Neko Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 On 9/21/2016 at 3:16 PM, -Vintage Canuck- said: The NHL has received season ticket deposits for 16,000 tickets for the Las Vegas franchise in 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year packages. 16,000 was their set limit and they will no longer be accepting season ticket deposits. The remaining tickets will be set aside for individual sale. Hockey is officially sold out in Vegas! When Atlanta relocated to Winnipeg, their entire arena worth of tickets were sold out in minutes, that doesn't mean alot TBH- give it a couple years for it to stabilize to really see how it'll play out for Las Vegas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 I agree that they'll be a another welfare team before you know it. Just another wannabe city whose interest will fade like the USFL did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 1 minute ago, Hairy Kneel said: I agree that they'll be a another welfare team before you know it. Just another wannabe city whose interest will fade like the USFL did. And which teams' fans will be cutting their checks, so they can stay in the league by paying super inflated prices to cover all those expenses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Yup. And they'll be first at the dinner table for a few years and getting help from Bettman to get as many high picks as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 With the early success of bringing the NHL to Las Vegas, the NBA might be quick to follow suit. MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren said they are working diligently at relocating a current NBA team to Las Vegas to share T-Mobile Arena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Considering the NBA, Sacramento and Milwaukee had considered moving to LV before but didn't- they probably did some research. The thing about sports in LV is that most tickets are bought and sold by hotels and accommodations. Several pro and semi-pro teams in various sports has tried and left. I know the Raiders in the NFL wants to move to LV but I don't think they've made up their mind yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Seattle Mayor Ed Murray will accept private proposals for the renovation of KeyArena in the hopes of moving forward with trying to lure an NBA team. This plays into the NHL hands as Seattle will likely receive an NHL expansion franchise if the arena is up to league standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I'd rather see a team in seattle then vegas as stated most teams there have failed badly and left or folded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 On 6/7/2016 at 10:14 AM, NUCKER67 said: Thanks for posting. Daniel, Henrik, Sutter, Baertschi, Horvat, Hansen, Granlund Tanev, Gudbranson, Edler Markstrom Virtanen, Hutton and Tryamkin exempt? I'm not sure if they would be? LE has to be protected, He's NMC Sedin, Sedin, Eriksson, Sutter, Hansen, Baertschi, Horvat Tanev, Gudbranson, Edler Markstrom That rule about guaranteed 28th is rediculous. Especially because we are gonna be lottery pick for next couple seasons. Just our luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Vegas will have NFL team very soon, that's gonna be impossible to compete with, NHL wanted to move in first and build a fanbase before the NFL gets there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 On 6/7/2016 at 9:56 AM, Toews said: Regarding the draft for the new team. The new team will have the odds of the 28th place team so the same odds the Canucks had this year. They will also regardless of the position they finish in the standings be guaranteed at minimum the 28th place odds for the next 4 drafts. I'm quite certain that I read a tweet from Bill Daly, or someone else high up in the NHL food chain, refuting this information. They only get 28th place odds their first year, so 2017. After that it's back to normal. This it from the NHL website, I'll see if I can find another source for the 2018 Entry Draft. 2017 NHL Draft Lottery The Las Vegas franchise will be given the same odds in the 2017 NHL Draft Lottery as the team finishing with the third-fewest points during the 2016-17 regular season. The Las Vegas franchise's First Round selection in the 2017 NHL Draft will be determined in accordance with the 2017 NHL Draft Lottery and, as a result, the Las Vegas franchise will be guaranteed no lower than the sixth overall selection. The Las Vegas franchise then will select third in each subsequent round of the 2017 NHL Draft (subject to trades and other potential player transactions). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Shotgun Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 On 10/30/2016 at 2:07 PM, WHL rocks said: Vegas will have NFL team very soon, that's gonna be impossible to compete with, NHL wanted to move in first and build a fanbase before the NFL gets there. There will be somewhat of a fan base overlap from the NHL to the NFL there but virtually none coming from NFL fans to a hockey club. You are right it is important for Bettman to establish a presence there first as it would have been virtually impossible to generate any publicity for the NHL coming if there was already an established NFL presence. And with a NBA team in the mix it will be extremely difficult to compete for the disposable income of the Vegas sports fan. Hotels and corporations will flock to the big name leagues for their boxes and season tickets. Which leads to the question just how much aid will the NHL with the silent approval of NBC afford the new team to rise to the top quickly to give the American sporting public (hence NBC's interest) a championship team in Vegas. All the glitz and publicity that will be generated by playoffs in that town will be too hard for them to resist. Going out on a limb here....if the club proves viable and I think they will in the short term...they'll be Stanley Cup Champions within 5/6 years. The NHL needs the instant credibility to survive there. A dog of a team in Vegas will find itself sleeping in one of those infamous holes in the desert very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 This says it all about the Canucks, after protecting our key players, we don't have anyone that even an expansion team would want! Hockey In Sin City: Projecting A 20-Man Roster For Expansion Vegas BY KEAN DOHERTY IN NHL (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) The three-year contract extension handed to Matt Murray probably piqued the interest of Las Vegas GM George McPhee. With Marc-Andre Fleury holding a no-movement clause, will Pittsburgh attempt to ask him to waive it for a trade? Because, if he’s kept, that would expose Murray to the expansion draft and he would be a tempting target for McPhee. With so many rules in place about who can be protected (i.e. players with NMCs and first and second year professionals) and who must be exposed (i.e. one defenceman and two forwards who have played 40 or more NHL games in the prior season or 70 combined in the previous two), there should be plenty of talent available. Vegas will have to select one player from each of the 30 existing franchises and a minimum of 20 players under contract for 2017-18. With an eye to a starting line-up of two goaltenders, 12 forwards, six defencemen, here are 20 we believe could be the best selections McPhee et al could make. 20. Semyon Varlamov, G – Colorado Avalanche The prevailing attitude of many general managers is that teams are built from the net out. For George McPhee, Semyon Varlamov would be a key building block. Locked up through 2019 at $5.9 million per season, the nine-year veteran could be exposed for financial reasons and would be a no-brainer as the starter. At 28, he’s in his prime and has done an admirable job backstopping some defensively porous Avalanche teams in the last few years. He’s also a known quantity to McPhee, who was GM in Washington when Varlamov was picked 23rd overall in 2006. Over his career, the native of Samara, Russia has 135 career wins, 17 shutouts, a .917 save percentage and 2.64 goals against average. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) 19. Michal Neuvirth, G – Philadelphia Flyers Another former Washington Capital, Neuvirth is pretty much perfect as the back-up option, as he’s a UFA at the end of this season and would come much cheaper than Varlamov. Drafted the same year as Varlamov at no. 34, Neuvirth had some success in D.C. before being dealt to Buffalo at the 2013-14. He played 29 games for the Sabres and again was flipped at the 2014-15 deadline to the New York Islanders as a rental. He signed with the Flyers in the summer of 2015 and enjoyed one of his best overall seasons, going 18-8-4 with three shutouts, a 2.27 GAA and .924 save percentage. He is earning $1.75 million in the final year of a two-year contract. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) 18. Antoine Vermette, C – Anaheim Ducks We can’t think of a better veteran center to plug into the second or third line than Vermette. He’s signed through next season, too, at a bargain $1.75 million, which will be easy on the bean counters in Vegas to fit into the salary cap (they must select players with an aggregate value between 60-100% of upper limit of salary cap). Sure, he’s 34, but all the native of Saint-Agapit, Quebec has done is score with the five different hockey clubs he’s been on since being drafted 55th overall by Ottawa in 2000. Along with 472 career points to date, Vermette is also a superb face-off man, having won 57.4 percent of his draws in 915 games. (AP Photo/John Heller) 17. Riley Sheahan, C – Detroit Red Wings Detroit is bound to lose a good player during the expansion draft and we figure McPhee would do well to grab Riley Sheahan off the Wings’ roster. He is currently been shifted to the right wing on the top line there with Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Tatar, but is a natural center and could play both on the Vegas squad. Sheahan could either be a third or fourth line center, or top six winger, depending on how the roster shakes out. He’ll make $2.075 million on the last year of his contract in 2017-18, so again he slots in well to the new team’s salary cap. The 24-year-old, selected 21st overall by Detroit in 2010 out of Notre Dame, has 86 points in 208 NHL games to date. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) 16. Charlie Coyle, C – Minnesota Wild The emotional pick off the Wild roster, some have said, would be Jason Zucker, who was raised in Las Vegas. However, we think McPhee would go the more tried and true route and select the bigger Coyle to play down the middle. Or, since, Coyle is a right shot and playing on Minny’s top line as the right winger, he could be very versatile to their plans. Coyle has been stealthily good for the Wild in five seasons since being drafted 28th overall by San Jose in 2010, raising his stock considerably by posting career numbers in goals (21) and points (42) during the 2015-16 campaign. So far this season, Coyle has two goals and two assists in four games skating with Eric Staal and Zach Parise. He is signed until 2020 at $3.2 million per season. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) 15. Tomas Plekanec, C – Montreal Canadiens Right out of the chute, Plekanec would be a top two center in Vegas and with just one year at $6 million, he’d be the most expensive option of this crop of centers. However, he would also be the most productive and durable, given that he has played all but one of 250 games since 2013-14 and scored 60 goals and 100 assists. The Kladno, Czech Republic born Plekanec, with his salary and age (he’ll be 34 on Oct. 31) will likely be exposed and scooped up in a heartbeat by McPhee to provide leadership, scoring, penalty killing and skills on the face-off dot. The two-way forward has three assists so far this season as Montreal’s second line pivot. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young 14. Colin Wilson, LW – Nashville Predators According to those who will made available by Nashville, Wilson would be the wisest choice for McPhee. He’s still fairly young at 27 (just turned), is signed through 2019 at just under $4 million per season, is defensively responsible (+29 career) and can score on a semi-regular basis (203 points in 435 games). While he didn’t have his most productive year in 2015-16, Wilson was a force in the playoffs for the Predators, scoring five goals and eight assists in 14 games. The former Boston University product has spent his entire career with Nashville after being picked seventh overall in the 2008 draft. He’s also versatile, having lined up at center at various points. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) 13. Chris Tierney, LW – San Jose Sharks There will be a few bottom six forwards from the Sharks available at the expansion draft, according to mock drafts. Tierney, a left shooting center, is a pretty good and cheap option (he’s making $925,000 in the last year of his three-year deal). There is flexibility in this proposed line-up, so switching him to the left side is possible. The 55th overall selection by the Sharks in 2012 is not a huge point producer, but can be a reliable fourth line option who’ll pop the biscuit in the basket on occasion or set up his linemates. He dropped off somewhat from a decent 2014-15 season where he had 21 points in just 43 games, but is young enough at 22 to get back to that kind of production. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) 12. Dmitrij Jaskin, LW – St. Louis Blues Jaskin is another Chris Tierney like player who is making $1 million a season through 2017-18, but is more of a defensive presence and hitter (126 hits in just 65 games; 11:52 ice time average in 2015-16). Two seasons ago the Omsk, Russia native potted 13 goals in 54 games, but slipped to just four in 65 games last season. The acquisition of Nail Yakupov before this season started has limited Jaskin’s ice time on a third line in St. Louis that includes Patrik Berglund and David Perron. He’s a big body, though, that McPhee can count on to work the corners and solidify Las Vegas’ possession metrics. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce) 11. Alex Killorn, LW – Tampa Bay Lightning The Lightning are loaded up front, which means they are still going to have to surrender a good forward come the expansion draft. McPhee’s best bet would be to snag power forward Alex Killorn. The Harvard grad has been a great addition to the Bolts’ line-up since being drafted 77th overall in 2007, scoring 142 points in 276 regular season games and another 33 in 47 post-season tilts. He is off to a roaring start for Tampa this season with three goals and assist through four games, manning the port side on the second line with Tyler Johnson and Nikita Kucherov. He would be a lock to be Vegas’ first line left wing and is signed long term (through 2023 at $4.45 million per season). (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) 10. Jimmy Hayes, RW – Boston Bruins Should George McPhee want to go big down the right side, Jimmy Hayes of the Bruins would be a solid selection. The former Toronto Maple Leafs pick (60th overall, 2008) and Boston native, while not the fastest skater, has a solid set of hands and is a banger on the boards. He scored 43 goals in the last three seasons (his first as a starter) and added 39 assists in 200 games. Hayes also dished out 390 hits playing third line minutes. His linemates in Boston this season suit his style, they being Matt Beleskey and Riley Nash. His best utilization, then, in Las Vegas scheme would be an energy role with like-minded north-south players. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton) 9. Brett Ritchie, RW – Dallas Stars Ritchie is the kind of player who will cost the Vegas expansion club very little, but could potentially pay off huge. The 6’3″, 220 lb. right winger doesn’t have oodles of NHL experience, but has progressed nicely through the Stars’ minor league system. He scored 14 goals and 14 assists in just 35 games with the Texas Stars last season and is off to a good start in four games on Big D’s third line. The product of Orangeville, Ontario has a goal and an assist and is +3 playing on a line with Devin Shore and Curtis McKenzie. The 23-year-old could improve his possession metrics, to make himself for marketable in the short term. (AP Photo/Tim Sharp) 8. Beau Bennett, RW – New Jersey Devils If McPhee wants a guy with a Stanley Cup ring to flash the bauble around — reminding the expansion team what they’re striving for — Beau Bennett fits the bill. Bennett played parts of four seasons with the Penguins, who drafted him 20th overall in 2010. He got a brief taste of glory during the Pens run to the title last spring, seeing action in one game. He’s also a California product (and the only one as of now who has a Cup ring), so playing in Vegas might make him an instant fan favorite. With more ice time and an expanded role in Sin City, Bennett could thrive. As of today, he was slotted on the Devils second line with Travis Zajac and Kyle Palmieri. He has logged 11:40 average ice time this season and has yet to collect a point in three games. He was decent in a limited role last year, scoring six goals and six assists in 33 games. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) 7. Dustin Brown, RW – Los Angeles Kings Should the Vegas squad need a ready made captain, Brown is the man. Little chance the Kings will protect him and his salary might be tough to swallow, considering he’ll make $5.9 million per season until 2022. We think, though, that the 32-year-old is a worthy reclamation project and a future designated pest. He won’t reach the 50-point plateau like he did five seasons in a row in the last decade, however, Brown is the former captain and is still capable of 25-30 points per season. He also uses his 6’0″, 205 lb. frame to punish opposing defencemen and forwards. In the last three seasons he has registered 27, 27 and 28 points as well as 246, 234 and 234 hits. He’s a decent penalty killer and has had decent possession metrics throughout his career. (AP Photo/LM Otero) 6. Jyrki Jokipakka, D – Calgary Flames There is an embarassment of riches on the Calgary blue line. So much so that they stand to lose a guy they dealt Kris Russell for in Jyrki Jokipakka. The dependable, and affordable, Finn was a player the Flames got at the deadline when they sent Russell to Big D as a rental. In 58 games between Dallas and Calgary last season he scored two goals and 10 assists and was a +4, all while making just $900,000 per year. He projects as a solid top six who could be matched up against opponents’ top forward units. This season with Calgary, Jokipakka has a goal and an assist in four games and has averaged just over 15 minutes ice time. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson 5. Jack Johnson, D – Columbus Blue Jackets If there is a guy more in need of a fresh start, it’s Jack Johnson. Prior to John Tortorella coming aboard part way through the 2015-16 season, the former third overall pick of the Carolina Hurricanes was enjoying a renaissance of sorts. In two campaigns prior to that, he had scored 73 points in 161 games. As an offensive defenceman, he was thriving and playing over 24 minutes per game. Then Torts came along, and while he was still getting the ice time, his production dipped in a big way. He scored just six goals and eight assists in 60 games. Where he would be valuable to an expansion team is in the shot blocking department. Over the last three seasons he got in the way of 360 blasts. He is due one more year (after this one) at a $4.35 million cap hit. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete) 4. Alex Petrovic, D – Florida Panthers Ever since being drafted in the second round, 36th overall in 2010, everything has been a slow boil for Panthers’ defenceman Alex Petrovic. He progressed as expected through the minor leagues with San Antonio and when he finally got a full shot in 2015-16 he made the most of it. In 66 games last season, the Edmonton product scored two goals and 15 assists and was +17. He registered 157 hits and blocked 76 shots in 15:43 average ice time. This season, so far, he’s got an assist in four games playing with Mark Pysyk in the third pair. Seeing as he is that far down the depth chart, but still plays at a high level, a good bet he could be on the move to Nevada. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) 3. Calvin de Haan, D – New York Islanders George McPhee might have to pinch himself at the expansion draft, just to be sure his selection of de Haan isn’t a dream. The Islanders are pretty much destined to leave the steady rearguard unprotected and it’s a better than 50/50 propostion he’s gone. The Islanders made him the 12th pick in the 2009 draft and he has performed almost as expected. He had a decent season in 2015-16, registering 16 points and a +3 in just under 21 minutes of playing time per night. The Carp, Ontario native was also a shot blocking machine, having sacrificed his body successfully 198 times in 72 games. de Haan is also unafraid of the heavy going and he recorded 128 hits last season to prove it. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) 2. Kevin Klein, D – New York Rangers Like Calvin de Haan over in Brooklyn, it’s a near dead certainty Kevin Klein will be leaving the Big Apple for Sin City too. The Rangers have to protect Marc Staal, Dan Girardi and Ryan McDonagh (all have NMCs), leaving veteran Klein ripe for the plucking. The former Nashville Predator had his two best offensive seasons of his career the last two campaigns, scoring identical 26-point seasons in 2014-15 and 2015-16. He was also a combined +40. Klein also wasn’t shy about throwing his weight around or blocking shots, logging 243 hits and 270 blocks in those two campaigns. In 568 NHL games the 31-year-old defenceman has 35 goals and 140 points. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) 1. Trevor Daley, D – Pittsburgh Penguins Trevor Daley was a gift from above to the Pittsburgh Penguins last season, playing strong two-way defence in 53 regular season games and through 15 games in the post-season before getting hurt. In the regular season, he scored six goals and six assists and was +8. In the playoffs he added a goal and five assists and was +1 in just over 22 minutes of ice time. The Pens have in the first pairing with Brian Dumoulin this season and so far he has a goal and an assist in five games. Drafted 43rd overall by Dallas in 2002, Daley has played in 843 games and scored 261 points. He’ll earn $3.3 million in the last year of a six-year contract. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) http://www.sportsbreak.com/nhl/hockey-in-sin-city-projecting-a-20-man-roster-for-expansion-vegas/?streamview=all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 That roster makes no sense. Why wouldn't av's protect varly? Financial reasons, it's not like he has a high cap hit, with iggys cap coming off, avs doesn't have financial problems. I don't think this was really well thought out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson-JH Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Vegas will be revealing the team name and logo (I'm not sure the jerseys will be there too) on the 22nd of November, 5pm PST at the Toshiba Plaza, right front of the T-Mobile Arena. I'll be attending to the event to see this in person. I will be keeping up to date with pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McClane Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Would it seem weird if they are called the Silver Knights, but there colours were Black and Gold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustapha Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Name reveal tonight! Maybe...Las Vegas Sleepless Knights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squamfan Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 10 minutes ago, Mustapha said: Name reveal tonight! Maybe...Las Vegas Sleepless Knights? d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squamfan Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 10 minutes ago, Mustapha said: Name reveal tonight! Maybe...Las Vegas Sleepless Knights? log was leaked check ryan henderson twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 11 minutes ago, Squamfan said: log was leaked check ryan henderson twitter The logo is cool and all but it seems kind of junior league-ish. I guess they're gonna be the golden knights then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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