Mere weeks before they are to select 30 players in the N.H.L. expansion draft, the Vegas Golden Knights are operating at a breakneck pace.

With its professional and amateur scouts evaluating talent across the hockey map, the team signed two players — the junior forward Reid Duke and the Russian star Vadim Shipachyov — and offered a glimpse into the type of roster it hopes to assemble.

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