What do the Vegas Golden Knights have planned next?

They still need to make some moves.

It has been an alarmingly quiet offseason for the Vegas Golden Knights so far.

A little too quiet.

Typically one of the NHL’s most ruthless, cutthroat and aggressive front offices, always finding ways to add the next big star that becomes available, this offseason has mostly seen the Golden Knights roster take some significant cuts.

Jonathan Marchessault left in free agency to Nashville.

Chandler Stephenson went to Seattle.

Depth players like William Carrier and Michael Amadio also left.

Goalie Logan Thompson was traded to Washington.

All they have managed to bring in are some fringe players and lottery ticket reclamation projects like Alexander Holtz, Victor Olofsson and Ilya Samsonov.

Talent-for-talent, it has been a significant net loss to the roster.

On some level, it is understandable. Vegas’ years-long run of manipulating the salary cap (legally) and going after stars has finally produced a situation where cap flexibility is almost non-existent. You also can not blame them for not paying Stephenson what Seattle did in what might be the offseason’s most absurd contract. But even if Stephenson is overpaid and a bad investment in Seattle, he was still a good player in Vegas that it is going to have to replace.

So far, it hasn’t.

Nor has it replaced Marchessault, one of its best and most productive players from the beginning of the franchise.

It is enough to leave you wondering … what else does it have planned this offseason, and whether or not it could still find a way to swing a major trade before the season starts.

One name in particular comes to mind.

Let’s talk about it.