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Originally Posted by Jacks
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Fleury - any team could have had him for a decent pick/prospect and a decent eligible backup goalie.
Riley Smith - not chosen in the expansion draft, was acquired from Florida for a 4th round draft pick.
Marchissault - it is beyond bizarre why Florida didn't protect him, they could have easily.
Theodore - pretty sure he was a throw in so that Vegas would take Stoner instead of Vatanen. Then they traded Vatanen.
Engelland - Huh? he was a free agent. He was going there anyway and didn't cost us anything.
So that leaves
Neal - legitimate good player who Nashville probably wished they could keep.
Perron - a 28 year old veteran 40-50 point guy, with 1 year left on his contract, who is comparable to guys regularly available in free agency. Not exactly a young star player to build a franchise on but a good solid player.
McNabb - Seemed to be good before Vegas but had a rough 2016-17
Wow, that deck was stacked.
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-Engelland was 100% picked by Vegas
- Fleury could not be had by anyone that wanted him, he was actively using his no trade clause which even further hurt his value to Pittsburgh
- every other player you named while maybe not drafted directly arrived in. Arrived as a direct result of the expansion process and being able
To eat salary, player protection, etc.
It’s quite amazing what they’ve done, but this whole “they are bunch of Players from the thrash bin no one wanted” is total BS. There’s not a Player on that team that woudnt have cracked an NHL roster with or without Vegas this year. Vegas was handed an NHL caliber hockey team and with the parity in the league now anyone Can win if the stars align Which they clearly have in Vegas.
Honestly if someone offered me the chance to blow up the current Calgary roster in exchange for an expansion draft process similar to Vegas, I’d probably take it.