2017 NHL expansion Draft - wikipedia 2017 NHL expansion Draft 2017 NHL Expansion Draft General information Date ( s ) June 21, 2017 Location T - Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nevada Expansion team ( s ) Vegas Golden Knights NHL Expansion and Dispersal Drafts ← 2000 The 2017 NHL Expansion Draft was an expansion draft conducted by the National Hockey League on June 18 -- 20, 2017 to fill the roster of the league 's expansion team for the 2017 -- 18 season, the Vegas Golden Knights. The team 's selections were announced on June 21 during the NHL Awards ceremony at T - Mobile Arena. Contents 1 Background 2 Rules 3 Protected players 3.1 Eastern Conference 3.2 Western Conference 4 Draft results 5 Trades 6 Post-draft 7 See also 8 References Background In the offseason before the 2015 -- 16 NHL season, the league opened a window for ownership groups to bid for expansion teams for the first time since 2000. Two ownership groups submitted bids to the league, one each from Las Vegas and Quebec City. If chosen, this would be the first `` Big Four '' major professional sports league to place a franchise in Las Vegas ( not counting the city 's short - lived and ill - fated football teams in the Canadian Football League and XFL, who played in 1994 and 2001 respectively ), but the NHL has had a limited presence in the city with annual preseason games, beginning with an outdoor game in 1991 and the Frozen Fury series held each year since 1997. Quebec City was previously home of the Quebec Nordiques, a team that had moved in 1995 and became the Colorado Avalanche ; it has hosted occasional preseason games since that time, and has constructed a new ice hockey arena to receive a potential NHL team. Due to political delays, a bid was not submitted from Seattle despite the presence of three different ownership groups publicly campaigning to start an NHL team ; a number of other potential expansion sites, such as Kansas City and Saskatchewan, declined to place bids because of cost concerns. Las Vegas was approved for the 2017 -- 18 NHL season on June 22, 2016 ; at the same time the Quebec City bid was deferred, largely because of concerns over the Canadian dollar 's value and the geographic balance of the league 's conferences. Rules The initial proposal of the rules for the draft were decided upon by the NHL in March 2016. They allowed each team to either protect seven forwards, three defencemen, and one goaltender or, one goaltender and eight skaters regardless of position. Because the NHL wanted to ensure the competitive viability of any new teams, the number of protected players allowed was lower than in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft which populated the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets, when each team could protect nine forwards, five defencemen, and one goalie, or two goalies, three defencemen, and seven forwards. Under these rules, each of the 30 teams would lose one top - four defencemen or third - line forward per number of new teams. Only players with more than two years of professional experience -- NHL or AHL as defined in the collective bargaining agreement -- were included in the draft. Teams had to submit their list of protected players by June 17, 2017, and they had to expose at least two forwards and one defenceman that had played at least 40 games in the 2016 -- 17 season or more than 70 games in the 2015 -- 16 and 2016 -- 17 seasons combined and had to still be contracted for the 2017 -- 18 season. The exposed goaltender had to either be under contract for the 2017 -- 18 season or became a Restricted free agent in 2017. At least twenty of the thirty players selected by Vegas had to be under contract for the 2017 -- 18 season, and they were required to select a minimum of fourteen forwards, nine defencemen and three goaltenders. Vegas was granted a 48 - hour window prior to the draft to sign any pending free agent ( RFA or UFA, one per team ) that was left unprotected. If a team lost a player to Vegas during this signing window they did not have a player selected from their roster during this draft. Teams were required to protect any contracted players with no move clauses ( NMCs ) with one of the team 's slots for protected players, unless the contract expired on July 1, 2017, in which case the NMC was considered void for the draft. Players whose NMCs had limited no trade clauses had to still be protected, and any players with NMCs were able to waive the clause and become eligible for the expansion draft. Any player picked in the expansion draft can not have their contract bought out until after the completion of the 2017 -- 18 season. The expansion team was guaranteed the same odds in the draft lottery as third lowest finishing team from the 2016 -- 17 NHL season for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft ; after their first season the team will be subject to same draft lottery rules as the other teams in the league. The NHL 's deputy commissioner, Bill Daly, said that teams that do not follow the expansion draft rules would face penalties, including possibly the `` loss of draft picks and / or players. '' Protected players The protected players ' list was published on June 18, 2017. Eastern Conference Italics : Players protected for contractual reasons. Atlantic Division Position Boston Buffalo Detroit Florida Montreal Ottawa Tampa Bay Toronto Forwards David Backes Kyle Okposo Frans Nielsen Aleksander Barkov Paul Byron Derick Brassard Ryan Callahan Tyler Bozak Patrice Bergeron Tyler Ennis Justin Abdelkader Nick Bjugstad Phillip Danault Ryan Dzingel Steven Stamkos Connor Brown David Krejci Marcus Foligno Andreas Athanasiou Jonathan Huberdeau Jonathan Drouin Mike Hoffman Tyler Johnson Nazem Kadri Brad Marchand Zemgus Girgensons Anthony Mantha Vincent Trocheck Alex Galchenyuk Jean - Gabriel Pageau Alex Killorn Leo Komarov Riley Nash Evander Kane Gustav Nyquist Brendan Gallagher Zack Smith Nikita Kucherov Josh Leivo David Pastrnak Johan Larsson Tomas Tatar Max Pacioretty Mark Stone Vladislav Namestnikov Matt Martin Ryan Spooner Ryan O'Reilly Henrik Zetterberg Andrew Shaw Kyle Turris Ondrej Palat James van Riemsdyk Defencemen Zdeno Chara Nathan Beaulieu Danny DeKeyser Keith Yandle Jeff Petry Dion Phaneuf Victor Hedman Connor Carrick Torey Krug Jake McCabe Mike Green Aaron Ekblad Jordie Benn Cody Ceci Braydon Coburn Jake Gardiner Kevan Miller Rasmus Ristolainen Nick Jensen Alex Petrovic Shea Weber Erik Karlsson Anton Stralman Morgan Rielly Mark Pysyk Goaltender Tuukka Rask Robin Lehner Jimmy Howard James Reimer Carey Price Craig Anderson Andrei Vasilevskiy Frederik Andersen Metropolitan Division Position Carolina Columbus New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington Forwards Jordan Staal Brandon Dubinsky Taylor Hall Andrew Ladd Derek Stepan Claude Giroux Sidney Crosby Nicklas Backstrom Phillip Di Giuseppe Nick Foligno Adam Henrique John Tavares Kevin Hayes Valtteri Filppula Phil Kessel Andre Burakovsky Elias Lindholm Scott Hartnell Kyle Palmieri Anders Lee Chris Kreider Sean Couturier Evgeni Malkin Lars Eller Brock McGinn Cam Atkinson Travis Zajac J.T. Miller Scott Laughton Patric Hornqvist Marcus Johansson Victor Rask Boone Jenner Rick Nash Brayden Schenn Evgeny Kuznetsov Jeff Skinner Brandon Saad Mika Zibanejad Wayne Simmonds Alexander Ovechkin Teuvo Teravainen Alexander Wennberg Mats Zuccarello Jakub Voracek Tom Wilson Defencemen Trevor Carrick Seth Jones Andy Greene Johnny Boychuk Marc Staal Shayne Gostisbehere Kris Letang John Carlson Justin Faulk Ryan Murray John Moore Travis Hamonic Nick Holden Radko Gudas Brian Dumoulin Matt Niskanen Ryan Murphy David Savard Mirco Mueller Nick Leddy Ryan McDonagh Brandon Manning Olli Maatta Dmitry Orlov Damon Severson Adam Pelech Justin Schultz Ryan Pulock Goaltender Scott Darling Sergei Bobrovsky Cory Schneider Thomas Greiss Henrik Lundqvist Anthony Stolarz Matt Murray Braden Holtby Western Conference Central Division Position Chicago Colorado Dallas Minnesota Nashville St. Louis Winnipeg Forwards Artem Anisimov Sven Andrighetto Jamie Benn Mikko Koivu Viktor Arvidsson Patrik Berglund Joel Armia Marian Hossa Blake Comeau Jason Spezza Zach Parise Filip Forsberg Ryan Reaves Andrew Copp Patrick Kane Matt Duchene Radek Faksa Jason Pominville Calle Jarnkrok Jaden Schwartz Bryan Little Jonathan Toews Rocco Grimaldi Valeri Nichushkin Charlie Coyle Ryan Johansen Vladimír Sobotka Adam Lowry Ryan Hartman Gabriel Landeskog Brett Ritchie Mikael Granlund Paul Stastny Mathieu Perreault Richard Panik Nathan MacKinnon Antoine Roussel Nino Niederreiter Alexander Steen Mark Scheifele Tomas Jurco Matt Nieto Tyler Seguin Jason Zucker Vladimir Tarasenko Blake Wheeler Defencemen Duncan Keith Erik Johnson Stephen Johns Ryan Suter Mattias Ekholm Jay Bouwmeester Dustin Byfuglien Brent Seabrook Tyson Barrie John Klingberg Jonas Brodin Ryan Ellis Joel Edmundson Tyler Myers Niklas Hjalmarsson Nikita Zadorov Esa Lindell Jared Spurgeon Roman Josi Alex Pietrangelo Jacob Trouba P.K. Subban Goaltender Corey Crawford Semyon Varlamov Ben Bishop Devan Dubnyk Pekka Rinne Jake Allen Connor Hellebuyck Pacific Division Position Anaheim Arizona Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver Forwards Ryan Getzlaf Nick Cousins Mikael Backlund Milan Lucic Anze Kopitar Ryan Carpenter Loui Eriksson Ryan Kesler Anthony Duclair Sam Bennett Leon Draisaitl Jeff Carter Logan Couture Daniel Sedin Corey Perry Jordan Martinook Micheal Ferland Jordan Eberle Tanner Pearson Jannik Hansen Henrik Sedin Andrew Cogliano Tobias Rieder Michael Frolik Zack Kassian Tyler Toffoli Tomas Hertl Sven Baertschi Rickard Rakell Johnny Gaudreau Mark Letestu Melker Karlsson Markus Granlund Jakob Silfverberg Curtis Lazar Patrick Maroon Joe Pavelski Bo Horvat Antoine Vermette Sean Monahan Ryan Nugent - Hopkins Chris Tierney Brandon Sutter Defencemen Kevin Bieksa Alex Goligoski T.J. Brodie Andrej Sekera Drew Doughty Justin Braun Alexander Edler Cam Fowler Oliver Ekman - Larsson Mark Giordano Oscar Klefbom Derek Forbort Brent Burns Erik Gudbranson Hampus Lindholm Connor Murphy Dougie Hamilton Adam Larsson Alec Martinez Marc - Edouard Vlasic Christopher Tanev Luke Schenn Jake Muzzin Goaltender John Gibson Chad Johnson Mike Smith Cam Talbot Jonathan Quick Martin Jones Jacob Markstrom Draft results # Player Drafted from 1. Calvin Pickard ( G ) Colorado Avalanche 2. Luca Sbisa ( D ) Vancouver Canucks 3. Teemu Pulkkinen ( LW ) Arizona Coyotes 4. Jon Merrill ( D ) New Jersey Devils 5. William Carrier ( LW ) Buffalo Sabres 6. Cody Eakin ( C ) Dallas Stars 7. Tomas Nosek ( LW ) Detroit Red Wings 8. Jonathan Marchessault ( C ) Florida Panthers 9. Brayden McNabb ( D ) Los Angeles Kings 10. Connor Brickley ( C ) Carolina Hurricanes 11. Chris Thorburn ( RW ) Winnipeg Jets 12. Pierre - Edouard Bellemare ( RW ) Philadelphia Flyers 13. Jason Garrison ( D ) Tampa Bay Lightning 14. Jean - Francois Berube ( G ) New York Islanders 15. James Neal ( LW ) Nashville Predators 16. Deryk Engelland ( D ) Calgary Flames 17. Brendan Leipsic ( LW ) Toronto Maple Leafs 18. Colin Miller ( D ) Boston Bruins 19. Marc Methot ( D ) Ottawa Senators 20. David Schlemko ( D ) San Jose Sharks 21. David Perron ( LW ) St. Louis Blues 22. Oscar Lindberg ( C ) New York Rangers 23. Griffin Reinhart ( D ) Edmonton Oilers 24. Alexei Emelin ( D ) Montreal Canadiens 25. Clayton Stoner ( D ) Anaheim Ducks 26. Erik Haula ( C ) Minnesota Wild 27. William Karlsson ( C ) Columbus Blue Jackets 28. Trevor van Riemsdyk ( D ) Chicago Blackhawks 29. Marc - Andre Fleury ( G ) Pittsburgh Penguins 30. Nate Schmidt ( D ) Washington Capitals Trades In return for agreeing not to select certain unprotected players, the Golden Knights were granted concessions by other franchises. The Buffalo Sabres traded their sixth - round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Vegas selecting William Carrier. The Florida Panthers traded Reilly Smith in exchange for Vegas selecting Jonathan Marchessault and a fourth - round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. The Carolina Hurricanes traded Boston 's fifth - round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft ( previously acquired ) in exchange for Vegas selecting Connor Brickley. The Winnipeg Jets traded their first - round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and a third - round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Vegas selecting Chris Thorburn and Columbus ' first - round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft ( previously acquired ). The Tampa Bay Lightning traded their second - round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, Pittsburgh 's fourth - round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft ( previously acquired ) and Nikita Gusev in exchange for Vegas selecting Jason Garrison. The New York Islanders traded their first - round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, a second - round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, Mikhail Grabovski and Jake Bischoff in exchange for Vegas selecting Jean - Francois Berube. The Anaheim Ducks traded Shea Theodore in exchange for Vegas selecting Clayton Stoner. The Minnesota Wild traded Alex Tuch in exchange for Vegas selecting Erik Haula and a conditional third - round pick in the 2017 or 2018 NHL Entry Draft. The Columbus Blue Jackets traded their first - round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, a second - round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft and David Clarkson in exchange for Vegas selecting William Karlsson. The Pittsburgh Penguins traded their second - round pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Vegas selecting Marc - Andre Fleury. Post-draft Not all players selected by the Golden Knights in the Expansion Draft would remain with the team. Some players were traded in the following days, some the day after : Trevor van Riemsdyk and a seventh - round pick in 2018 were traded to Carolina for Pittsburgh 's second - round pick in 2017. David Schlemko was traded to Montreal for a fifth - round pick in 2019. Marc Methot was traded to Dallas for Dylan Ferguson and a second - round pick in 2020. Alexei Emelin was traded to Nashville for a third - round pick in 2018. Other players who were no longer on the Golden Knights ' roster at the start of the 2017 -- 18 NHL season include the following : Connor Brickley signed as an unrestricted free agent with Florida on July 1, 2017. Chris Thorburn signed as an unrestricted free agent with St. Louis on July 1, 2017. Jean - Francois Berube signed as an unrestricted free agent with Chicago on July 1, 2017. See also 2016 -- 17 NHL transactions 2017 NHL Entry Draft 2017 -- 18 NHL season References Jump up ^ Carp, Steve ( April 18, 2017 ). `` Expansion Draft, NHL Awards to share T - Mobile stage June 21 ''. Las Vegas Review - Journal. Retrieved April 19, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Wyshynski, Greg ( July 20, 2015 ). `` NHL expansion deadline : No Seattle bids ; Las Vegas, Quebec City apply ( Reports ) ''. Puck Daddy. Yahoo ! Sports. Retrieved June 17, 2016. Jump up ^ Boisvert, Yves ( June 15, 2016 ). `` Even if you build it, NHL still wo n't come to Quebec City ''. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 17, 2016. Jump up ^ Rosen, Dan ( 2016 - 06 - 23 ). `` Las Vegas awarded NHL franchise ''. NHL.com. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 24. ^ Jump up to : Seravalli, Frank ( March 16, 2016 ). `` NHL presents potential expansion draft plans ''. TSN. Retrieved June 16, 2016. Jump up ^ Johnston, Chris ( June 10, 2016 ). `` NHL teams receiving information on potential expansion draft ''. Sportsnet. Retrieved June 17, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Rules for 2017 Expansion Draft ''. June 22, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2016. Jump up ^ `` NHL Las Vegas to get 48 - hour free agency window in June : Report ''. October 28, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Nelson, Dustin ( June 11, 2016 ). `` Expansion Draft Rules Gain Clarity ''. The Hockey Writers. Retrieved June 17, 2016. Jump up ^ Hume, Mike and Neil Greenberg ( June 16, 2016 ). `` Five teams that should really stress about the NHL 's Las Vegas expansion draft ''. Washington Post. Retrieved June 17, 2016. Jump up ^ `` NHL Expansion Draft protected list revealed ''. NHL.com. June 18, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017. Jump up ^ Johnston, Chris ( November 23, 2016 ). `` Official NHL expansion draft exempt list contains surprises ''. Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved June 21, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Buffalo Sabres on Twitter : `` The @ GoldenKnights select William Carrier from the Sabres '' ``. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Panthers Acquire 2018 Fourth Round Draft Choice from Vegas ''. June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Carolina Hurricanes on Twitter : `` ( News ) @ GoldenKnights Select Connor Brickley in # VegasDraft '' ``. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Jets swap first - round picks with Golden Knights ''. June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Defenseman Jason Garrison selected by Vegas Golden Knights ''. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Vegas acquires Grabovski, first - round pick from Islanders ''. June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Ducks Trade Theodore to Vegas Golden Knights ''. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Erik Haula, Alex Tuch Head to Vegas in Expansion Draft ''. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Golden Knights select William Karlsson in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft ''. June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Penguins on Twitter : `` The Golden Knights also get a 2nd round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft from the Penguins '' ``. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Trevor van Riemsdyk traded to Hurricanes by Golden Knights ''. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017. Jump up ^ `` '' The Canadiens acquired defenseman David Schlemko `` ''. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Vegas Acquires Draft Pick, Dylan Ferguson From Dallas For Marc Methot ''. June 26, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2017. Jump up ^ http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/golden-knights-trade-alexei-emelin-predators/ Jump up ^ `` Florida Panthers Agree to Terms with Five Players ''. Florida Panthers. 2017 - 07 - 01. Jump up ^ Pinkert, Chris ( 2017 - 07 - 01 ). `` Blues Sign 3 Players at Start of Free Agency ''. St. Louis Blues. Jump up ^ `` Blackhawks Agree to Terms with Berube and Oesterle ''. Chicago Blackhawks. 2017 - 07 - 01. 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Question: when do the vegas knights pick their team
Answer: June 18–20, 2017