The Vegas Golden Knights are the 31st NHL franchise. As an expansion team they were allowed to take one player (who was eligible to be drafted) from the other 30 NHL teams. Each team was able to protect either seven forwards, three defenceman and one goaltender or eight skaters and one goaltender. The full rules can be found here. The eighth team we are going to look at is the Colorado Avalanche.
Colorado Avalanche
The Avalanche surprisingly had a couple of good options for Vegas to choose from. A couple of good players that the Knights could have chosen are Mikhail Grigorenko and Eric Gelinas.