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ESPN.com The Vegas Golden Knights, the NHL’s latest expansion team, will begin play next season. The Knights have already signed 30-year-old Russian center Vadim Shipachyov, who scored 26 goals and had 76 points for SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL this season, as well as WHL forward Reid Duke, 21, and Czech forward Tomas Hyka, 24. The Golden Knights will fill the rest of their roster through the expansion draft, during which they’ll select one player from each of the league’s other 30 teams. Those 30 teams have already revealed their protected lists — players that the Golden Knights cannot select. Every team had the option to protect seven forwards, three defensemen and a goaltender, or a combination

The Golden Knights kick off their season by hosting the Sharks in what’s expected to be another chippy contest between the two.