The NHL has a new team and the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings are three less defensemen between them as a result.
At the NHL Awards and Expansion Draft in Las Vegas, it was announced Los Angeles Kings defenseman Brayden McNabb and Anaheim Ducks defenseman Clayton Stoner had been selected by the Vegas Golden Knights. The Ducks will also send defenseman Shea Theodore to Vegas as well.
For the Kings, McNabb was a physical presence on the blue line but played only 49 games last season due to a broken collar bone. His four points in 2016-17 were done from 24 and 14 in the previous seasons and as LA Kings Insider Jon Rosen notes, he’d been passed in the depth chart as the season progressed.