A suspension to Nate Schmidt and the unresolved contract situation involving Shea Theodore had some Golden Knights fans panicking about the blue line when training camp began earlier this month.
Those same issues had several of the team’s young defensemen eyeing open roster spots.
Erik Brannstrom has been outstanding while Jake Bischoff and Nicolas Hague have also made strong cases for their inclusion on the roster, though Hague was assigned to the team’s AHL affiliate in Chicago on Sunday.
The move leaves the Knights with eight defensemen in camp who are eligible to start the season, the same number they carried last season.