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The Vegas Golden Knights Need To Unload Players

06/26/2017 at 8:31am EDT

from Michael Traikos of the National Post,

Even after trading Trevor van Riemsdyk to Carolina and David Schlemko to Montreal, Vegas has about a dozen defencemen and more than 20 forwards on a roster that has to be pared down to 23 names by the start of the season. Some of those players, such as defenceman Griffin Reinhart and forward Brendan Leipsic, will be sent to the minors.

But McPhee still has to move a ton of contracts out. And they are not all desirable ones.

What team is going to want Alexei Emelin, whom the Canadiens almost seemed glad to lose in the expansion draft? How about forwards David Clarkson or Mikhail Grabovski, whom Vegas had to take as part of a deal for draft picks?...

Making it even more difficult? Some of the Golden Knights’ most coveted assets — like Nate Schmidt, who is coming off his second full season in the NHL, and 21-year-olds Shea Theodore and Alex Tuch — are off limits.

“We’re not trading any young players,” said McPhee.

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