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2017 NHL Awards Show and Expansion Draft Round-Up: Isles make big trade with Vegas, Tavares 8th in Selke voting

The 2017 NHL Awards Show/Expansion Draft Extravaganza and Burlesque Show has ended and there was much excitement and awkwardness and a trade involving the Islanders and the Vegas Golden Knights.

First things first, if you didn’t see the update, we now know the full extent of the deal between Garth Snow and George McPhee for the extra expansion protections. Vegas selected goalie J-F Berube and also acquired from the Islanders Mikhail Grabovski (and his $5 million cap hit), AHL defenseman Jake Bischoff, a first round pick in Friday’s Entry Draft (No.