The Questions that Need to be Answered for the Vegas Golden Knights
By Evan Mead
The Vegas Golden Knights Potential Lineup when Everyone is Healthy
So with everything I’ve mentioned to this point all that is going to account for what I’ll be putting together in this section of the article. Now, let’s get into the thing I’m assuming you are all wanting to read about: What will the Vegas Golden Knights line-up look like when everyone is healthy?
The Vegas Golden Knights started the season in a very good spot given the talent they had on their roster. They went out and traded for Nolan Patrick, and Evgenii Dadonov, and built a championship caliber roster. However, after the first game of the season, everything seemed to go downhill.
Everyone on the Vegas Golden Knights roster seemed to start dropping like fly’s. It started against the Los Angeles Kings when Mark Stone and Max Pacioretty went down and it was a downwards spiral from that point on.
However, about 12-15 games later for most of the players, things are starting to look up for the Vegas Golden Knights. People are on the verge of coming back and some are already back. So now let’s get into: What will the Vegas Golden Knights lineup look like when everyone is healthy.
So just a disclaimer before giving you my roster prediction, this is with the prediction that Evgenii Dadonov or Reilly Smith is traded. So I will be giving two different lineup predications.
Option 1: Reilly Smith was Traded
Forwards
Jonathan Marchessault-Jack Eichel-Mark Stone
Max Pacioretty-Chandler Stephenson-Evgenii Dadonov
Michael Amadio-William Karlsson-William Carrier
Mattias Janmark-Nolan Patrick-Keegan Kolesar
Defenseman
Nicolas Hague-Alex Pietrangelo
Shea Theodore-Alec Martinez
Brayden McNabb-Zach Whitecloud
Goalies
Robin Lehner
Laurent Brossoit
Extras: Adam Brooks, Brett Howden, Nicolas Roy
Option Two: Evgenii Dadonov was Traded
Forwards
Jonathan Marchessault-Jack Eichel-Reilly Smith
Max Pacioretty-Chandler Stephenson-Mark Stone
Michael Amadio-William Karlsson-William Carrier
Mattias Janmark-Nolan Patrick-Keegan Kolesar
Defenseman
Nicolas Hague-Alex Pietrangelo
Shea Theodore-Alec Martinez
Brayden McNabb-Zach Whitecloud
Goalies
Robin Lehner
Laurent Brossoit
Extras: Adam Brooks, Nicolas Roy, Brett Howden