Vegas Golden Knights Expansion Draft Shenanigans Thread

[BGDave]

I like this. YOU KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY KORPISALO, VEGAS

Isn't that what got Pee Wee Herman in trouble many years ago, couldn't keep his hands off his korpisalo in public?

 

[dash]

Isn't that what got Pee Wee Herman in trouble many years ago, couldn't keep his hands off his korpisalo in public?

 

[Judge Fudge]

Found this searching TSN a hour ago

draft simulator

 

[DevilishWon]

I like this. YOU KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY KORPISALO, VEGAS

Getting personal...

 

[puckhead]

Found this searching TSN a hour ago

draft simulator

Wow, this is going to be tough.
My first run through is an utterly shit team, and $8mill over the cap!

 

[obxyankeefan]

Wow, this is going to be tough.
My first run through is an utterly shit team, and $8mill over the cap!

My run through it was $35 million under the cap, but the team would have run away with the ECHL.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Gordo: How much would Las Vegas want to take Blues' Lehtera?

1) On an 82 game pace, Lehtera was good for 9 goals and 28 points; last season, in 79 games, he had 9 goals and 34 points. He's also pushing 30, what kind of progress were they expecting? The contract was bad the second they offered it to him if you’re judging him on points alone.

2) If the Blues trade one of their first round picks solely to offload Lehtera, what was the point of “getting something” for Shattenkirk? You might as well have kept him, hoped for the best and then traded your own shitty 1st rounder to offload a bad contract.

3) It would probably take an AAV above $6 mil to get Parayko and avoid the Blues matching it if they hold onto Lehtera and everybody else (then again, why are they holding onto everybody else if the team as it is isn’t good enough to win?). That means a 1st, 2nd and 3rd round pick for 2018.

If I’m the Leafs and I’m willing to give up an entire draft for a player, I think given this year’s RFA crop I’d be targeting a forward and try to score a d-man on the trade market. They’re still thin at centre and with guys like RyJo, Granlund, Wennberg and Tyler Johnson on teams that are up against the cap and needing new contracts (not to mention LW possibilities like Drouin or even Arvidsson), I wouldn’t mind sacrificing some picks for a talent that could put the team in the upper tier of Eastern Conference teams.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Found this searching TSN a hour ago

draft simulator

My team:
FORWARDS
Perron (UFA18) - Stepan - Stempniak (UFA18)
Chimera (UFA18) - Jenner - Andrighetto
Watson (NSH) - Ennis - Armia
Boucher - Stajan (UFA18) - Jooris
Cousins
EXTRAS: Noesen, Nolan, Pakarinen, Ben Smith,

DEFENSE
Spurgeon - TVR
Vatanen - Green (UFA18)
Sustr - Nesterov
Oleksiak
EXTRAS: Petrovic, Chris Wideman (UFA18), Mueller

GOALIE:
MAF
Grubauer
Subban

$10M in cap space. Average is 26.5 but Ive noted the guys who could fetch something as a rental at the 2018 deadline. Team should get younger in year 2, then finally better in year 3.

Went for stability on the back end and flexibility at forward, contract wise.

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

Then the third goalie in Niemi or Lehtonen. That trio would get then a third of the way there.

Stars fans can only hope...

Niemi

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

My team:
FORWARDS
Perron (UFA18) - Stepan - Stempniak (UFA18)
Chimera (UFA18) - Jenner - Andrighetto
Watson (NSH) - Ennis - Armia
Boucher - Stajan (UFA18) - Jooris
Cousins
EXTRAS: Noesen, Nolan, Pakarinen, Ben Smith,

DEFENSE
Spurgeon - TVR
Vatanen - Green (UFA18)
Sustr - Nesterov
Oleksiak
EXTRAS: Petrovic, Chris Wideman (UFA18), Mueller

GOALIE:
MAF
Grubauer
Subban

$10M in cap space. Average is 26.5 but Ive noted the guys who could fetch something as a rental at the 2018 deadline. Team should get younger in year 2, then finally better in year 3.

Went for stability on the back end and flexibility at forward, contract wise.

How does MAF get in there? More directed to TSN than yourself.

I get people assume he's going to wind up there but really...why? If you're him, you just won two playoff rounds, you have control over your destination, you're 32, have rings...why are you waiving to go suck on an expansion team? What possible motive is there for him to do this?

 

[scoutyjones2]

When do teams have to provide their lists? Is it before game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals?

 

[forty_three]

My team:
FORWARDS
Perron (UFA18) - Stepan - Stempniak (UFA18)
Chimera (UFA18) - Jenner - Andrighetto
Watson (NSH) - Ennis - Armia
Boucher - Stajan (UFA18) - Jooris
Cousins
EXTRAS: Noesen, Nolan, Pakarinen, Ben Smith,

DEFENSE
Spurgeon - TVR
Vatanen - Green (UFA18)
Sustr - Nesterov
Oleksiak
EXTRAS: Petrovic, Chris Wideman (UFA18), Mueller

GOALIE:
MAF
Grubauer
Subban

$10M in cap space. Average is 26.5 but Ive noted the guys who could fetch something as a rental at the 2018 deadline. Team should get younger in year 2, then finally better in year 3.

Went for stability on the back end and flexibility at forward, contract wise.

No chance they are going to expose Jenner.

 

[elocomotive]

How does MAF get in there? More directed to TSN than yourself.

I get people assume he's going to wind up there but really...why? If you're him, you just won two playoff rounds, you have control over your destination, you're 32, have rings...why are you waiving to go suck on an expansion team? What possible motive is there for him to do this?

And at the other end, why would Vegas want MAF? He's old, mediocre, and comes with a huge price tag. It's not like they are likely to be competing for a Cup in the next couple seasons and need the veteran experience to help them through. They'd be much better off getting 2-3 young guys and seeing who wins the job.

I get he had a couple good series this playoffs, but he has a career .912 save percentage, and overall an even worse track record in the playoffs. He's made only one all-star team legitimately. Better to let young guys develop and use that money on forwards or defensemen that will put butts in seats.

 

[dash]

No chance they are going to expose Jenner.

Agreed - People with the surname Jenner has already gotten enough exposure over the last few years.

 

[Judge Fudge]

Agreed - People with the surname Jenner has already gotten enough exposure over the last few years.

 

[Duke of Douchington]

Found this searching TSN a hour ago

draft simulator

Couple observations from me playing with that tool.

1. I went through it once and didn't even end up taking a goalie. I made it all the way to Vancouver and thought "Oh shit, I haven't taken a goalie yet..."

2. I can't tell you how many teams I went through where I also thought, "Can I pass?"

 

[Judge Fudge]

Couple observations from me playing with that tool.

1. I went through it once and didn't even end up taking a goalie. I made it all the way to Vancouver and thought "Oh shit, I haven't taken a goalie yet..."

2. I can't tell you how many teams I went through where I also thought, "Can I pass?"

I made it as far as Boston Without taking a goalie

 

[Vegas]

Isn't that what got Pee Wee Herman in trouble many years ago, couldn't keep his hands off his korpisalo in public?

Trivia question:

Who are the 3 most famous people in American history who were shot in the back of the head?

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. JFK
3. The guy sitting in front of Pee Wee Herman

 

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Trivia question:

Who are the 3 most famous people in American history who were shot in the back of the head?

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. JFK
3. The guy sitting in front of Pee Wee Herman

 

[Judge Fudge]

Forwards: Etem (RW Ducks), Vrbata(RW Phenoix), Moluson (LW Buffalo), Girgeronko (C Colorado), Glendening (C Detroit), Pittick (RW Edmonton), Vanek (LW Florida), Dowd (C Los Angeles), Waston (LW Nashville), Smith-Pelly (RW New Jeresy), Cluttterbuck(RW Islanders), Wingles (C Ottawa), Leier (LW Philly), Brodziak (C St. Louis), Kilhorn (C Tampa), Smith (RW Toronto), Winnick (LW Washington), Kosmachuk(RW Winnipeg)

Defense: Bartowski(Calgary), Dalbech (Carolina), Van Riemsdyk (Chicago), Johnson (Columbus), Spergoun (Minnisota), Emilin (Montreal), Clendenning (Rangers), Schlemko (San Jose), Sbisa (Vancouver)

Goalie: Subban (Boston), Niemi (Dallas), Flurey (Pittsburgh),

I'd make the Lines:

Vanek-Killorn-Vrbata-Johnson-Spergoun
Moluson- Brodziak-Clutterbuck-Sbisa-Vam Riemsdyk
Winnick-Glendening-Smith-Schlemko-Emlin
Watson-Girgeronko-Etem

Reserves: Wingles, Smith-Pelly, Dalbeck

Of course the Goalies are Flurey and Niemi


Bold Prediction: This team (because of the goalies) finishes in a WC spot