What Do the Las Vegas Golden Knights Loook Like?

The Las Vegas Golden Kings completed a very important task in becoming a NHL roster when they picked their 30 players from the 2017 Expansion Draft on Wednesday and their unheard of 12 Draft picks at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft this weekend.




The other 30 NHL teams were able protect only a certain number of players last Wednesday which meant that there were good players on the board last Wednesday in Las Vegas.




Here is the 30 player list that the Golden Knights took:

Draft results

#	Player	Drafted from
1.	Calvin Pickard (G)	Colorado Avalanche
2.	Luca Sbisa (D)	Vancouver Canucks
3.	Teemu Pulkkinen (LW)	Arizona Coyotes
4.	Jon Merrill (D)	New Jersey Devils
5.	William Carrier (LW)	Buffalo Sabres
6.	Cody Eakin (C)	Dallas Stars
7.	Tomas Nosek (LW)	Detroit Red Wings
8.	Jonathan Marchessault (C)	Florida Panthers
9.	Brayden McNabb (D)	Los Angeles Kings
10.	Connor Brickley (C)	Carolina Hurricanes
11.	Chris Thorburn (RW)	Winnipeg Jets
12.	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (RW)	Philadelphia Flyers
13.	Jason Garrison (D)	Tampa Bay Lightning
14.	Jean-Francois Berube (G)	New York Islanders
15.	James Neal (LW)	Nashville Predators
16.	Deryk Engelland (D)	Calgary Flames
17.	Brendan Leipsic (LW)	Toronto Maple Leafs
18.	Colin Miller (D)	Boston Bruins
19.	Marc Methot (D)	Ottawa Senators
20.	David Schlemko (D)	San Jose Sharks
21.	David Perron (LW)	St. Louis Blues
22.	Oscar Lindberg (C)	New York Rangers
23.	Griffin Reinhart (D)	Edmonton Oilers
24.	Alexei Emelin (D)	Montreal Canadiens
25.	Clayton Stoner (D)	Anaheim Ducks
26.	Erik Haula (C)	Minnesota Wild
27.	William Karlsson (C)	Columbus Blue Jackets
28.	Trevor van Riemsdyk (D)	Chicago Blackhawks
29.	Marc-Andre Fleury (G)	Pittsburgh Penguins
30.	Nate Schmidt (D)	Washington Capitals

Don't get me wrong, this team has some players but I don't think this team will be making the playoffs next year. Despite, a handful of quality players there is no one that spell fear in the rivals eyes. Here is how Las Vegas might line up in its depth chart next year.


RW                                          C                                           LW
James Neal                            Jonathan Marchessault            David Perron
Chris Thorburn                        Erik Hula                               Tomas Nosek
Brendan Leipsic                       Oscar Lindberg                       Teemu Pulkkinen
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare          William Karlsson                  William Carrier




D parings
Jason Garrison                    Luca Sbisa
Marc Methot                         Clayton Stoner 
Griffin Reinhart                      Deryk Engelland


Goalies:
Marc-Andre Fleury
Calvin Pickard


As I stated above, this team is a below average team, they left a lot of good players on the board. They went with youth instead of experience which is a risky move considering annalists don't think the team will stay in Vegas for more than a dozen years. Personally, I feel I could have drafted a better team.


Here is a list of Las Vegas prospects who are "in the system"
Picks from 2017 Draft

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	OT	GAA
2017	1	6	Glass, CodyCody Glass	Canada	C	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
2017	1	13	Suzuki, NickNick Suzuki	Canada	C	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
2017	1	15	Brannstrom, ErikErik Brannstrom	Sweden	D	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
2017	2	34	Hague, NicolasNicolas Hague	Canada	D	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
2017	2	62	Leschyshyn, JakeJake Leschyshyn	Canada	C	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
2017	3	65	Rondbjerg, JonasJonas Rondbjerg	Denmark	RW	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
2017	4	96	Zhukov, MaximMaxim Zhukov	Russia	G	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
2017	5	127	Elvenes, LucasLucas Elvenes	Sweden	C	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
2017	5	142	Dugan, JonathanJonathan Dugan	United States	LW	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
2017	6	158	Campoli, NickNick Campoli	Canada	C	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
2017	6	161	Patera, JiriJiri Patera	Czech Republic	G	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
2017	7	189	Jones, BenBen Jones	Canada	C	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—