The Vegas Golden Knights will reveal their expansion selections at tonight’s NHL Awards show, but details have started to come in on who each team will lose. There are many rumors floating around, but these are the most reputable. As with anything, nothing is final until the actual selections are announced tonight. This page will be updated with new information as it comes in.
Here are the latest rumored selections along with their source:
Anaheim Ducks: Clayton Stoner — Bob McKenzie of TSN
Arizona Coyotes:
Boston Bruins: Colin Miller — Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet
Buffalo Sabres: William Carrier — Frank Seravalli of TSN
Calgary Flames: Deryk Engelland — John Shannon of Sportsnet
Carolina Hurricanes:
Chicago Blackhawks: Trevor van Riemsdyk — Frank Seravalli of TSN
Colorado Avalanche:
Columbus Blue Jackets: William Karlsson — Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch
Dallas Stars: Cody Eakin — Jim Toth of TSN
Detroit Red Wings: Tomas Nosek — Craig Custance of The Athletic.
Edmonton Oilers: Griffin Reinhart — John Shannon of Sportsnet
Florida Panthers: Jon Marchessault — Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet
Los Angeles Kings: Brayden McNabb — John Shannon of Sportsnet
Minnesota Wild: Erik Haula — Michael Russo of the Star Tribune
Montreal Canadiens: Alexei Emelin — Eric Engels of Sportsnet
Nashville Predators: James Neal — Bob McKenzie of TSN
New Jersey Devils: Jon Merrill — Frank Seravalli of TSN
New York Islanders: Jean-Francois Berube — Bob McKenzie of TSN
New York Rangers: Oscar Lindberg — Larry Brooks of the New York Post and Frank Seravalli of TSN.
Ottawa Senators: Marc Methot — Pierre LeBrun of TSN
Philadelphia Flyers: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare — Craig Custance of The Athletic
Pittsburgh Penguins: Marc-Andre Fleury – Bob McKenzie of TSN
San Jose Sharks: David Schlemko — Pierre LeBrun of TSN
St. Louis Blues: David Perron — James Mirtle of The Athletic
Tampa Bay Lightning:
Toronto Maple Leafs: Brendan Leipsic — Darren Dreger of TSN
Vancouver Canucks:
Washington Capitals: Nate Schmidt — Pierre LeBrun of TSN
Winnipeg Jets:
Also a rumor Vegas takes C. Miller from Boston and flips him to Toronto.
Yeah. That seems to have been born out of the solid fit Miller would be in Toronto more than any actual source though. If you can find me one I’d be happy to add it.
Yeah I heard it on Boston sports talk radio they just cited “reports.”
And I found an article on CSNNE that talks about it and relays some stuff from Seravelli of TSN about it, but it appears to be mostly conjecture. If you wanted to read Seravelli’s piece to make sure it wouldn’t hurt. I didn’t check it out.
Hahaha. I just linked it. Good instinct on the conjecture.
I’m pretty sure it all stems from this article Connor: link to tsn.ca
Shows how quickly stuff can spread. Seravalli just says that he would be a good fit and Kyle Dubas knows him from junior.
That said, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him as the selection from Boston. He was our pick in the mock, though Subban did get a couple votes.
I once heard a local radio guy cite something that I’m almost positive came off of the comments here.
Ha that’s awesome JD
And yeah CSN made it sound like conjecture but then I looked back at Seravalli’s after I commented and it was. I’m on the app so I can’t click that link. (Any chance that changes soon?) but I’ll assume it’s the same article Gavin.
Probably not from reputable source if not here. But I have heard the same
Why would the Bruins not work out a side deal to keep C. Miller. Im not sure i understand this
Because the have a lot of young defenseman coming up so there probably was no room I mean he’s been here 2 years now and really hasn’t given them much don’t get me wrong he’s a solid player but not top 4
I agree with everything you said. Maybe they tried and couldnt agree to terms with Vegas. Im assuming they tried to get them to select Hayes or Beleskey.
They would be foolish to pass on Grubauer
I agree but Schmidt seemed like he can be a pretty dynamic player in the playoffs
Vegas may take Anti Raanta to flip to Flyers
Refresh terps. It’s Lindberg going to Vegas, with a possible side deal to protect Raanta.
Glad NYR didn’t lose Raanta or Grabner or Fast. I’m sure Raanta will be traded like Cam Talbot. Grabner was a steal last year. Fast shows up and does his job and doesn’t care if he gets recognition or not.
Wow quick with the updates I like it! I was just going to say Elliotte Freidman twitter confirms Karlsson and supects Marrchessault.
Edm-Reinhardt
SJ- Schlemko
John Shannon
Pierre Lebrun respectively
Should’ve taken Jagr to help sell some more tickets
Tons of former Penguins on the list
This is great Gavin. Thanks for staying on this!
Nate Schmidt is going to Vegas from the Caps
So long PEB!
Not impressed with the picks so far