Despite all the rumors of the Golden Knights moving up in the Entry Draft, they decided to stand pat and make picks at #6, #13, and #15.
Their first pick was Cody Glass. Glass is a center from the Portland Winter Hawks of the WHL.
Glass is one of the premiere playmakers in this draft thanks to his puck-protection skills, elite vision and soft hands. What makes him even more valuable is his great all-around game at such a tender age – he anticipates and reads the play well at both ends and does a tremendous job cutting o the middle of the ice. -DraftRecrutes.ca
No surprise the first pick in team history is from the WHL, the league assistant GM Kelly McCrimmon has been a coach, owner, and GM in for the last decade or so. Most mock drafts had Glass going in the top five, before Vegas, so this certainly appeared to be a steal for McPhee and Co.
Definitely getting a skilled player, I love to play a two way game, and I’m really good at making plays and creating scoring chances. -Nick Suzuki
Vegas has three selections in the second round and another in the top three of the third.




RJ
I like our selections, but I’m still shocked we passed on Liljegren 3 times. He is one of the highest ceilings in the draft and it would have been so easy to roll the dice one him. I wonder if McPhee and McCrimmon don’t believe we have a system that can develop players?
Ken Boehlke
They REALLY like Brannstrom and were very confident he would be there at 15. Glass was a no brainer at 6 when he fell, and Suzuki was ranked in their top 10. They believe Brannstrom is going to be a Ryan Ellis type player. They thought he would have fallen about another 5-10, but didn’t want to risk it.
James
@RJ
From what I gather Liljegren was projected to go between 15-20, but there wasn’t much difference between a cluster of draft picks. He could have gone earlier. The fans were clamoring for Liljegren because he was highly rated by the media … It wouldn’t shock me if he’s the next Jakob Chychrun who dropped to 16. Too bad we couldn’t take him by getting more draft picks …
James
I love the types of players we have drafted. They fit the description of modern day hockey players … Some of the expansion draftees, to be frank, were archaic. Better suited for a bygone era.
I wonder if the Los Angeles Kings were willing to give up their first round pick to get rid of Dustin Brown’s egregious contract before the draft. I would have loved Gabriel Vilardi based purely on reputation