Mark Stone, Jack Eichel, Mitch Marner, Tomas Hertl, Ivan Barbashev, Noah Hanifin, Rasmus Andersson, and Carter Hart were all added externally, and the majority of the acquisitions could now be seen as “steals,” as the acquisition cost was likely less than full value due to various circumstances (no-trade clauses, depreciated assets, etc.). The lone impact player to have been drafted and developed by Vegas is late-blooming breakout forward Pavel Dorofeyev (79th overall in 2019).
