Las Vegas Expansion Roster Predictions

As we head towards the 2016-17 NHL season, on the minds of many fans is: what will the Las Vegas expansion roster look like? 

The expansion draft will cost every NHL team a valuable player on their roster. Las Vegas will be able to draft a respectable team. Adrian Dater predicts the opening day Las Vegas roster to look like this:

Forwards

Benoit Pouliot (EDM) - Eric Staal (MIN) - Dustin Brown (LA)

Colin Wilson (NSH) - Lee Stempniak (CAR) - Jimmy Hayes (BOS)

Andrew Cogliano (ANA) - Eric Fehr (PIT) - Dale Weise (PHI)

Thomas Vanek (DET) - Kyle Brodziak (STL) - Beau Bennett (NJ)

Jordan Martinook (ARI) - Lance Bouma (CGY)

Defensemen

Jason Garrison (TB) - Jack Johnson (CLB)

Alex Petrovic (FLA) - Thomas Hickey (NYI)

Paul Martin (SJ) - Trevor van Riemsdyk (CHI)

Dmitry Orlov (WSH) - Jarred Cowen (TOR)

Mark Barberio (MTL) - Luca Sbisa (VAN)

Nick Holden (NYR) - Jake McCabe (BUF)

Mark Stuart (WPG)

Goaltenders

Semyon Varlamov (COL)

Antti Niemi (DAL)

Andrew Hammond (OTT)