After the NHL Draft, free agency and other offseason moves, NHL.com is taking a look at where each team stands. Today, the Vegas Golden Knights:

Instead of resetting like the other 30 NHL teams, the Vegas Golden Knights are setting their foundation.

They used the NHL Expansion Draft, the 2017 NHL Draft and free agency to work toward twin goals of building a competitive team for their inaugural season and stockpiling assets for the future.

SOREL-TRACY, Quebec -- Marc-Andre Fleury was in the middle of Colisee Cardin, the biggest rink in his hometown, and stood with the Stanley Cup as hundreds of local minor hockey players waited their turn for a picture with their local hero Saturday night.

The kids came out from the stands in small groups, one team at a time, wearing their jerseys, and Fleury made sure to shake hands and chat with each of them before posing for pictures and signing autographs. One kid even interviewed Fleury, using a marker as a microphone, and the Vegas Golden Knights goaltender played along, answering his questions.

The Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday signed their three first-round picks from the 2017 NHL Draft.

Center Cody Glass (No. 6), center Nick Suzuki (No. 13) and defenseman Erik Brannstrom (No. 15) each received a three-year, entry-level contract.

LAS VEGAS -- Seconds into the first scrimmage at the Vegas Golden Knights development camp, center Nick Suzuki, the 13th pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, was knocked off the puck and sent into the boards by defenseman Erik Brannstrom, the 15th pick.

It only got more intense. By the end of camp, Suzuki had his share of wins in that matchup, and a newfound understanding for what he needs to work on to play in the NHL. 

OAKVILLE, Ontario -- Jonathan Marchessault of the Vegas Golden Knights insists his feelings were not hurt when he was left unprotected in the NHL Expansion Draft by the Florida Panthers, and the forward says he is glad there is no more uncertainty regarding where he will be playing this season.

"I knew the Panthers were trying to make a deal (to keep me) but I didn't know what was going to happen," Marchessault said at the NHL Players' Association golf tournament at Glen Abbey Golf Club on Wednesday. "It's not always fun to not know where to go, but when (Golden Knights general manager) George McPhee called me the day before the draft, it was a relief and I'm really happy to be a part of it."

LAS VEGAS -- Alex Tuch first heard about it on Twitter. Then, on June 21, while watching the NHL Expansion Draft on TV, he found out it was official: He had been traded to the Vegas Golden Knights by the Minnesota Wild.

It was a somewhat stunning turn of events for the 21-year-old forward, considering defensemen Matt Dumba and Marco Scandella, and veteran center Eric Staal, were left unprotected by the Wild.

LAS VEGAS -- Near each goal five people sat in front of laptops. Behind them stood six spotters, watching, instructing and yelling. It was a whirlwind of activity as a scrimmage during Vegas Golden Knights development camp was played in front of them.

"No. 55 with a hit on 63," one of the spotters shouted. Another called out a line change. And when an extra skater came on the ice, "goalie pulled," echoed through Las Vegas Ice Center.

Forward Marcus Kruger was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes by the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday, two days after he was traded by the Chicago Blackhawks.

Vegas receives Carolina's fifth-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft.

Forward Marcus Kruger was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights by the Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations Sunday.

Kruger, 27, had 17 points (five goals, 12 assists) in 70 games for the Blackhawks last season and one assist in four Stanley Cup Playoff games. His best offensive season was 2013-14, when he finished with 28 points (eight goals, 20 assists).

Defenseman Alexei Emelin was traded to the Nashville Predators by the Vegas Golden Knights for a third-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft on Saturday.