Entering the draft with a treasure chest of eight picks, including the 17th overall selection, the Vegas Golden Knights came out of it with an elite playmaker and seven prospects to add to the pipeline after trading away two picks in order to move up in the second round.
The front office tandem of General Manager Kelly McCrimmon and President of Hockey Operations George McPhee went into the weekend with a game plan and they executed it to perfection.
They addressed a variety of needs on Day Two of the draft and added a shiny new toy to the farm system in Peyton Krebs, who slots in right behind Cody Glass as one of the franchise’s top two prospects.