Golden Knights might have painted themselves in a corner.

The Vegas Golden Knights came into the league with great fanfare, mostly through the expansion draft. A lot of side deals were signed by the McPhee organization and in the end, lots of guys came in Vegas to wear the new jersey.

However, according to Pierre LeBrun, this new state of affair could very well become a burden if things don't change.

On the other hand, regarding VGK, the guys they're trying to flip have less term on their deals than what a UFA will cost you July 1 so...
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 26, 2017

From talking to some teams, they know full well that VGK can't bring all those players to camp... pressure is on to flip more guys asap...
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 26, 2017

whether that's Emelin, Methot, Sbisa, etc... can they get as much as they thought they'd get?
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 26, 2017

Vegas has had all the leverage for a long time in this process but now losing some as every day goes by and still have players to move...
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 26, 2017

It's a pretty nice problem to have actually. Owning too many quality players is never bad, but when the master plan doesn't fall in place completely, it can get complicated real quick. The next few hours will be a pretty heavy headaches for George McPhee!

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