The NHL Awards Show begins tonight at 8 p.m. eastern, and this year the annual event has a big twist. The NHL will announce the Vegas Golden Knights’ selections five at a time between every other award.
This page will be updated as the selections come in, so stick around and chat with your fellow Sabres fans about the player we’re losing and the rest of the decisions George McPhee made.
Vegas will select 30 players, one from each team. The Sabres protected seven forwards, three defensemen and a goalie, and you can find that list here. Some names are missing, including Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart, because they are ineligible for the expansion draft due to lack of NHL experience.
The biggest names available from the Sabres are Will Carrier, Linus Ullmark, Zach Bogosian, Matt Moulson and Josh Gorges. The Sabres would likely love Vegas to take one of Bogosian, Moulson or Gorges’ contracts off their hands, but it’s more likely the Golden Knights pick either Carrier or Ullmark.
How to Watch
8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT | Wednesday, June 21
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas
American TV: NBCSN | Canadian TV: Sportsnet
Live streaming on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app
The Selections
From Colorado – Calvin Pickard
From Vancouver – Luca Sbisa
From Arizona – Teemu Pulkkinen
From New Jersey – Jon Merrill
From Buffalo – William Carrier
From Detroit – Tomas Nosek
From Dallas – Cody Eakin
From Florida – Jonathan Marchessault
From Los Angeles – Brayden McNabb
From Carolina – Connor Brickley
From Winnipeg – Chris Thorburn
From Philadelphia – Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
From Tampa Bay – Jason Garrison
From the Islanders – J.F. Berube
From Nashville – James Neal
From Calgary – Deryk Engelland
From Toronto – Brendan Leipsic
From Boston – Colin Miller
From Ottawa – Marc Methot
From San Jose – David Schlemko
From St. Louis – David Perron
From the Rangers – Oscar Lindberg
From Edmonton – Griffin Reinhart
From Montreal – Alexei Emelin
From Anaheim – Clayton Stoner
From Minnesota – Erik Haula
From Columbus – William Karlsson
From Chicago – Trevor Van Riemsdyk
From Pittsburgh – Marc-Andre Fleury
From Washington – Nate Schmidt