VANCOUVER — It was an action-packed second day of the NHL Draft at Rogers Arena, where blockbuster trades soared across the videoboard faster than the excited draftees scurried down the stairs.



Nashville sent All-Star defenseman P.K. Subban to New Jersey, grizzled veteran forward Patrick Marleau went from Toronto to Carolina, and Tampa Bay moved left wing J.T. Miller to the Canucks.



All three teams (Predators, Maple Leafs and Lightning) opened up all-important cap space days before the free-agency negotiation period begins. All the while, the gold and black table with the Vegas Golden Knights logo in the center of the room remained silent.



No team in the NHL is pressed harder against the salary cap than the Golden Knights, yet George McPhee and Kelly McCrimmon made no trades this weekend other than moving up and down the draft board.



Friday night, after Day 1 of the draft, I asked McCrimmon whether he was surprised by the lack of movement. He...