There was the awkwardness, like when Golden Knights owner Bill Foley screwed up the draft order when he skipped over Detroit, to Dallas.
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After New Jersey makes its pick Shero said the Devils know who they are going to take, but he was keeping that to himself for now Philadelphia, Dallas, Colorado and Vancouver round out the top five. But without even bribing Vegas with anything in exchange, the Golden Knights selected 31-year-old defenseman Alexei Emelin, who the Canadiens might have been down on anyway. He's a guy you want to have for that. Taking on Smith's contract was likely an incentive for the Panthers to leave Marchessault, who scored 30 goals last season, unprotected. The second was to acquire prospects and additional picks so that the franchise can ultimately "draft our way to success". Vegas cashed in last night taking a roster player from every National Hockey League team, while acquiring several picks and players in trades to make sure that they don't touch certain players.
First-round picks nearly always see action in the NHL - just 13 percent have not skated at least one game in the league - and, on average, are 50-point scorers if the pick is a forward.
Burns took the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the league's best defenseman.
The Calgary Flames parted with Deryk Engelland who played his WHL career with the Moose Jaw Warriors.
McPhee's predecessor and successor with the Capitals: While it was a good night for McPhee, who previously held the same post in Washington, the expansion draft wasn't so kind to the man McPhee replaced with the Capitals (David Poile) and the one who stepped in after McPhee was sacked in 2014 (Brian MacLellan).
Neal is one of those unrestricted free agents in 2018.
The NHL's announced objective was to help the Golden Knights become competitive more quickly than expansion teams of the past. Instead, they selected Ducks defenceman Clayton Stoner.
The fourth-round pick could add even more value.
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Florida Panthers: Florida made some questionable decisions when it opted to protect eight skaters and a goaltender rather than seven forwards, three defensemen and a goaltender. Fleury also holds the Penguins records for save percentage (.912), shutouts (44), goals against average (2.58) and playoff wins (62).
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Host John Matisz is joined by Matthew Coller, NHL writer for ESPN Insider and Wild analyst for 1500 ESPN, to recap and assess the Vegas expansion draft just hours after its completion.
By agreeing to take goaltender Jean-Francois Berube, Vegas also acquired Bischoff, Mikhail Grabovski, the 15th overall pick in the 2017 draft and a second-round pick in the 2019 draft from the Islanders.
And finally, tonight is the Entry Draft and the Pens will select 31st.
This was a smart move by Buffalo. In the WHL Brendan amassed 132 goals and 170 assists for 302 points in just 261 games over four full seasons in Portland.
Now, following Wednesday night's announcement of the Golden Knights' expansion draft selections, it's official: Fleury will be a member of the maiden roster of the Vegas expansion franchise.
The Wild had the most to lose in the expansion draft.
Nashville forward James Neal, who has scored at least 20 goals in all nine of his National Hockey League seasons, including 40 in 2011-12, highlighted the next eight selections, which also included 35-year-old Calgary Flames defenseman Deryk Engelland, a Las Vegas resident and former member of the Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL.
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