Vegas Golden Knights 2017 Contract and Player Movement

2018 transactions

Date Player Info Contract type/comment
12/19 Tomas Hyka   Assigned to AHL Chicago
12/18 Knights announcement Recalled from AHL Chicago
Lucas Sbisa Put on IR
12/13 Ryan Carpenter Knights announcement Claimed on waivers (from SJ)
Stefan Matteau Assigned to AHL Chicago
12/10 Marc-Andre Fleury Knights announcement Activated from IR
Maxime Lagace Assigned to AHL Chicago
Ivan Barbashev   Recalled from loan (in AHL) by STL
Michael Leighton   Recalled from loan (in AHL) by ARI
12/8 David Perron   Activated from IR
12/6 Conner Bleackley   Assigned to AHL Chicago by STL
12/5 Kevin Lough   Signed to AHL PTO
12/2 Dmitry Osipov   Recalled from ECHL QC
11/30 Luca Sbisa Knights announcement Activated from IR
11/28 Braden McNabb Knights announcement Signed to four year contract extension
11/26 Stefan Matteau Knights announcement Recalled from AHL Chicago
William Carrier Knights announcement Put on IR (UBI); announced 11/30
Keith Aulie   Released from AHL PTO
11/24 David Perron Knights announcement Put on IR (UBI); announced 11/30
11/21 Michael Leighton   Assigned to AHL Chicago by ARI
C J Motte   Released from AHL PTO
11/20 Tyler Wong   Recalled from ECHL QC
11/19 Wade Megan   Assigned to AHL Chicago by STL
11/17   Recalled from AHL Chicago by STL
11/16 Dylan Ferguson Knights announcement Assigned to WHL Kamloops
Malcolm Subban Activated from IR
11/14 Beau Bennett   Assigned to AHL Chicago by STL
11/12 Luca Sbisa   Put on IR (LBI)
11/9 Tyler Wong   Loaned to ECHL QC
11/8 Vadim Shipachyov Knights announcement Suspension ended; voluntary retirement
11/1 Dmitry Osipov   Loaned to ECHL QC
10/30 Dylan Ferguson Knights announcement Recalled on emergency basis from WHL Kamloops
Oscar Dansk   Put on IR (LBI)
10/29 Griffin Reinhart Knights announcement Assigned to AHL Chicago (after conditioning stint)
Shea Theodore Recalled from AHL Chicago
Jason Garrison   Assigned to AHL Chicago
10/28 Vadim Shipachyov   Suspended
10/27 Erik Haula Knights announcment Activated off IR
Griffin Reinhart Loaned to AHL Chicago on conditioning stint
10/26 Jason Garrison Put on waivers; cleared 10/27
10/25 Brock Trotter   Released from AHL PTO
10/24 Kasimir Kaskisuo   Assigned to AHL Chicago by TOR
Jonathan Marchessault Knights announcement Activated from IR
10/23 Vadim Shipachyov Assigned to AHL Chicago
10/22 Ivan Barbashev   Assigned to AHL Chicago by STL
10/21 Maxime Lagace Knights announcement Recalled from AHL Chicago
Malcom Subban Knights announcement Put on IR (LBI)
10/19 Keegan Kolesar   Assigned to AHL Chicago from ECHL Quad Cities
Wade Megan   Assigned to AHL Chicago by STL
C J Motte   Signed to AHL PTO
10/18 Keith Aulie   Signed to AHL PTO
Oscar Dansk Knights announcement Recalled from AHL; Lagace assigned to AHL
10/14 Maxime Lagace, Alex Tuch Knights announcement Recalled from AHL Chicago
10/13 Vadim Shipachyov Knights announcement Recalled from AHL Chicago
Jonathan Marchessault   Put on IR (LBI)
Marc-Andre Fleury   Put on IR (Concussion)
Erik Haula Knights announcement Put on IR (LBI)
10/9 Connor Bleackley, Jordan Binnington   Assigned by STL to other AHL/ECHL teams
Keegan Kolesar   Assigned to ECHL Quad Cities from AHL Chicago
Curtis Leonard   Released from AHL PTO
10/5 James Neal   Activated off IR
10/6 Tobias Lindberg Knights announcement

Lindberg acquired from Toronto for Pickard (who cleared waivers) and 2018 6th pick.
Assigned to AHL Chicago.

10/5 Tyler Wong (AHL), Jake Walman, Scooter Vaughn (AHL), TJ Tynan, Alex Tuch, Brock Trotter (AHL PTO), Paul Thompson, Shea Theodore, Brett Sterling (AHL PTO), Vadim Shipachyov, Teemu Pulkinen, Brandon Pirri, Dmitry Osipov (AHL), Kenny Morrison (AHL), Stefan Matteau, Mackenzie MacEachern, Petteri Lindbohm, Curtis Leonard (AHL PTO), Max Lagace, Keegan Kolesar, Tomas Hyka, Bryce Gervais (AHL), Oscar Dansk, Chris Castro, Connor Bleackley (STL), Jake Bischoff, Jordan Binnington (STL), Beau Bennett (STL)   Opening AHL roster
Calvin Pickard Knights announcement Put on waivers
Brandon Pirri Clears waivers and assigned to AHL Chicago
10/4 Knights announcement Signed to one year deal. Put on waivers.
10/3 Vadim Shipachyov, Alex Tuch, Shea Theodore Knights announcement Assigned to AHL Chicago
Clayton Stoner Knights announcement Put on injured reserve list
James Neal Put on injured non-roster list
Tomas Hyka, Teemu Pulkinen Assigned to AHL Chicago
Malcolm Subban Claimed off waivers
10/2 Teemu Pulkinen   Put on waivers; clears 10/3
9/29 Stefan Matteau Knights announcement Assigned to AHL Chicago
Nicolas Hague Knights announcement Signed to three year ELS deal
9/28 Dylan Ferguson Knights announcement Signed to three year ELS deal
9/26

Jake Leschyshyn; Chris Casto, Tyler Wong, Keegan Kolesar, Jake Bischoff, Oscar Dansk, Maxime Legace, TJ Tynan and Paul Thompson

 Knights announcement 9 reassigned; Leschyshyn to WHL Regina; eight others to AHL Chicago
9/25 TJ Tynan, Paul Thompson   Put on waivers; cleared 9/26
9/22 Dylan Coghlan, Cody Glass, Nicolas Hague, and Nick Suzuki (back to junior); Bryce Gervais, Stephen MacAulay, Kenney Morrison and Dmitry Osipov (AHL camp) Knights announcement Four players released to junior teams, 4 to AHL Chicago
9/20 Dylan Coghlan Knights announcement Signs three year ELS deal
9/19 Scooter Vaughan, Alex Barre-Boulet, Ben Jones, Patrick Bajkov, Jayden Halbgewachs, Keoni Texeira, Will Warm, Nikolas Brouillard, Jiri Patera and Dylan Ferguson Knights announcement Ten players released from training camp
9/11   Knights announcement (Full) Training camp roster announced
9/8 Erik Brannstrom Knights announcement Skips training camp to play in Sweden
9/7 Marc-Andre Fleury Knights announcement Represents VGK at NHL Media Tour
9/1   Knights announcement Rookie camp roster announced
8/30   Knights announcement Jersey #s for inaugural season announced
8/28 Cody Glass Knights announcement Represents VGK at NHLPA Rookie Showcase
8/5 Nate Schmidt   Awarded two year contract ($2.15m and $2.3m) by arbitrator
8/3   Has arbitration hearing
8/2   Knights announcement Ice installed at City National Bank Arena for first time.
7/15 Cody Glass, Nick Suzuki, Erik Brannstrom Knights announcement Signed to (three year) ELS deals
Brendan Leipsic, Griffin Reinhart Knights announcement Signed to two year deals
7/14   Knights announcement TV home rebranded AT&T Sportsnet
7/6 Teemu Pulkkinen Knights announcement Signed to one year deal
7/4 Oscar Lindberg Knights announcement Signed to two year deal
Marcus Kruger Knights announcement Traded to Carolina for 2018 5th pick
7/3 Oscar Dansk Knights announcement Signed to one year deal
7/2 Marcus Kruger Knights announcement Acquired from Chicago for future considerations (essentially salary dump after paying signing bonus 7/1).
7/1 Brad Hunt (2), Chris Casto, Maxime Lagace, Paul Thompson, Stefan Matteau, T.J. Tynan (2) Knights announcement Sign six free agents (for one season unless indicated)
Alexei Emelin Traded for Nashville's third round pick in 2019
Brendan Leipsic, Oscar Lindberg, Teemu Pulkkinen, Griffin Reinhart, Nate Schmidt   Group 2 RFAs (all eventually re-signed).
Chris Thornburn (STL), Jean-Francois Berube (CHI), Connor Brickley (FLA)   Group 3 and 6 UFAs (acquired in expansion draft) signed by other teams. (Signed on various dates; grouped here for ease.)
6/27   Knights announcement Organizational roster
6/26 Dylan Ferguson Knights announcement Acquire draft pick (Dallas' 2020 2nd) and player for Marc Methot

Forwards (24): Patrick Bajkov, Alex Barre-Boulet, Kenny Brooks, Nick Campoli, Jack Dugan, Reid Duke, Lucas Elvenes, Cody Glass, Jayden Halbgewachs, Brendan Harris, Tomas Hyka, Ben Jones, Keegan Kolesar, Jake Leschyshyn, Josh Melnick, Darian Romanko, Jonas Rondbjerg, Jake Slaker, Martin Sundberg, Nick Suzuki, Alex Tuch, Max Veronneau, Sebastian Vidmar, Tyler Wong

Defensemen (15): Jake Bischoff, Erik Brannstrom, Nikolas Brouillard, Dylan Coghlan, Wyatt Ege, Max Gottlieb, Nicolas Hague, Grant Hutton, Michael Kim, Dmitry Osipov, Alexey Solovyev, Keoni Texeira, Matthew Timms, Will Warm, Justin Wells

Goaltenders (5): Griffen Outhouse, Jiri Patera, Artur Pavliukov, Logan Thompson, Maksim Zhukov

 Knights announcement Development camp roster announced.
6/22-3 Cody Glass (6OA), Nick Suzuki (13), Erik Brannstrom (15), Nicolas Hague (34), Jake Leschyshyn (62), Jonas Rondbjerg (65), Maxim Zhukov (96), Lucas Elevens (127), Jonathan Dugan (142), Nick Campoli (158), Jiri Patera (161), Ben Jones (189) Knights announcement Entry Draft selections
6/22 Keegan Kolesar   Acquired in trade during entry draft, from Columbus
Trevor van Riemsdyk, David Schlemko Knights announcement Players traded for draft picks
6/21
  • Shea Theodore acquired from ANA
  • Buffalo's 2017 sixth round draft pick
  • Boston's 2017 fifth round draft pick (previously acquired by Carolina)
  • Columbus' 2017 first round draft pick, Columbus' 2019 second round draft pick and forward David Clarkson
  • Acquire forward Reilly Smith in exchange for Vegas' 2018 fourth round draft pick 
  • Acquire forward Alex Tuch in exchange for a conditional third round draft pick in either the 2017 or 2018 draft
  • Acquire Jake Bischoff, Mikhail Grabovski, New York Islanders's 2017 first round draft pick and 2019 second round draft pick
  • Acquire Pittsburgh's 2020 second round draft pick
  • Acquire Tampa Bay's 2017 second round draft pick, Pittsburgh's 2018 fourth round draft pick (previously acquired by Tampa Bay) and the rights to Nikita Gusev
  • Acquire Winnipeg's first round draft pick in 2017 and Winnipeg's third round draft pick in 2019 in exchange for Columbus' 2017 first round draft pick
 Knights announcement Associated expansion draft trades announced.
Erik Haula, Derek Engelland Haula signed to three year contract, Engelland to one year contract
6/21

Goalies: Jean-Francis Berube (NYI), Marc-Andre Fleury (PIT), Calvin Pickard (COL)

Defense: Alexei Emelin (MON), Derek Engelland (CAL), Jason Garrison (TB), Brayden McNabb (LA), Jon Merrill (NJ), Marc Methot (OTT), Colin Miller (BOS), Griffin Reinhart (EDM), Luca Sbisa (VAN), David Schlemko (SJ), Nate Schmidt (WAS), Clayton Stoner (ANA), Trevor van Reimsdyk (CHI)

Forwards: Pierre-Edouard Bellmare (PHI), Connor Brickley (CAR), William Carrier (BUF), Cody Eakin (DAL), Erik Haula (MIN), Brendan Leipsic (TOR), Oscar Lindberg (NYR), William Karlsson (CLB), Jonathan Marchessault (FLA), James Neal (NAS), Tomas Nosek (DET), David Perron (STL), Teemu Pulkkinen (ARI), Chris Thornburn (WPG)

 Knights announcement

NHL expansion draft selections named.

Pending RFAs include:

6/7 Rocky Thompson Knights announcement Named AHL Chicago Wolves coach
6/1 Tomas Hyka   Signed to one year ELS deal
  Knight announcement ECHL Quad City Mallards announced as ECHL affiliate beginning with 2017-18 season.
5/23   Knights announcement Root Sports (aka AT&T Sportsnet) announced as TV home of VGK.
5/21   Knights announcement AHL Chicago Wolves announced as AHL affiliate beginning with 2017-18 season.
5/4 Vadim Shipachyov Knights announcement Signed to two year SPC
4/29 NHL Draft Lottery Knights announcement VGK guaranteed same odds as #3 team. Will pick 6th in first round.
4/13 Gerrard Gallant Knights announcement Named NHL head coach
4/7 Reid Duke   Signs PTO with AHL Chicago
3/6 Reid Duke Knights announcement Signed to 3-year ELS SPC
3/1     Final franchise payment made to NHL. (Officially a NHL team)

 

2016 Transactions

Date Player Info Contract type/comment
11/22   Knights announcement Vegas Golden Knights name revealed
10/5     Ground breaking on Summerlin practice facility
10/3 Kerry Bubolz   Named NHL President and COO
8/18 Murray Craven   Named SVP (hockey ops)
8/8 Misha Donskov   Named Director Hockey Ops
8/2 Kelly McCrimmon   Named EVP hockey ops and assistant GM
7/30     First ice installed at T-Mobile Arena
7/13 George McPhee   Named NHL General Manager
6/22     NHL franchise awarded
4/6     T-Mobile Arena opens

2015 Transactions

Date Player Info Contract type/comment
7/20   NHL announcement NHL deadline for expansion applications (2 submissions)
7/6   NHL begins accepting expansion applications (16 requests).
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