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25. Vegas ▾3

Spoiler!

The Golden Knights traded their first-round picks in 2022 and 2025 before the draft, and dealt the two first-rounders they took in 2023 and 2021 after the draft. That leaves Trevor Connelly as the lone first-rounder in their pool. Behind him, they have a couple of solid goalies and some relevant forwards, but the cupboards are completely bare on the back end — none of their 13 ranked prospects here are defensemen following the trade of Abram Wiebe’s rights to Calgary.

Tier 1: Connelly(LW, 24' #19), Lindbom(G, 21' #222), Ihs-Wozniak(RW, 25' #55), Bowman(RW, undrafted), Cataford(F, 23' #77)

Tier 2: Sapovaliv(C, 22' #48), Nobert(C, 25' #85), Brabenec(LW, 21' #102)

Tier 3: Van Vliet(F, 24' #197), Moysevich(G, 24' #83), Whitehead(G, 22' #128), Hemmerling(RW, 22' #177), Uronen(RW, 23' #192)

It seems we took their last standing D-men in the Andersson trade. The future definitely doesn't look bright for Vegas, and their aging core.