Golden Knights may get franchise goalie

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George McPhee can’t wait to fill the white board, the one in the Vegas Golden Knights’ expansion draft room.

On Wednesday night, the staff will start adding the names of players who will become part of the expansion team for its first NHL season.

“We’re going to put our team together and we’ll watch it come to life in front of us,” McPhee said.

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It won’t have all the top-end talent available because side deals will allow Vegas to stockpile draft picks and prospects for the future, but it will probably be the most competitive will that takes the team ice in look like early October? expansion team in history.

“I’m really pleased with what’s available,” McPhee told reporters in Las Vegas on Sunday. “This has worked out very well for the Vegas Golden Knights, and we expect to put a good, entertaining club on the ice.”

Below is a projection of who the inaugural Golden Knights might snap up by Wednesday night: the league’s

Forwards:

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Greg Carey, Chris Conner, Boyd Gordon, Taylor Leier, Colin McDonald, Andy Miele, Michael Raffl, Matt Read, Chris VandeVelde, Jordan Weal, Dale Weise, Eric Wellwood.

Defensemen:

Mark Alt, TJ Brennan, Michael Del Zotto, Andrew MacDonald, Will O’Neill, Jesper Pettersson, Nick Schultz.

Goalies:

Steve Mason, Michal Neuvirth.