Golden Knights select three players on Day 2 of NHL Entry Draft

The Vegas Golden Knights had four draft picks on Day 2 of the NHL Entry Draft and took three players and traded away one pick.

With the 77^th overall pick in the third round, the Golden Knights drafted Mathieu Cataford from Halifax Mooseheads from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The 18-year-old forward is a 5-foot-11, who scored 31 goals and had 44 assists in 68 regular-season games with the Mooseheads. He was also a part of the gold-medal winning team in the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

The Hockey News Draft Preview described Cataford as a “Character kid plays bigger than his frame and drives the hard areas. Hockey sense, board-work, and a heavy stick are pros; lightness and average skating cons.”

Then with the 96^th pick in the third round, the Golden Knights selected Arttu Kärki from Tappara U20 team in the Finnish Premier Junior Men’s Hockey League. The 6-foot-2 defenseman is 18-years old and scored 39 points (13 goals, 26 assists) in 36 games with Tappara.

With the 192^nd overall pick in the sixth round, Vegas drafted Tuomas Uronen from Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna i Helsingfors (HIFK U20) of the Finnish Premier Junior Men’s Hockey League. Uronen is 18-years-old and stands at 6-feet. He scored 43 points (20 goals, 23 assists) in 39 games with HIFK U20 and also represented Finland at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

The Golden Knights then traded their seventh-round pick to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 2024 NHL Entry Draft seventh-round pick.