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The Vegas Plan At The NHL Draft

06/03/2017 at 4:13pm EDT

from Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal,

A lot will happen between now and June 23 in Chicago. The Knights own the No. 6 pick. Have they found their man? Or could they trade down and still get him? Or does it mean trading up?

“I don’t anticipate us moving up or down,” McPhee said during a break in the testing Saturday. “So far, nobody has approached us about our pick.

“Usually you don’t see too much movement in the position we’re in. We’re confident we’re going to get a very good player and a very good person.”

McPhee said he trusts the integrity of the team’s current big board. At this point, he doesn’t see major fluctuation in the rankings the team has assigned the players that occupy the board.

“I’m always amazed at how poised and polite these young men are,” McPhee said. “It gets better every year. They’re bright. They’re polite. They’re athletic. They take care of themselves. It’s very fortunate we have these kinds of kids coming into the league every year. It’s great for the sport.

“We may move someone up a little or down a little but I don’t see any major or dramatic changes at this point.”

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