Vegas Golden Knights roster: NHL expansion draft picks

The Vegas Golden Knights, the NHL's 31st team, will finally have a lineup to put on the ice. They unveiled their expansion draft picks during the NHL Awards Show on Wednesday night.

Here are their picks (and players acquired via associated trades) prior to the lifting of the full trade freeze on Thursday morning:

Forwards

Teemu Pulkkinen (Arizona Coyotes)

William Carrier (Buffalo Sabres)

Tomas Nosek (Detroit Red Wings)

Cody Eakin (Dallas Stars)

Jonathan Marchessault (Florida Panthers)

Reilly Smith (via trade, Florida Panthers)

Connor Brickley (Carolina Hurricanes)

Chris Thorburn (Winnipeg Jets)

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (Philadelphia Flyers)

Nikita Gusev (via trade, Tampa Bay Lightning)

Mikhail Grabovski (via trade, New York Islanders)

James Neal (Nashville Predators)

Brendan Leipsic (Toronto Maple Leafs)

David Perron (St. Louis Blues)

Oscar Lindberg (New York Rangers)

Erik Haula (Minnesota Wild)

Alex Tuch (via trade, Minnesota Wild)

William Karlsson (Columbus Blue Jackets)

David Clarkson (via trade, Columbus Blue Jackets)

Defensemen

Luca Sbisa (Vancouver Canucks)

Jon Merrill (New Jersey Devils)

Brayden McNabb (Los Angeles Kings)

Jason Garrison (Tampa Bay Lightning)

Jake Bischoff (via trade, New York Islanders)

Deryk Engelland (Calgary Flames)

Colin Miller (Boston Bruins)

Marc Methot (Ottawa Senators)

David Schlemko (San Jose Sharks)

Griffin Reinhart (Edmonton Oilers)

Alexei Emelin (Montreal Canadiens)

Clayton Stoner (Anaheim Ducks)

Shea Theodore (via trade, Anaheim Ducks)

Trevor van Riemsdyk (Chicago Blackhawks)

Nate Schmidt (Washington Capitals)

Goalies

Calvin Pickard (Colorado Avalanche)

J-F Berube (New York Islanders)

Marc-Andre Fleury (Pittsburgh Penguins)