GDT: Expansion Draft/NHL Awards Night 8:00pm EST SN

[MarkovsKnee]

With Tuch & Gusev already in the fold & with 3 top 15 picks, LV could have a better prospect pool then Montreal by Saturday.

 

[Runner77]

Until the habs trade for him and then all of a sudden Pierre thinks he's horrible

No question Pierre's Drouin comments sounded like they came from a guy with pent up frustration who had a score to settle. Never seen him be as negative before, he sounded ... "way out of the reservation".

 

[JuicyHam]

With Tuch & Gusev already in the fold & with 3 top 15 picks, LV could have a better prospect pool then Montreal by Saturday.

There in a better future position than most teams in the league. I would much rather be an expansion team than a switched team like Winnipeg

 

[Runner77]

It's the Venza now. Get it right !

I got on board with the Vegan designation for the Knights, gimme time to catch up.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

With Tuch & Gusev already in the fold & with 3 top 15 picks, LV could have a better prospect pool then Montreal by Saturday.

okay?

 

[Andy]

I got on board with the Vegan designation for the Knights, gimme time to catch up.

Do you think Fleury can be next years Venza wiener as a Vegan Golden knight?

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Final Vegas lineup... as of today --

Left Wing|Center|Right Wing
James Neal|Vadim Shipachyov|Jonathan Marchessault
David Perron|Cody Eakin|Reilly Smith
Oscar Lindberg|William Karlsson|William Carrier
Brendan Leipsic|Erik Haula|Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Tomas Hyka|Reid Duke|Alex Tuch
Nikita Gusev|Tomas Nosek|Chris Thorburn
|Connor Brickley|

Left D|Right D
Marc Methot|Trevor vanRiemsdyk
Shea Theodore|David Schlemko
Alexei Emelin|Colin Miller
Jason Garrison|Deryk Engelland
Nate Schmidt|
Jon Merrill|
Clayton Stoner|
Luca Sbisa

Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury
Calvin Pickard
Jean-Francois Berube

 

[NobleSix]

No question Pierre's Drouin comments sounded like they came from a guy with pent up frustration who had a score to settle. Never seen him be as negative before, he sounded ... "way out of the reservation".

What a fool he made himself out to be with those comments. His main gripe was about age... Drouin is 22 for God's sake. He even got that wrong, he thought Drouin was 23. Gimme a break Pierre. That bit on 690 was downrigbt embarassing for him.

 

[TT1]

No question Pierre's Drouin comments sounded like they came from a guy with pent up frustration who had a score to settle. Never seen him be as negative before, he sounded ... "way out of the reservation".

That egghead has a vendetta against us , no one gave you a job Pierre.. get over it. Even NHL players make fun of him

 

[JuicyHam]

I much prefer it on these when a lighthearted event is happening. It's almost unbearable being here for some game days

 

[JuicyHam]

Final Vegas lineup... as of today --

Left Wing|Center|Right Wing
James Neal|Vadim Shipachyov|Jonathan Marchessault
David Perron|Cody Eakin|Reilly Smith
Oscar Lindberg|William Karlsson|William Carrier
Brendan Leipsic|Erik Haula|Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Tomas Hyka|Reid Duke|Alex Tuch
Nikita Gusev|Tomas Nosek|Chris Thorburn
|Connor Brickley|

Left D|Right D
Marc Methot|Trevor vanRiemsdyk
Shea Theodore|David Schlemko
Alexei Emelin|Colin Miller
Jason Garrison|Deryk Engelland
Nate Schmidt|
Jon Merrill|
Clayton Stoner|
Luca Sbisa

Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury
Calvin Pickard
Jean-Francois Berube

That's a lot of defencemen that probably won't be happy to sit on the sidelines. Going to be some big deals this offseason.

 

[Scotianhab]

Yup. Also forgot Tuch

As of now VGK got:

2017: 1st (NYI), 1st (WPG), 2nd (TB), 5th (CAR), 6th (BUF)
2018: 4th (TBL)
2019: 2nd (NYI), 2nd (CBJ), 3rd (WPG)
2020: 2nd (PIT)
Worthwhile prospects: Gusev, Theodore, Tuch

They lose
2017: 1st (CBJ to FLA)
2018: 4th (to FLA)

How did Fla get a 1st?

 

[TT1]

Final Vegas lineup... as of today --

Left Wing|Center|Right Wing
James Neal|Vadim Shipachyov|Jonathan Marchessault
David Perron|Cody Eakin|Reilly Smith
Oscar Lindberg|William Karlsson|William Carrier
Brendan Leipsic|Erik Haula|Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Tomas Hyka|Reid Duke|Alex Tuch
Nikita Gusev|Tomas Nosek|Chris Thorburn
|Connor Brickley|

Left D|Right D
Marc Methot|Trevor vanRiemsdyk
Shea Theodore|David Schlemko
Alexei Emelin|Colin Miller
Jason Garrison|Deryk Engelland
Nate Schmidt|
Jon Merrill|
Clayton Stoner|
Luca Sbisa

Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury
Calvin Pickard
Jean-Francois Berube

That's a roster worthy of drafting Svechnikov or Dahlin.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Took 13D. More trades to come for sure.

I'm guessing Fleury & Pickard are the 2 goalies with Berube going on waivers to play for their farm team.

Only 14 forwards taken so they could keep everyone.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Yeah some of those Dmen are going to be traded before the season starts for sure.

 

[Runner77]

Do you think Fleury can be next years Venza wiener as a Vegan Golden knight?

That's a truckload, although I'm not sure if the Venza is a SUV or a car.

 

[googlymoogly]

No offense, but they should change the name of the team to the Fourth Line Plugs.

So what McPhee is doing is getting MB all wet. Now MB will trade Galchenyuk for grinders.

 

[googlymoogly]

That's a truckload, although I'm not sure if the Venza is a SUV or a car.

It's a scooter.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Updated OP with lineup, selections, and all trades...

*lineup tbd since there's definitely going to be trades, some as soon as tomorrow morning

 

[SB164]

Every team with someone nominated at the NHL Awards is posting cool behind-the-scenes photos from Vegas. Meanwhile, nothing from the Habs. Apparently Geoff Molson's too cheap to send a social media coordinator to Vegas.

 

[GREMLIN]

With Tuch & Gusev already in the fold & with 3 top 15 picks, LV could have a better prospect pool then Montreal by Saturday.

Well duh..

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Rumours of Colin Miller being flipped to Toronto and Trevor van Riemsdyk being flipped to Carolina tomorrow.

 

[Ezpz]

pens benefit heavily from being on national tv.for years. fleury in reality is maybe the 20th best goalie in the league. fans know who he is though due to the nhls last decade of forcefeeding pens.

 

[Treb]

How did Fla get a 1st?

Derped. CBJ to WPG

 

[JuicyHam]

pens benefit heavily from being on national tv.for years. fleury in reality is maybe the 20th best goalie in the league. fans know who he is though due to the nhls last decade of forcefeeding pens.

I really don't even think he'll be the starter after half of the season.