Our first (and only, barring the league growing to 32 teams) Expansion Draft Extravaganza moved into the mock draft phase two days ago, and the beginnings of the Vegas Golden Knights roster are taking shape.

Below is where our iteration of the Knights stands, complete with salary cap space, and progress towards the benchmarks Vegas must hit as part of the Expansion Draft. Keep these in mind as you make your picks a little further down in this post.

Players under contract for 2016-17 (7/20)

Salary Cap space: $51,033,333

Forwards (4/14)

Carl Soderberg (C, $4,750,000)

Cody Eakin (C, $3,850,000)

David Perron (LW, $3,750,000)

Calle Jarnkrok (C, $2,000,000)

Defensemen (3/9)

Jonas Brodin (D, $4,166,667)

Mark Stuart (D, $2,625,000)

Trevor Van Riemsdyk (D, $825,000)

Goaltenders (0/3)

And now, without further adieu, we pick from the Pacific Division.

Anaheim Ducks (h/t Chardougla for protected list)

Which player (position, cap hit) should Vegas take from Anaheim?

Kevin Bieksa (D, $4,000,000)	15
Jakob Silfverberg (RW, $3,750,000)	226
Simon Despres (D, $3,700,000)	5
Clayton Stoner (D, $3,250,000)	9
Andrew Cogliano (LW, $3,000,000)	22
Antonine Vermette (C, $1,750,000)	13
Jared Boll (RW, $900,000)	2
Logan Shaw (RW, $650,000)	1
Sam Carrick (C, $650,000)	0
Chris Wagner (C, $637,500)	0
Corey Tropp (RW, $625,000)	1
Nate Thompson (C, UFA)	0
Patrick Eaves (RW, UFA)	3
Nicolas Kerdiles (LW, RFA)	0
Emerson Etem (LW, RFA)	2
Jaycob Megna (D, RFA)	0
Korbinian Holzer (D, UFA)	0
Spencer Abbott (LW, UFA)	0
Nate Guenin (D, UFA)	0
Jeff Schultz (D, UFA)	0
Jonathan Bernier (G, UFA)	7
Dustin Tokarski (G, $650,000)	2
Jhonas Enroth (G, UFA)	2
Matt Hackett (G, UFA)	0

Arizona Coyotes

Which player (position, cap hit) should Vegas take from Arizona?

Mike Smith (G, $5,666,667)	61
Jamie McGinn (LW, $3,333,333)	73
Brad Richardson (RW, $2,083,333)	13
Luke Schenn (D, $1,250,000)	97
Shane Doan (RW, UFA)	5
Radim Vrbata (RW, UFA)	20
Josh Jooris (C, RFA)	2
Jamie McBain (D, UFA)	3
Teemu Pulkkinen (LW, RFA)	16
Tyler Gaudet (C, RFA)	0
Mitchell Moroz (LW, RFA)	0
Jeremy Morin (LW, RFA)	3
Joe Whitney (LW, UFA)	0
Branden Troock (RW, RFA)	0
Jordan Martinook (LW, RFA)	5
Grret Ross (LW, UFA)	0
Jarred Tinordi (D, UFA)	3

Calgary Flames (h/t Joonas danskee for protected list)

Which player should Vegas pick from Calgary?

Troy Brouwer (RW, $4,500,000)	34
Matt Stajan (C, $3,125,000)	62
Lance Bouma (C, $2,200,000)	23
Matt Bartkowski (D, $612,500)	18
Hunter Shinkaruk (C, $863,333)	64
Freddie Hamilton (C, $612,500)	31
Brian Elliott (G, UFA)	21
Chad Johnson (G, UFA)	4
Brandon Bollig (LW, UFA)	1
Lindon Vey (RW, RFA)	3
Michael Stone (D, UFA)	4
Dennis Wideman (D, UFA)	9
Deryk Engelland (D, UFA)	1
Brett Kulak (D, RFA)	0
Tyler Wotherspoon (D, RFA)	1
Alex Chiasson (RW, RFA)	11
Michael Kostka (D, UFA)	0
Emile Porier (LW, RFA)	2
Ryan Culkin (D, RFA)	0

Edmonton Oilers (h/t LXEagle17 for protected list)

Which player should Vegas select from Edmonton?

Benoit Pouliot (LW, $4,000,000)	95
Mark Fayne (D, $3,625,000)	26
Iiro Pakarinen (RW, $725,000)	39
David Desharnais (C, UFA)	19
Kris Russell (D, UFA)	35
Matt Hendricks (LW, UFA)	6
Griffin Reinhart (D, RFA)	40
Jujhar Khaira (LW, RFA)	5
Tyler Pitlick (RW, UFA)	2
Justin Fontaine (RW, UFA)	2
Laurent Brossoit (G, $750,000)	11
Zachary Pochiro (LW, RFA)	0
David Musil (D, RFA)	0
Dillon Simpson (D, RFA)	0
Jordan Oesterle (D, UFA)	2

Los Angeles Kings (h/t Alelock)

Which player should Vegas pick from Los Angeles?

Matt Greene (D, $2,500,000)	31
Brayden McNabb (D, $1,700,000)	108
Kyle Clifford (C, $1,600,000)	57
Jordan Nolan (C, $950,000)	23
Derek Forbort (D, $650,000)	15
Nic Dowd (C, $640,000)	7
Rob Scuderi (D, UFA)	4
Teddy Purcell (RW, UFA)	8
Jeff Zatkoff (G, $900,000)	12
Jack Campbell (G, RFA)	4
Vincent Loverde (D, UFA)	0
Cameron Schilling (D, UFA)	0
Nick Shore (C, RFA)	11
Andy Andreoff (LW, RFA)	2
Andrew Crescenzi (C, RFA)	1
Justin Auger (RW, RFA)	2

San Jose Sharks (h/t Fear the Fin)

Which player should Vegas pick from San Jose?

Paul Martin (D, $4,850,000)	27
Mikkel Boedker (LW, $4,000,000)	96
Joel Ward (RW, $3,275,000)	22
Brenden Dillon (D, $3,270,000)	70
David Schlemko (D, $2,100,000)	63
Dylan DeMelo (D, $650,000)	11
Patrick Marleau (LW, UFA)	11
Micheal Haley (C, UFA)	3
Ryan Carpenter (C, UFA)	0
Mirco Mueller (D, RFA)	14
Barclay Goodrow (RW, RFA)	3
Buddy Robinson (RW, UFA)	0
Zack Stortini (RW, UFA)	4
Aaron Dell (G, $625,000)	20
Troy Grosenick (G, $650,000)	2

Vancouver Canucks

Which player should Vegas pick from Vancouver?

Brandon Sutter (C, $4,375,000)	91
Derek Dorsett (RW, $2,650,000)	48
Erik Gudbranson (D, RFA)	55
Ryan Miller (G, UFA)	40
Richard Bachman (G, UFA)	3
Joseph Cramarossa (C, RFA)	4
Brendan Gaunce (C, RFA)	6
Jack Skille (RW, UFA)	4
Alex Biega (D, $750,000)	14
Michael Chaput (C, RFA)	3
Alexandre Grenier (RW, UFA)	1
Michael Zalewski (LW, RFA)	3
Anton Rodin (RW, UFA)	0
Borna Rendulic (RW, UFA)	1