Vegas Rolls the Dice

The Vegas Golden Knights have quickly started rolling the dice on trades.  The Expansion Draft not only brought them 30 new players it brought them plenty of draft picks and a few key players.

In association with their 2017 NHL Expansion Draft selections, the Golden Knights made the following transactions:

* Vegas acquired D Shea Theodore from Anaheim.
* Vegas acquired Buffalo’s 6th-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (161st overall).

* Vegas acquired Boston’s 5th-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (142nd overall, previously acquired by Carolina).

* Vegas acquired F David Clarkson, Columbus’ 1st-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (24th overall) and Columbus’ 2nd-round pick in 2019.

* Vegas acquired F Reilly Smith from Florida for Vegas’ 4th-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft. * Vegas acquired F Alex Tuch from Minnesota for Vegas’ 3rd-round pick in the 2017 or 2018 NHL Draft.

* Vegas acquired F Mikhail Grabovski and D Jake Bischoff as well as NY Islanders’ 1st-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (15th overall) and 2nd-round pick in 2019.

* Vegas acquired Pittsburgh’s 2nd-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft.

* Vegas acquired F Nikita Gusev, Tampa Bay’s 2nd-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (45th overall) and Pittsburgh’s 4th-round pick in 2018 (previously acquired by Tampa Bay).

* Vegas acquired Winnipeg’s 1st-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (13th overall) and 3rd-round pick in 2019 for Columbus’ 1st-round pick in 2017 (24th overall, previously acquired by Vegas).

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