The NHL’s newest team, the Vegas Golden Knights, will announce their roster at next week’s NHL Awards, but first they must pick players in a league expansion draft.
In that expansion draft, the Golden Knights will select 30 players — one from each established NHL team. Those 30 other NHL teams can protect players on their roster (seven forwards, three defensemen and one goaltender or eight skaters and one goaltender) but anyone left exposed can have their contract assumed by Vegas for no compensation.
Here is the full list of players that can’t be chosen by the Golden Knights.