Vegas GM is high on Flyers' goalie Michal Neuvirth

BUFFALO - Will Flyers goalie Michal Neuvirth end up with the new NHL team in Las Vegas?

George McPhee, the general manager of the Vegas Golden Knights, held a similar spot with Washington when Neuvirth was with the Capitals.

"As a goaltender, we always described Michal as a guy who was technically perfect," McPhee said at the NHL scouting combine Saturday. "He certainly has a great physique and body composition for the position."

McPhee said Neuvirth was athletic and had matured, "and he's at that point where he can be really good."

Teams will hand in their protected lists June 18, and Vegas' selections will be announced June 21.

If Neuvirth, 29, isn't protected by the Flyers in the expansion draft, would he be high on McPhee's list?

"We'll see. I'm certainly not going to talk about who we might be interested in," he said. He added that it's tough to evaluate until he can see all the players who will be available.

Neuvirth had a career-best year in 2015-16, but struggled last season, compiling a 2.82 goals-against average and .891 save percentage.

McPhee said most of the general managers "have been really forthright in what they want to do and who they'll probably expose and who they'd like to protect. We're just trying to find ways to accommodate each other. . . . There will be some deals."