Friday, November 25, 2016

McPhee's Caps tenure no hint to NHL on Vegas expansion draft (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 13, 2016, file photo, George McPhee, left, and NHL's expansion Las Vegas franchise owner Bill Foley attend a news conference in Las Vegas. Preparations for the Vegas Golden Knights NHL hockey expansion draft is well underway around the NHL. Vegas general manager McPhee and his colleagues are in the process of putting together mock-ups and getting ready for June, the leagues first expansion draft since 2000. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Now that they have a name, the Vegas Golden Knights have to put a team on the ice. The newly named franchise will get its first 30 players through the expansion draft in June, and Vegas general manager George McPhee and colleagues around the NHL are already deep in preparations and mock-ups. ''I don't have any inside knowledge what kind of team they're planning to have, if it's going to be younger or older - no idea,'' longtime rival GM Ray Shero of the New Jersey Devils said by phone Wednesday.


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