NHL Transactions, Injuries & Rumours

[Bruyns]

As a Kero owner I was hoping Kruger was gone, don't think he is now.

[Robin Hood]

I think Vegas has done a god awful job with a gift of an opportunity. No other expansion team in history has been given this solid of a chance to come out of the gate an amazing franchise.

They would literally have been better off taking the best player available from every team and then making a deal at the deadline next year. Take Vatanen, Dumba, Mrazek etc. What a joke.

Now we'll have to watch that franchise flounder for 7 years till it gets to the level it could have started at next year.

[Lee]

Vatanen and Dumba would not have been exposed if there was a chance of them being picked.

[Robin Hood]

Most of those teams were handcuffed and you could have taken a very good player from them.

[Robin Hood]

George McPhee should be ashamed of the job he's done IMO. He'll be fired in a couple of years and a new GM will come in to to lead the next phase of Vegas like Doug Maclean

[Bruyns]

Point was to load up on prospects and picks and we will see more of that tomorrow. I don't like quite a few of the picks/deals but think their overall strategy was the right one just disagree with some valuations. Picking a team to compete for the 8th spot in the West would have been foolish, they need to be bad for a couple seasons and hope some of their picks turn into stars.

[hong57]

maybe what Lee said is correct.. because dumba >>>>>> tuch + haula...

but there is no excuse in not taking mrazek... if they don't need him.. you can easily flip him to someone who needs a goalie for a return MUCH BETTER than nosek? no?

[Bruyns]

Taking Emelin, Engelland, Brickley, Nosek, Merrill, Lindberg and Bellemare are the bad picks IMO. Don't like the ANA deal and MIN deal is OK but not a big fan, but I think the TBL, NYI, FLA, CBJ, PIT and WPG deals were smart.

[hong57]

sigh.. exciting day comes to a disappointing finish

[hong57]

well what do you expect from a GM trading forsberg for erat..

[Tony]

Taking Emelin, Engelland, Brickley, Nosek, Merrill, Lindberg and Bellemare are the bad picks IMO. Don't like the ANA deal and MIN deal is OK but not a big fan, but I think the TBL, NYI, FLA, CBJ, PIT and WPG deals were smart.

Completely agree. I still hate seeing Thorburn selected though...

[kimmer]

Marchessault + Shipachyov
Faces of VGK )

[Matthew]

Marchessault + Shipachyov
Faces of VGK )

Paul agrees: VGK will be awful.

[foofnik]

Thorburn on the trade block

[Robin Hood]

Point was to load up on prospects and picks and we will see more of that tomorrow. I don't like quite a few of the picks/deals but think their overall strategy was the right one just disagree with some valuations. Picking a team to compete for the 8th spot in the West would have been foolish, they need to be bad for a couple seasons and hope some of their picks turn into stars.

Oh, I'm not saying don't load up on picks. I'm saying it is poor asset management.
-Could they have gotten more 1sts?
-DId they need to take two awful contracts to get the 1sts they got?
-Could they have flipped certain players (e.g. at the trade deadline next year) instead of taking picks in later rounds?
-Could they have simply picked better players from certain teams?

There are mistakes on so many levels made, it's not even funny.

[Arian The Insider]

Players would've been traded if Vegas wasn't cutting deals and I'm sure they knew that. Without seeing the trades that will happen soon, I think they set themselves up well to stock the pool. They can still add more players in free agency.

Some of the player choices can definitely be questioned though

[Matthew]

Easy for us to say we could have done better when we don't know what was going on behind the scenes.

[Tony]

Meh, I'll save my disappointment for after the entry draft. See what GMGM can do.

[hong57]

Meh, I'll save my disappointment for after the entry draft. See what GMGM can do.

VGK traded up to Dallas spot to pick 3rd overall

GMGM: With the 3rd overall pick in the 2017 NHL entry draft, and the first ever selection by this franchise, the Vegas Golden Knights are proud to select, from the Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League, Centre - Michael Rasmussen

[thom54]

hahahah Rasmussen blowwws