UPDATED: Projecting Golden Knights picks at NHL expansion draft

June 21 will be a momentous day in the NHL as its newest franchise, the Vegas Golden Knights, will announce their selections in the 2017 expansion draft and round out their roster.

For those of you who don’t know how expansion drafts work, the Golden Knights will be allowed to choose one player from each of the other 30 franchises. The pre-existing clubs submitted a list of players—seven forwards, three defensemen, one goalie OR eight skaters and a goalie—they wish to protect from Vegas on Sunday.

The rest, as long as they aren’t first or second-year players and unsigned draft choices can be snapped up.

With 30 selections, Vegas must pick at least 14 forwards, nine defensemen and three goalies while also keeping their team salary under a combined $73 million.

Here is how I think their roster could shape up come draft day. For my first version, which came before the protected lists were submitted, click here:

Vegas Golden Knights projected expansion draft selections

PLAYER	POSITION	FORMER TEAM	‘16-17 SALARY
Mikhail Grigorenko	Center	Colorado Avalanche	$1. million
Cody Eakin	Center	Dallas Stars	$3.85 million
Jonathan Marchessault	Center	Florida Panthers	$750,000
Nic Dowd	Center	Los Angeles Kings	$640,000
Jordan Weal	Center	Philadelphia Flyers	$650,000
Brock Nelson	Left Wing	New York Islanders	$2.5 million
William Carrier	Left Wing	Buffalo Sabres	$689,167
Magnus Paajarvi	Left Wing	St. Louis Blues	$700,000
Kerby Rychel	Left Wing	Toronto Maple Leafs	$863,333
Reid Boucher	Left Wing	Vancouver Canucks	$715,000
Josh Anderson	Right Wing	Columbus Blue Jackets	$678,333
Radim Vrbata	Right Wing	Arizona Coyotes	$1 million
Lee Stempniak	Right Wing	Carolina Hurricanes	$2.5 million
James Neal	Right Wing	Nashville Predators	$5 million
Beau Bennett	Right Wing	New Jersey Devils	$725,000
Sami Vatanen	Defense	Anaheim Ducks	$4.875 million
Brett Kulak	Defense	Calgary Flames	$656,667
Trevor van Riemsdyk	Defense	Chicago Blackhawks	$825,000
Ryan Sproul	Defense	Detroit Red Wings	$625,000
Griffin Reinhart	Defense	Edmonton Oilers	$863,333
Matt Dumba	Defense	Minnesota Wild	$2.55 million
Nikita Nesterov	Defense	Montreal Canadiens	$725,000
Colin Miller	Defense	Boston Bruins	$1 million
Fredrik Claesson	Defense	Ottawa Senators	$700,000
Brenden Dillon	Defense	San Jose Sharks	$3.27 million
Jake Dotchin	Defense	Tampa Bay Lightning	$616,667
Toby Enstrom	Defense	Winnipeg Jets	$5.75 million
Marc-Andre Fleury	Goalie	Pittsburgh Penguins	$5.75 million
Philipp Grubauer	Goalie	Washington Capitals	$750,000
Antti Raanta	Goalie	New York Rangers	$1 million

This roster contains 15 forwards, 12 defensemen, three goalies and would come in at a total of $52,517,500, which would give the Golden Knights an additional $20,482,500 in cap space.