Golden Knights Player Information

Note on waiver exemption - this is the player's status as of the start of the season. So playing the number of games indicated will remove their waiver exemption.

NHL () roster: = G, D, F

NHL contracts (38) active until at least 6/30/2025:

Goalies (5): Hill, <<Lehner>>, Lindbom (ELC), Samsonov, Vikman (ELC)

Defense (12): Chayka (ELC), Cormier (ELC), Fleming (ELC), Hague, Hanifin, Hutton, Mayo, McNabb, Pietrangelo, Sedoff (ELC), Theodore, Whitecloud (ELC)

Forwards (21): Barbashev, Brabenec (ELC), Brisson (ELC), Cotter (ELC), Demek (ELC), Denisenko, Eichel, Geertsen, Gustafson (ELC), Hemerling (ELC), Hertl, Howden, Karlsson, Kolsesar, Morelli, Olofsson, Quinney, Rondbjerg, Roy, Sapovaliv (ELC), Stone; ** Cataford (ELC)

Legend: ** ELC slidable contract, NHL, NHL IR, AHL, ECHL, On loan to Junior (overager)/European team; ~~suspended~~; ((non-roster, e.g., family leave)) + = on waivers

AHL deals (4) Through 6/30/2025:

Goalie: Jordan Papirny

Defense: Jake Bischoff (through 24-25), Samuel Mayer (through 25-26)

Forward: Braeden Bowman, Bear Hughes (through 24-25), Simon Pinard (through 24-25); Riley McKay, Mitch McLain (through 25-26), Brandon Hickey, Jett Jones

NHL Jersey Number	Name	Nationality	League (nominally)	Social Media	Position	Shoots/ Catches	Birthday	Acquired	Links (Stats, Bios, etc.)	Under Contract 'Till	Waiver Exempt 23-24
1	Cameron Whitehead	Canada	Northeastern HE (#39, '27)		Goalie	Left	6/13/2003	ED22/4/128	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| College	-	-
2	Zach Whitecloud	Canada	NHL		Defense	Right	11/28/1996	FA180308	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	280630	N
3	Brayden McNabb	Canada	NHL		Defense	Left	1/21/1991	XPD17	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN	250630	N
4	Mason Geertsen	Canada	AHL		Defense	Left	4/19/1995	FA230701	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630	N Cleared waivers 10/1
5	Daniil Chayka	Russia	AHL		Defense	Left	10/22/2002	ED21/2/38	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL	250630 ELC	Y2/160
6	Kaedan Korczak	Canada	AHL		Defense	Right	1/29/2001	ED19/2/41	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL	RFA/QO	Y1/149
7	Alex Pietrangelo	Canada	NHL		Defense	Right	1/18/1990	FA201012	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN	270630	N
8	Mathieu Cataford	Canada	QMJHL Hallifax		Center	Right	3/1/2005	ED23/3/77	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	3 year ELC	Y
9	Jack Eichel	USA	NHL		Center	Right	10/28/1996	TR211104	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN	260630 NMC	N
10	Nicolas Roy	Canada	NHL		Center	Right	2/5/1997	TR190626	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN	270630	N
11	Mason Morelli	USA	AHL		Forward	Left	2/1/1996	FA230701	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL	250630	Y1
12	Jakub Brabenec	Czech Republic	AHL/NHL		Center	Left	9/3/2003	ED21/4/102	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 ELC	Y3/160
13	Jakub Demek	Slovakia	AHL		Center	Left	6/6/2003	ED21/4/128	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	260630 ELC	y
14	Nicolas Hague	Canada	NHL		Defense	Left	12/5/1998	ED17/2/34	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630	N
15	Noah Hanifin	USA	NHL		Defense	Left	1/25/1997	TR240306	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN	320630 NTC	N
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	Russia	AHL		Forward	Left	10/26/2000	ED19/3/79	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	RFA/QO	N
17	Ben Hutton	Canada	NHL		Defense	Left	4/20/1993	FA211021	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN	260630	N
18	Robert Hagg				Defense					TO
19	Brendan Brisson	USA	AHL		Center	Left	10/22/2001	ED20/1/29	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630 ELC	Y2/80
20	Zach Aston-Reese	USA			Center	Left	8/10/1994	FA240701	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630	N
21	Brett Howden	Canada	NHL		Center	Left	3/28/1998	TR210717	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630	N
24	Trevor Connelly	USA	USHL/Providence		Left	Left	2/28/2006	ED24/1/19	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| College	-	-
25	Matyas Sapovaliv	Czech Republic	OHL Saginaw		Center	Left	2/12/2004	ED22/2/48	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	270630 ELC	Y4/160
26	Alexander Holtz							TR240629		TO
xx	Tobias Björnfot	Sweden	NHL		Defense	Left	4/6/2001	WA240105	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630	N
27	Shea Theodore	Canada	NHL		Defense	Left	8/3/1995	TR170621	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN	250630 (MNTC 23-25) 320630	N
28	Tanner Laczyniski							FA240701	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	260630
30	Carl Lindbom	Sweden	Sweden Jr Djurgarden Jr		Goalie	Left	5/20/2003	ED21/7/222	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	260630 ELC	Y4/80
31	Isaiah Saville	USA	AHL		Goalie	Right	9/21/2000	ED19/5/135	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL	TO
32	Jesper Vikman	Sweden	AHL		Goalie	Left	3/11/2002	ED20/5/125	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 ELC	Y4/60
33	Adin Hill	Canada	NHL		Goalie	Left	5/11/1996	TR220829	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN	250630	N
35	Ilya Samsonov				Goalie			FA240701	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630
37	Tuomas Uronen	Finland	SM-liiga		Right	Right	3/19/2005	ED23/6/192	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	-	-
38	Jordan Gustafson	Canada	WHL		Center	Left	1/20/2004	ED22/4/128	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	270630 ELC	Y4/160
40	Akira Schmid				Goalie			TR240629	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL;	260630
xx	Lukas Cormier	Canada	AHL		Defense	Left	3/27/2002	ED20/3/68	NHL \| PP \|\| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL	250630 ELC	Y2/160
41	Brandon Hickey		AHL						NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630 AHL	N/A
42	Braeden Bowman				Forward			FA240709	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630 AHL	N/A
43	Mazden Leslie				Defense					TO
44	Christoffer Sedoff	Finland	AHL		Defense	Left	2/20/2002	FA230303	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 ELC	Y3/80
45	Jake Bischoff	USA	AHL		Defense	Left	7/25/1994	TR170621	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630 AHL	N/A
46	Jonas Rondbjerg	Denmark	AHL		Right	Left	3/1/1999	ED17/3/65	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630	N Cleared waivers 10/1
47	Grigori Denisenko							WA231007		TO
48	Tomas Hertl	Czech Republic	NHL		Center	Lefts	11/12/1993	TR240308	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN	300630 NMC/NTC	N
49	Ivan Barbashev	Russia	NHL		Forward	Left	12/14/1995	TR230226	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN	280630	N
50	Joe Fleming	USA	QMJHL		Defense	Right	6/19/2003	FA220929	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	260630 ELC	Y3/160
52	Artur Cholach	Ukraine	OHL Barrie		Defense	Left	6/6/2003	ED21/6/190	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	-	-
53	Simon Pinard	Canada	AHL		Right	Left	5/26/2001	FA230721	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL	250630 AHL	N/A
54	Grigori Denisenko	Russia	NHL		Forward	Right	6/24/2000	WA231007	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630	N Cleared 10/9
55	Keegan Kolesar	Canada	NHL		Right	Right	4/8/1997	TR170622	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630	N
59	Jackson Hallum	USA	U of Mi ('26)		Center	Left	9/8/2002	ED20/3/91	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| College \|	-	-
60	Bear Hughes	USA	AHL		Center	Right	5/30/2001	FA230707	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL;	250630 AHL	N/A
61	Mark Stone	Canada	NHL		Right	Right	5/13/1992	TR190225	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN	270630 NMC	N
62	Noah Ellis	USA	HE UMass ('25)		Defense	Right	2/1/2002	ED20/6/184	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| College	-	-
63	Ben Hemmerling	Canada	WHL		Right	Right	4/21/2004	ED22/6/177	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	270630 ELC	Y4/160
65	Dysin Mayo	Canada	AHL		Defense	Right	8/17/1996	TR230222	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630	N Cleared 10/1
67	Lucas Van Vliet	USA	USHL		Center	Left	1/25/1006	ED24/7/197	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior/College	-	-
68	Callahan Burke							TR231010		TO
70	Tanner Pearson									PTO
71	William Karlsson	Sweden	NHL		Center	Left	1/8/1993	XPD17	NHL \| PP \| IHDB\| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN	270630	N
72	Gage Quinney	USA	AHL		Left	Left	7/29/1995	FA180601	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| THN \| TSN \| AHL	250630	N Cleared 10/1
74	Shane Smith				Forward					TO
75	Mitch McLain									TO
76	Trent Swick	Canada	OHL	p	Left	Left	4/5/2004	ED24/6/180	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	-	-
77	Kai Uchacz				Forward					TO
79	Viliam Kmec				Defense					TO
82	Abram Wiebe	Canada	BCHL UND (23-27)		Defense	Left	8/28/2003	ED22/7/209	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior \| College	-	-
89	Riley McKay							FA240709	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630 AHL
90	Robin Lehner	Sweden	NHL LTIR		Goalie	Left	7/24/1991	TR200224	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN	250630	N
91	Jett Jones				Forward			FA240725	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 AHL	N/A
92	Sloan Stanick				Forward					TO
95	Victor Olfosson							FA240702	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL	250630
96	Samuel Mayer				Defense			FA240509	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL	260630 AHL	N/A
97	Jacob Mathieu				Forward					TO
98	Mikael Huchette				Forward					TO
	Arttu Karki	Finland	Finland jr		Defense	Left	12/8/2004	ED23/3/96	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	-	-
	Martins Dzierkals	Latvia	SM Liiga (Czech)		Right	Left	4/4/1997	TR200224	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| Europe	-	-
	Pavel Moysevich	Russia	KHL		Goalie	Right	9/9/2004	ED24/3/83	NHL \| PP \| IHDB \| Elite \| NHLPA \| TSN \| AHL \| ECHL \| Junior	-	-
	Braeden Bowman

Unsigned draftees (overall draft position; college graduating year, if applicable):

2019 draft: C Ryder Donovan (110, University of Wisconsin '24)

2020 draft: C Jackson Hallum (91, U of Michigan '26), D Noah Ellis (184, UMass-Amherst '26)

2021 draft: D Artur Cholach (190, Europe '25)

2022 draft: G Cameron Whitehead (128; Northeastern '27), D Abram Wiebe (209; UND '27)

2023 draft: D Arttu Karki (96, Finland '27), R Tuomas Uronen (192, Finland '27).

2024 draft: L Trevor Connelly (19, college), G Pavel Moysevich (83, KHL), LW Trent Swick (180, OHL), C Lucas Van Vliet (197, college)

Signing deadlines for prospects:

2024 college graduates: need to be signed by 8/15/2024 or become UFA (Donovan)
2021 European playing draftees - nominally need to be signed within 4 years of drafting. Deadline 2025. (Cholach)
2023 European playing draftees - nominally need to be signed within 4 years of drafting. Deadline 2026. (Karki, Uronen)
2025 leaving college early: need to be signed by June 1. (unknown)
2026 college graduates: need to be signed by 8/15/2026 or become UFA (Ellis, Hallum)
2027 college graduates; need to be signed by 8/15/2027 or become UFA (Whitehead, Wiebe)
Defected draftees: none (rights held until age 27)

Legend:

NHL = NHL.com
IHDB = hockeydb.com (Internet Hockey Database)
NHLPA = nhlpa.com (NHL Players' Assocation)
Elite = Elite Prospects.com
TSN = tsn.ca/nhl
CF = CapFriendly.com
AHL = theahl.com
+ = NHL Rookie
IR = injured reserve
ED = entry draft (YY-OOO - year, overall)
TR = trade (YYMMDD - year, month, day)
FA = free agency signing (YYMMDD - year, month, day)
WA = waiver acquisition (YYMMDD - year, month, day)
RFA = contract expired; new negotiations in progress
? (only) = prospect in organization with unknown assignment for upcoming season. May have completed college, may be ready to leave juniors.
YYMMDD? - esimated ELC contract expiration
R = pro rookie
V = AHL veteran
(nn) = jersey number worn at camp

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