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Vegas Golden Knights unveil their roster with more chips to fall.

The Vegas Golden Knights unveiled the first generation of a roster that will likely undergo many changes in the next few days. Rumours of pending trades abound as the NHL Draft gets underway in Chicago tomorrow night.

Marc-Andre Fleury becomes the biggest name on the roster, anchoring the team in net. James Neal brings his sniper’s touch and 238 NHL goals to lead the offense. He ranks 14th in the NHL over the lasts six years with 165. There are other interesting acquisitions, with many likely acquired to be flipped in short order.

GM George McPhee has held all the cards so far, but the state of play remains in motion, with many chips left to fall. It is premature to analyze the Golden Knights today, so in the meantime here is their current roster.

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Depth Chart

LEFT WING CENTER RIGHT WING
Jonathan Marchessault Vadim Shipachyov James Neal
David Perron Cody Eakin Reilly Smith
William Carrier William Karlsson Teemu Pulkkinen
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare Oscar Lindberg Chris Thorburn
     
Brendan Leipsic Erik Haula Alex Tuch
Connor Brickley Tomas Nosek Tomas Hyka
Nikita Gusev Reid Duke David Clarkson
  Mikhail Grabovski  
     
LEFT DEFENSE RIGHT DEFENSE  
Marc Methot Colin Miller  
Brayden McNabb David Schlemko  
Alexei Emelin Trevor van Riemsdyk  
Jason Garrison Deryk Engelland  
     
Jon Merrill Nate Schmidt  
Clayton Stoner Shea Theodore  
Griffin Reinhart Luca Sbisa  
Jake Bischoff    
     
GOAL    
Marc-Andre Fleury    
     
Calvin Pickard    
Jean-Francois Berube  
PLAYER POS HT/WT AGE 2016-17 STATS GP G A PTS PIM
Reid Duke C 6-0/195 21 Brandon (WHL) 59 37 34 71 81
Cody Eakin C 5-11/190 26 Dallas (NHL) 60 3 9 12 49
Mikhail Grabovski C 5-10/185 33 NY Islanders (NHL) - DNP Inj          
Erik Haula C 5-11/190 26 Minnesota (NHL) 72 15 11 26 28
William Karlsson C 6-0/190 24 Columbus (NHL) 81 6 19 25 10
Oscar Lindberg C 6-1/190 25 NY Rangers (NHL) 65 8 12 20 32
Tomas Nosek C 6-2/210 25 Grand Rapids (AHL) 51 15 26 41 33
Vadim Shipachyov C 6-0/190 30 SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) 50 26 50 76 22
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare LW 6-0/195 32 Philadelphia (NHL) 82 4 4 8 20
Connor Brickley LW 6-0/205 25 Charlotte (AHL) 69 15 11 26 57
William Carrier LW 6-1/200 22 Buffalo (NHL) 41 5 3 8 21
Nikita Gusev LW 5-9/165 25 SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) 57 24 47 71 8
Brendan Leipsic LW 5-9/170 23 Toronto (AHL) 49 18 33 51 30
Jonathan Marchessault LW 5-9/175 26 Florida (NHL) 75 30 21 51 38
David Perron LW 6-0/195 29 St. Louis (NHL) 82 18 28 46 54
David Clarkson RW 6-1/205 33 Columbus (NHL) - DNP Inj          
Tomas Hyka RW 5-11/170 24 Mlada Boleslav (Cze) 48 17 21 38 18
James Neal RW 6-2/210 30 Nashville (NHL) 70 23 18 41 35
Teemu Pulkkinen RW 5-11/190 25 Iowa (AHL) 47 18 18 36 36
Reilly Smith RW 6-0/185 26 Florida (NHL) 80 15 22 37 17
Chris Thorburn RW 6-3/225 34 Winnipeg (NHL) 64 3 1 4 95
Alex Tuch RW 6-4/220 21 Iowa (AHL) 57 18 19 37 28
Jake Bischoff D 6-1/195 23 Minnesota (B1G) 38 5 27 32 16
Alexei Emelin D 6-1/220 31 Montreal (NHL) 76 2 8 10 71
Deryk Engelland D 6-2/205 35 Calgary (NHL) 81 4 12 16 85
Jason Garrison D 6-1/220 32 Tampa Bay (NHL) 70 1 8 9 14
Brayden McNabb D 6-4/205 26 Los Angeles (NHL) 49 2 2 4 54
Jon Merrill D 6-3/210 25 New Jersey (NHL) 51 1 5 6 24
Marc Methot D 6-3/225 32 Ottawa (NHL) 68 0 12 12 24
Colin Miller D 6-0/195 24 Boston (NHL) 61 6 7 13 55
Griffin Reinhart D 6-4/215 23 Bakersfield (AHL) 54 7 14 21 42
Luca Sbisa D 6-2/205 27 Vancouver (NHL) 82 2 11 13 40
David Schlemko D 6-1/195 30 San Jose (NHL) 62 2 16 18 14
Nate Schmidt D 6-0/195 26 Washington (NHL) 60 3 14 17 16
Clayton Stoner D 6-3/225 32 Anaheim (NHL) 14 1 2 3 28
Shea Theodore D 6-2/185 22 Anaheim (NHL) 34 2 7 9 28
Trevor van Riemsdyk D 6-2/185 26 Chicago (NHL) 58 5 11 16 29
        2016-17 STATS GP W L GAA SV%
Jean-Francois Berube G 6-1/170 26 NY Islanders (NHL) 14 3 2 3.42 0.889
Marc-Andre Fleury G 6-2/175 32 Pittsburgh (NHL) 38 18 10 3.02 0.909
Calvin Pickard G 6-0/195 25 Colorado (NHL) 50 15 31 2.98 0.904