Projected Las Vegas Golden Knights Roster

Today, we're going to look at the potential roster for the Las Vegas Golden Knights. The Golden Knights are the NHL's latest team, which will begin play in the 2017-18 season. The projected roster will incorporate the players taken from other NHL teams during the expansion draft, and Reid Duke, the only current player. The draft will not be incorporated into the lineup due to the probability the Golden Knights will trade up to gain draft picks. Here is the projected roster for the Vegas Golden Knights. All cap hit amounts are according to Cap Friendly.

TEAMS-EXPANSION DRAFT
Anaheim Ducks-Jakob Silfverberg-$3,7500,000 Cap Hit
Arizona Coyotes-Josh Jooris-$600,000 Cap Hit
Boston Bruins- Malcolm Subban-$863,333 Cap Hit
Buffalo Sabres-Josh Gorges-$3,900,000 Cap Hit
Calgary Flames-Dennis Wideman-$5,250,000 Cap Hit
Carolina Hurricanes-Lee Stempniak-$2,500,000 Cap Hit
Chicago Blackhawks-Trevor Van Riemsdyk-$825,000 Cap Hit
Colorado Avalanche-Carl Soderberg-$4,750,000 Cap Hit
Columbus Blue Jackets-Jack Johnson-$4,357,143 Cap Hit
Dallas Stars-Ales Hemsky-$4,000,000 Cap Hit
Detroit Red Wings- Riley Sheahan-$2,075,000 Cap Hit
Edmonton Oilers- Benoit Pouliot-$4,000,000 Cap Hit
Florida Panthers-Alex Petrovic-$1,050,000 Cap Hit
Los Angeles Kings-Brayden McNabb-$1,700,000 Cap Hit
Minnesota Wild-Jason Zucker-$2,000,000 Cap Hit
Montreal Canadiens-Jordie Benn-$1,100,000 Cap Hit
Nashville Predators-Colin Wilson-$3,937,500 Cap Hit
New Jersey Devils-Dalton Prout-$1,575,000 Cap Hit
New York Islanders-Calvin De Hann-$1,966,667 Cap Hit
New York Rangers-Antti Raanta-$1,000,000 Cap Hit
Ottawa Senators-Viktor Stalberg-$1,500,000 Cap Hit
Philadelphia Flyers-Michael Raffl-$2,350,000 Cap Hit
Pittsburgh Penguins-Chris Kunitz-$3,850,000 Cap Hit
San Jose Sharks-Joel Ward-$3,275,000 Cap Hit
St. Louis Blues-Ryan Reaves-$1,125,000 Cap Hit
Tampa Bay Lightning-J.T. Brown-$1,250,000 Cap Hit
Toronto Maple Leafs-Eric Fehr-$2,000,000 Cap Hit
Vancouver Canucks-Reid Boucher-$715,000 Cap Hit
Washington Capitals-Philipp Grubauer-$750,000 Cap Hit
Winnipeg Jets-Shawn Matthias-$2,125,000 Cap Hit
Total Cap Hit: $70.1 Million

GAMEDAY LINEUP
LW-C-RW
Jakob Silfverberg-Colin Wilson-Viktor Stalberg
Jason Zucker-Carl Soderberg-Joel Ward
Reid Boucher-Michael Raffl-Ales Hemsky
Benoit Pouliot-JT Brown-Reid Duke
LD-RD
Jordie Benn-Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Jack Johnson-Dennis Wideman
Josh Gorges-Calvin De Hann
G
Antti Raanta
Philipp Grubauer
SCRATCHES/AHL
FORWARDS
Lee Stempniak
Shawn Matthias
Riley Sheahan
Eric Fehr
Ryan Reaves
Josh Jooris
DEFENSEMEN
Brayden McNabb
Dalton Prout
Alex Petrovic
GOALIES
Malcolm Subban

This is the projected lineup for the Golden Knights. Don't take this too seriously, trades could open things up and a lot could change between now and next year. Also, if you would like to create your own expansion draft team, use Cap Friendly's expansion draft tool here.

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