They had their jerseys.
Now they have their players.
The Vegas Golden Knights, a day after unveiling their uniforms as part of Adidas' launch of a partnership with the NHL, completed their 30-player expansion draft at Wednesday night's NHL Awards ceremony in Las Vegas.
Among the team's picks, which came from each of the NHL's other 30 teams by way of lists of unprotected veterans, were longtime Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, Nashville Predators forward James Neal and Ottawa Senators defenseman Marc Methot.
Man, this looks so weird. Hope Fleury has a blast in Vegas. pic.twitter.com/WN1f7Do9dw
— Jeff Veillette (@JeffVeillette) June 22, 2017
David Clarkson, Reilly Smith, Shea Theodore, Alex Tuch, Mikhail Grabovski, Jake Bischoff and at least 10 different future draft picks also landed in Vegas as part of separate trades executed by Golden Knights general manager George McPhee.
In order of selection in between the NHL's handout of awards, here are all 30 of the Golden Knights' expansion draft selections:
- G Calvin Pickard, Colorado Avalanche
- D Luca Sbisa, Vancouver Canucks
- F Teemu Pulkkinen, Arizona Coyotes
- D Jon Merrill, New Jersey Devils
- F William Carrier, Buffalo Sabres
- F Tomas Nosek, Detroit Red Wings
- F Cody Eakin, Dallas Stars
- F Jonathan Marchessault, Florida Panthers
- D Brayden McNabb, Los Angeles Kings
- F Connor Brickley, Carolina Hurricanes
- F Chris Thorburn, Winnipeg Jets
- F Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Philadelphia Flyers
- D Jason Garrison, Tampa Bay Lightning
- G Jean-Francois Berube, New York Islanders
- F James Neal, Nashville Predators
- D Deryk Engelland, Calgary Flames
- F Brendan Leipsic, Toronto Maple Leafs
- D Colin Miller, Boston Bruins
- D Marc Methot, Ottawa Senators
- D David Schlemko, San Jose Sharks
- F David Perron, St. Louis Blues
- F Oscar Lindberg, New York Rangers
- D Griffin Reinhart, Edmonton Oilers
- D Alexei Emelin, Montreal Canadiens
- D Clayton Stoner, Anaheim Ducks
- F Erik Haula, Minnesota WIld
- F William Karlsson, Columbus Blue Jackets
- D Trevor van Riemsdyk, Chicago Blackhawks
- G Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins
- D Nate Schmidt, Washington Capitals
