Building through the draft in a hard-cap sport is key and it takes on even more importance for an expansion team such as the Vegas Golden Knights.
All in all, the Golden Knights haven’t done a bad job when it comes to building and then replenishing their pipeline.
Of course, they have stripped their farm system of some considerable blue chip talent in order to widen their Stanley Cup window, most notably sending stud defenseman Erik Brannstrom to the Ottawa Senators as part of the blockbuster Mark Stone trade and center Nick Suzuki to the Montreal Canadiens as part of the package that brought Max Pacioretty to Sin City.