Golden Knights owner: 'We put together a great team from the net out'

Vegas Golden Knights general manager George McPhee has sent in his expansion draft selections, and team owner Bill Foley is looking forward not only to revealing the roster, but also seeing the players take to the ice.

"I believe we put together a great team from the net out," Foley said following his first Board of Governors meeting as an official owner, according to Tom Gulitti of NHL.com. "I believe the fans are really going to like the team and the trades and the draft picks and the prospects that we have."

Foley said McPhee and his staff got a bit creative in assembling the roster.

"It's not just a player per team. In many cases, it might have been two players a team. It might have been an upgraded draft pick plus a player, all kinds of different situations. Sometimes the player might be an unrestricted free agent who may or may not come with us.

"We've already signed two restricted free agents to contracts with fellows that we drafted that were restricted free agents."

Foley wasn't naming names, of course, choosing instead to wait for Wednesday night's official announcement as part of the NHL Awards. He did say a handful of Golden Knights will be at the event, and that he intends to call others personally to welcome them to the organization, adding, "I'm very proud of some of these players."

"The people of Las Vegas are going to be happy with what we did. They're going to be pleasantly surprised."