InfinityIggy
Zagidulin's Dad
I will do something that I think is more realistic and TBH, I don't really like it as I'd like to see more changes.
PRE-EXPANSION
Trade 1st round pick (16th OA) and the rights to Chad Johnson to the Arizona Coyotes for Mike Smith, 1st round pick (23rd OA, originally Minnesota's pick) and 3rd round pick (69th OA, originally Detroit's pick)
EXPANSION DRAFT
Vegas Golden Knights select Hunter Shinkaruk
ENTRY DRAFT
Use picks 23, 69, 109, 140, 171 and 202 to draft prospects
RE-SIGNINGS/PROSPECT SIGNINGS
Sam Bennett - 3 years/$3,000,000
Alex Chiasson - 1 year/$1,000,000
Garnet Hathaway - 1 year/$650,000
Brett Kulak - 1 year/$700,000
Curtis Lazar - 2 years/$1,000,000
Michael Stone - 3 years/$3,750,000
Tyler Wotherspoon - 1 year/$700,000
FREE AGENCY
Darcy Kuemper - 1 year/$1,650,000
Kris Russell - 2 years/$3,000,000
LINE-UPS
Gaudreau - Monahan - Ferland
Frolik - Backlund - Brouwer
Tkachuk - Bennett - Lazar/Chiasson
Bouma - Stajan - Lazar/Chiasson
x: Hamilton, Hathaway
Giordano - Hamilton
Brodie - Stone
Russell - Andersson
x: Wothersponn/Kulak
Smith
Kuemper
Smith/Kuemper would be a disaster of a goalie pairing, in my opinion.