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Post by Sinclair Promotions on Apr 14, 2017 4:56:53 GMT -5
On November 27, 2016, Gallant was fired by new Panthers general manager Tom Rowe after posting a 11–10–1 record to start the season.
Basically he was fired cause the team was off to a slow start.
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Post by Vegas on Apr 14, 2017 11:06:02 GMT -5
On November 27, 2016, Gallant was fired by new Panthers general manager Tom Rowe after posting a 11–10–1 record to start the season. Basically he was fired cause the team was off to a slow start. After he left, they didn't improve and actually finished a little below .500. Florida overreacted. |
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Post by Sinclair Promotions on Apr 19, 2017 0:51:10 GMT -5
Expansion Draft will be part of NHL Awards in Las Vegas
Selections made by Golden Knights revealed during show June 21
by NHL Public Relations @pr_NHL / NHL.com
April 18th, 2017
NEW YORK -- The National Hockey League today announced that the 2017 NHL Awards™ will return to Las Vegas to celebrate the League's top talent from the 2016-17 season on Wednesday, June 21 at T-Mobile Arena. In addition, it was announced that the NHL Expansion Draft™, a special event revealing the initial roster of the League's 31st team, the Vegas Golden Knights™, will be incorporated into the 2017 NHL Awards™.
Televised live in the United States on NBCSN and in Canada on Sportsnet at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT, the 2017 NHL Awards™ will showcase hockey and Hollywood's biggest stars with the excitement and energy that only Las Vegas can provide. As part of the program, the Golden Knights' 30 selections in the NHL Expansion Draft™ will be revealed, providing the home fans - and national viewing audience - the opportunity to learn the initial composition of the team's roster. The show will highlight team Majority Owner Bill Foley, General Manager George McPhee, Head Coach Gerard Gallant, as well as select players chosen by the Golden Knights, who begin NHL play in 2017-18.
The 2017 NHL Awards™ will again honor the top individual regular-season performances in a wide range of categories, including most valuable player (Hart Trophy), outstanding goaltender (Vezina Trophy), outstanding defenseman (Norris Trophy) and outstanding rookie (Calder Trophy). The Ted Lindsay Award, which is presented annually to the "most outstanding player" in the NHL as voted by fellow members of the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA), also will be awarded.
"We are thrilled to be in Las Vegas again for the NHL Awards," said Steve Mayer, NHL Chief Content Officer and Executive Vice President. "To be able to pair this perennial show with the excitement of the expansion draft for the Vegas Golden Knights is a unique opportunity that we think our fans will enjoy greatly."
The 2017 NHL Awards™ is the eighth time the League will honor the best hockey players in the world and the top performances of the season in Las Vegas. This will mark the NHL Awards™ debut for T-Mobile Arena. Other Las Vegas venues that have hosted include the Palms Hotel (2009-2011), Encore at Wynn Las Vegas (2012, 2014), MGM Grand (2015) and The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (2016). Encore at Wynn Las Vegas will serve as NHL® Headquarters during the 2017 NHL Awards™ & NHL Expansion Draft™.
"June 21 will be an incredible day for the city of Las Vegas and our fans," said Vegas Golden Knights Chairman and CEO Bill Foley. "The anticipation around the Expansion Draft has been building for months and that excitement will continue to grow as we get closer to Draft Day. By combining the draft with the NHL Awards, Golden Knights fans will get to experience a monumental day in our team's history while enjoying one of the premier NHL events that features the game's biggest stars."
"During the 2017 NHL Awards, Las Vegas will celebrate the NHL's top players and teams, and for the first time the destination will be represented by our new home team, the Vegas Golden Knights," said Cathy Tull, Senior Vice President of Marketing for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. "Las Vegas and the NHL are a winning combination, and we look forward to kicking off the Golden Knights' highly anticipated first season."
Information on an exclusive ticket pre-sale for Vegas Golden Knights season-ticket holders will be sent by the club in the coming days. This opportunity is for tickets to the 2017 NHL Awards™ & NHL Expansion Draft™ and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last. Tickets will be available for purchase to the general public beginning on Wednesday, May 3 at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT.
A full line up of presenters and entertainment as well as official fan travel and hospitality packages through PrimeSport will be announced at a future date. In addition, fans can tweet about the event using the official hashtag #NHLAwards.
Finalists for each award will be announced beginning Wednesday, April 19 with nominees for each award revealed daily. Following is the schedule of nominee announcements. Please note that all announcement dates are subject to change.
Wednesday, April 19
Selke Trophy (forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game)
Thursday, April 20
Calder Trophy (top rookie)
Friday, April 21
Norris Trophy (top defenseman)
Saturday, April 22
Vezina Trophy (top goaltender)
Sunday, April 23
Lady Byng Trophy (player best combining sportsmanship and ability)
Monday, April 24
Masterton Trophy (perseverance and dedication to hockey)
Tuesday, April 25
NHL Foundation Player Award (community service)
Wednesday, April 26
Jack Adams Award (top head coach)
Thursday, April 27
Mark Messier Leadership Award
Monday, May 1
Hart Trophy (most valuable player to his team)
Tuesday, May 2
Ted Lindsay Award (most outstanding player as voted by the Players)
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Post by Vegas on Apr 30, 2017 4:34:46 GMT -5
I might be going to the 2017 NHL Awards & NHL Expansion Draft at T-Mobile Arena on Wednesday June 21st.
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Post by Vegas on May 25, 2017 20:08:25 GMT -5
Since I do not get local channels, I was glad to gear that the Vegas Golden Knights this week made a deal with ROOT to show its games as I get ROOT on my satellite dish.
For their territorial broadcast rights, the NHL has awarded the Golden Knights the areas of Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and parts of Western Arizona and Western Colorado along with Eastern Southern California.
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Post by Sinclair Promotions on May 26, 2017 1:14:31 GMT -5
Golden Knights expecting active trade market
General manager George McPhee says discussions have picked up in advance of NHL Expansion Draft on June 21
by Mike Cranston / NHL.com Correspondent
May 25th, 2017
LAS VEGAS -- With trade discussions ahead of the NHL Expansion Draft heating up, Vegas Golden Knights general manager George McPhee said he expects his first trades could be completed as early as next week.
McPhee said Thursday that other NHL GMs are eager to get the Golden Knights to agree to compensation in order to not take an unprotected player.
"There's been a lot of discussion in the past few days and I think it's going to be pretty steady from here on out," McPhee said in Windsor, Ontario, where he's scouting prospects at the Memorial Cup. "Several GMs have tried to make appointments to get together at the [NHL Scouting] Combine next week, so we'll certainly do that."
The Golden Knights, who begin play next season, are less than a month away from stocking their roster. The other 30 NHL teams must turn in their list of protected players by June 17, and the Golden Knights will announce the 30 players they've selected on June 21 during the NHL Awards at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (7:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN).
"We have a pretty good idea, obviously, what players are on the bubble," McPhee said. "A lot of GMs have been very forthright in explaining to us what they'd like to do, so we have a pretty good feel for what is going on."
NHL teams can protect seven forwards, three defensemen and one goaltender, or eight skaters of any position and a goalie. Vegas must select one player from each of the other teams, including a minimum of three goaltenders, nine defensemen and 14 forwards.
The Golden Knights completed their final in-house mock draft last week and McPhee acknowledged the results have changed over time.
"Some players have elevated their play. Some players have been in decline," McPhee said. "Some of it has to do with our ability to know the players better after watching them for six months. And then some teams have made changes. So with each cut it changed and it will change again before we get there."
McPhee also confirmed the Golden Knights will have an exclusive 48-hour window before the expansion draft to negotiate with free agents who are left unprotected.
"It's going to be busy, there's no doubt about that," McPhee said. "We will talk to free agents. Who knows whether we'll be able to accomplish anything at this point, but we're certainly going to try."
Many teams have difficult decisions to make, in part because of players who have no-movement clauses in their contract and must be protected. Other teams are squeezed because of the limit on the number of players by position that can be protected. Trades, therefore, are likely.
"It can be whatever works for both parties, because we're going to need a little bit of everything," McPhee said. "We're going to need good veterans. We're going to need some youth. We're going to need some draft picks. We'll need speed, skill, size. And until we see the entire universe of what's available, it's really hard to know exactly what way we'll go. But so far it feels like it's going to be a little bit of everything."
What's helping McPhee is other teams' willingness to reveal who they're not going to protect in order to potentially work out trades. McPhee said he expects to know most of the players who will be left unprotected long before the list is made public June 18.
"There will be a little uncertainty once we head into expansion, but we've done our homework," McPhee said. "And with the disclosures most GMs have made, it's going to make negotiations for everyone a little easier."
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Post by Sinclair Promotions on Jun 2, 2017 3:30:00 GMT -5
Key dates heading into NHL Expansion Draft
Vegas Golden Knights will become League's 31st team next season
by NHL Public Relations @pr_NHL / NHL.com
June 1st, 2017
NEW YORK - The National Hockey League released an updated critical dates calendar for the NHL Expansion Draft presented by T-Mobile, which will be held Wednesday, June 21, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (8 p.m. ET):
Monday, June 12 - Deadline for Clubs to request that a Player "waive" his "No Move" clause for purposes of Expansion Draft (5 p.m. ET) (with the exception of Nashville and Pittsburgh, whose Deadline will be the later of: (i) 5 p.m. ET on June 12; or (ii) 5 p.m. ET on the day following the last day of the Stanley Cup Final).
Wednesday, June 14 - Last possible day of 2017 Stanley Cup Final.
Thursday, June 15 - First Buy-Out Period begins.
Deadline for Clubs to ask Players with "No Move" clauses whether they want to be placed on Waivers for purposes of Buy-Outs prior to Expansion Draft (11:59 am ET).
Friday, June 16 - Last day to place Player on Waivers prior to Expansion Draft Trade/Waiver Freeze (12 p.m. ET).
Deadline for Players to agree to "waive" their "No Move" clauses for purposes of Expansion Draft (5 p.m. ET).
Saturday, June 17 - Commencement of the Expansion Draft Trade/Waiver Freeze for all NHL Clubs with exception of the Expansion Club (3 p.m. ET).
Commencement of Expansion Draft Signing Moratorium on NHL SPCs for all NHL Clubs with exception of the Expansion Club (3 p.m. ET).
Deadline for each Club to simultaneously submit its Protection List to Central Registry and the NHLPA (5 p.m. ET).
Sunday, June 18 - Deadline for Central Registry to approve and simultaneously distribute the Protection Lists to all NHL Clubs (including the Expansion Club) and the NHLPA (10 a.m. ET).
Opening of the UFA/RFA Interview Period (only applies to Players who are available for selection in the Expansion Draft) for the Expansion Club only (10 a.m. ET).
Wednesday, June 21 - Deadline for the Expansion Club to simultaneously submit its Expansion Draft Selections to Central Registry and the NHLPA (10 a.m. ET).
Deadline for the Expansion Club to submit SPCs for any pending UFA/RFAs who are selected by the Expansion Club and signed to a new contract (10 a.m. ET). The Expansion Club is permitted to sign a current or pending Free Agent on a Current Club's list of Available Players during the period between 10:01 a.m. ET on Sunday, June 18, and 9:59 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 21, and in so doing will be deemed to have made its Expansion Draft selection from such Current Club. If the Expansion Club signs a Restricted Free Agent from the Available List of a Current Club during said period, the Current Club will not be entitled to any compensation from the Expansion Club.
Official distribution and announcement of the Expansion Club's Selections in conjunction with the 2017 NHL Awards presented by T-Mobile (8 p.m. ET).
Thursday June, 22 - Expansion Draft Signing Moratorium and Trade/Waiver Freeze are lifted (8 a.m. ET).
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Post by Vegas on Jun 3, 2017 0:00:19 GMT -5
just 19 days away until the expansion draft!
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Post by Vegas on Jun 3, 2017 15:23:44 GMT -5
some names I have read about as speculated possibilities for the Golden Knights in the expansion draft:
either Matt Murray or Marc-Andre Fleury (Pittsburgh can only protect one of these two goalies and right now they have to protect Fleury)
Eric Staal (Minnesota)
Bobby Ryan (Ottawa)
Calle Jarnkrok (Nashville)
Tomas Plekanec (Montreal)
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Post by Vegas on Jun 25, 2017 5:28:03 GMT -5
the Golden Knights released their schedule, only 5 Saturday home games this year?
If I am able to get tickets (not many tickets are going to be available since they had to cap season ticket sales,) I am hoping the first game I go to is either Friday October 13th vs the Detroit Red Wings or Saturday October 21st vs the St. Louis Blues.
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