection process of taking one player from each of the NHL’s 30 other teams.