Vegas Expansion Draft "Leaks" (Don't open if you don't wanna know)

[GabbyGuy]

MIN: Erik Haula


Other players mentioned to be on their way to Vegas (via side trades)

Alex Tuch (MIN)

Feel free to share any you see, will try to keep the original post updated.

I've heard that the Wild offered Tuch in a trade in order for Vegas to take Haula and not Dumba or Scandella.

Haula is the only single Wild player that lives in Minnesota during off season, too. The others all go back home for the summers to train.

All rumors...but what I've heard.

Will be watching the events tonight with a :beer:



--Curt

 

[Mooche]

Going to come down to Dano and Enstrom on the Jets.

From what I've been hearing, it looks like the Jets will flip a pick to Vegas to retain Enstrom, and I have to imagine they'll select Marko Dano.

 

[sprague11]

Looks like Dano is probably the Jet headed to Vegas, and Vegas may have a deal to select Colin Miller and flip him to the Leafs.

 

[sprague11]

I'm actually a bit more intrigued by the "additional players to be traded to Vegas" than the actual expansion picks themselves. Theodore and Tuch are still pretty decent prospects. Vegas will probably end up with a few 1st and 2nd/3rd rounders in the next 2 drafts they can play around with.

Still, this team could have been far better than it is going to be and I'm curious how fickle the Vegas fanbase will be with a couple 25 win seasons.

My Final projected forwards list: Neal, Eakin, Perron, McGinn, Kruger, Stempniak, Bellemare, Karlsson, Dano, Marchessault, Carrier, Nosek, Leipsec, Lindberg, Haula
Projected Throw-in forwards: Grabovski, R. Smith, Tuch, Gusev

Final Defense projected list: Methot, Garrison, Emelin, Stoner, Schlemko, McNabb, Merril, C. Miller, Biega, Barberio, Reinhart, Engelland
Projected Throw in D: Theodore, Van Riemsdyk

Final Goaltenders list: Fleury, Berube, Grubauer

I expect about 8 of the above listed names to be moved

 

[sprague11]

Picked so far:

Avs - Calvin Pickard
Canucks - Luca Sbisa
Coyotes - Teemu Pulkinen
Devils - Jon Merril
Sabres - William Carrier (Plus a 6th rounder)
Stars - Cody Eakin
Red Wings - Tom Nosek
Panthers - Jonathan Marchessault (Plus Reilly Smith, 4th Round Pick)
Kings - Brayden McNabb

 

[canucksfreak19]

They take Sbisa from the Canucks. I'm happy.

 

[canucksfreak19]

Nice tease, first round pick from the Jets to Vegas?

 

[jernst2]

Ok how many 2017 1st & 2nd Vegas got now??

 

[MMarch]

Sbisa? Really, and the Canucks didn't have to give them anything to take that pilon? Canuck fans should be thrilled. So far not impressed with the Knights roster, but they will be nasty to play against and probably lead the league in PIM's.

 

[sortguld]

Wathcing the expansion now and i feel really ill.
Its all a joke when they pick players.
Any swedish elit leauge team would beat them.
They are so horny for draft picks and deals its sad to see.

 

[Nick2317]

they are basically taking bribes to take or not take players from teams ......

 

[crowncarrier]

What a waste this is. They have an opportunity to be very competitive out of the gate and it does not seem like that's gonna happen. poor....poor James Neal.

 

[Orca Pod]

Very very happy Sbisa is gone without any additional incentive. Benning just earned some respect from me.

 

[FrozenInferno]

The Knights are going to be AWFUL this year, like 1999-2000 Atlanta Thrashers awful. Okay maybe not that bad, but damn.

 

[jernst2]

The Knights are going to be AWFUL this year, like 1999-2000 Atlanta Thrashers awful. Okay maybe not that bad, but damn.

Really doesn't help being in the pacific div. either

 

[cjkuehn]

sleeper

don't know if this has been said, but my thought is Fleury will
end up an Islander.......why else did NYI give up so much....

c.j.

 

[canucksfreak19]

don't know if this has been said, but my thought is Fleury will
end up an Islander.......why else did NYI give up so much....

c.j.

Everyone has said Fleury is staying in Vegas. And Pittsburgh is sending another asset, draft pick?, to Vegas.

 

[M35Richter]

Yea this team is going to be waaaaay worse than I expected; unless they flip some of these players/picks for better players.

Couldn't Vegas simply have said "No thanks" to the trade offers and taken the best players available? Makes no sense to take extra picks or players when there is simply better players to be picked straight from the initial list in most cases. A few lists were weak and I could understand taking the deals in those cases.

Just wasn't expecting to see a lot of the players that have been chosen so far.

 

[99goals]

I for one hate expansion. Mind you I am an old dawg and old dawgs die off eventually.
I hope they suck for years LOLOLOLOL..

 

[canucksfreak19]

They're playing the long game. We'll see if it works out for them.