By @MichaelCaples –
The NHL released its expansion draft protected lists today, as well as all the players on the ‘available list’ for the Las Vegas Golden Knights as they construct their first roster in franchise history.
Here are the Michigan names (and a few former Red Wings) appearing in the ‘available’ column that could be on the Golden Knights’ roster when the puck drops at T-Mobile Arena next fall. To see the Red Wings’ protected list and available player list, click here.
Available players
Corey Tropp – Anaheim
Chris Mueller – Arizona
Teemu Pulkkinen – Arizona
Garret Ross – Arizona
John-Michael Liles – Boston
Derek Grant – Buffalo
Tom McCollum – Calgary
Patrick Brown – Carolina
Andrew Miller – Carolina
Andrej Nestrasil – Carolina
Matt Tennyson – Carolina
Jeremy Smith – Colorado
Jack Johnson – Columbus
Jiri Hudler – Dallas
Jamie Oleksiak – Dallas
Greg Pateryn – Dallas
Justin Peters – Dallas
Colin Campbell – Detroit
Luke Glendening – Detroit
Drew Miller – Detroit
Jujhar Khaira – Edmonton
Jordan Oesterle – Edmonton
Thomas Vanek – Florida
Jakub Kindl – Florida
Matt Greene – Los Angeles
Zach Trotman – Los Angeles
Jack Campbell – Los Angeles
Jeff Zatkoff – Los Angeles
Steve Ott – Montreal
Chris Terry – Montreal
Zach Redmond – Montreal
Al Montoya – Montreal
James Neal – Nashville
Austin Watson – Nashville
Mike Cammalleri – New Jersey
Stefan Noesen – New Jersey
David Wohlberg – New Jersey
Jon Merrill – New Jersey
Scott Wedgewood – New Jersey
Steven Kampfer – New York Rangers
Brendan Smith – New York Rangers
Chris Summers – New York Rangers
Patrick Sieloff – Ottawa
Andy Miele – Philadelphia
Michal Neuvirth – Philadelphia
Carl Hagelin – Pittsburgh
Chris Kunitz – Pittsburgh
Kevin Porter – Pittsburgh
Bryan Rust – Pittsburgh
Ian Cole – Pittsburgh
Landon Ferraro – St. Louis
Erik Condra – Tampa Bay
Matt Taormina – Tampa Bay
Luke Witkowski – Tampa Bay
Matt Hunwick – Toronto
Alexey Marchenko – Toronto
Steven Oleksy – Toronto
Reid Boucher – Vancouver
Ryan Miller – Vancouver
Justin Williams – Washington
Pheonix Copley – Washington