Our first (and only, barring the league growing to 32 teams) Expansion Draft Extravaganza moved into the mock draft phase two days ago, and the beginnings of the Vegas Golden Knights roster are taking shape.

Below is where our iteration of the Knights stands, complete with salary cap space, and progress towards the benchmarks Vegas must hit as part of the Expansion Draft. Keep these in mind as you make your picks a little further down in this post.

Players under contract for 2016-17 (7/20)

Salary Cap space: $51,033,333

Forwards (4/14)

Carl Soderberg (C, $4,750,000)

Cody Eakin (C, $3,850,000)

David Perron (LW, $3,750,000)

Calle Jarnkrok (C, $2,000,000)

Defensemen (3/9)

Jonas Brodin (D, $4,166,667)

Mark Stuart (D, $2,625,000)

Trevor Van Riemsdyk (D, $825,000)

Goaltenders (0/3)

And now, without further adieu, we pick from the Pacific Division.