Owen Krepps of Vegas Hockey Now: The Vegas Golden Knights by no means actually changed the offense misplaced within the offseason from Max Pacioretty, Evgenii Dadonov and Mattias Janmark. Third line has been inconsistent and so they’ve been missing depth scoring. Their top-six might have a shake up and a few depth forwards are wanted. Mark Stone to the LTIR will create some flexibility.
It’s not like the Golden Knights add a giant title to their blue line. They appear okay with what they’ve in internet in Logan Thompson and Adin Hill.
If they suppose Stone is ready to return this season, they received’t be in on Timo Meier, Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Ryan O’Reilly, and Vladimir Tarasenko.
Depth forwards they may very well be serious about are Pavel Buchnevich, Noel Acciari, Jesse Puljujarvi, and Max Domi.
Trade chips may embody prospects Brendan Brisson, Zach Dean, and Lukas Cormier. They have all their draft picks besides their 2023 second and fourth, and their 2024 fourth.
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Owen Krepps of Vegas Hockey Now: St. Louis Blues ahead Noel Acciari and Pavel Buchnevich are two gamers the Vegas Golden Knights may have a look at.
The Athletic’s Jesse Granger listed Detroit Red Wings ahead Tyler Bertuzzi as an choice. Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen listed the Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers, and Dallas Stars as groups who is perhaps serious about Bertuzzi as effectively.
Bertuzzi is a pending UFA at $4.75 million however has been coping with harm points all season. This might imply he received’t price a first-round decide anymore.
The Golden Knights may provide Brendan Brisson and draft picks in return. Goaltender Laurent Brossoit and his $2.325 million might have to be traded.
Owen Krepps of Vegas Hockey Now: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast talked about the Golden Knights may very well be Noel Acciari, however they’re not alone.
“I think Edmonton is in on Acciari too, but that Vegas thing, they are really struggling and I think they are going to do something the question is just when.”
Acciari might solely price a mid-round decide and carries a $1.25 million cap hit.
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“Someone said to me, depending on particularly what Vegas’ injury situation is, they could see Vegas liking (Noel) Acciari and (Ivan) Barbashev. Who’s coaching Vegas? (Bruce Cassidy). Accairi was in Boston with Cassidy and Cassidy saw Barbashev play very well in the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals,”