With six unrestricted free agents set to hit the market — including five forwards — and a need to adjust their goaltending situation, the Vegas Golden Knights were always going to struggle to cover all areas of need this offseason amidst a tight cap situation.
Welcome to another edition of NHL Rumours! The buzz continues to swirl around the Vegas Golden Knights. One that, thankfully, didn’t involve Mitch Marner!
The Vegas Golden Knights’ 2024 Draft class was never going to be plentiful. After trading away their second-, third-, fourth-, fifth- and seventh-round picks, the club needed to acquire a third-rounder in the Logan Thompson deal just to muster four draft picks.
There is an understandable sense of unease among Vegas Golden Knights fans regarding the roster after the first week of free agency. The team lost two of their top six all-time in goals and assists within the span of a few hours.
The Seattle Kraken are keeping RFA winger Eeli Tolvanen in the fold.
During the free agent frenzy on Monday, July 1st, the Seattle Kraken announced two pretty large signings in quick succession, the first was Brandon Montour, and the second is Chandler Stephenson.
He is coming off of a resurgent season with the KHL's Dynamo Moscow, leading the league in assists (66) and points (89) while playing in all 68 games.
According to a report, the Vegas Golden Knights have signed defenseman Robert Hagg and forward Callahan Burke to one-year contracts. Hagg is signing a one-year, one-way contract worth $775,000, while Burke is signing a one-year, two-way contract worth $775,000.
The Vegas Golden Knights have solidified some goaltending depth signing freshly acquired goaltender Akira Schmid to a two-year contract. The deal pays the 24-year-old netminder $875,000 per season and is a one-way contract, this according to CapFriendly.
The Vegas Golden Knights have signed goaltender Akira Schmid, who has swung between fantastic to severely underwhelming over the past two seasons.
The Vegas Golden Knights still have plenty of questions to answer and moves to make this offseason, but their goaltending appears to be set after the first day of free agency.
The Vegas Golden Knights will be a very different team when they hit the ice at the start of the 2024-25 regular season after the offseason departures of seven members of the 2023 Stanley Cup team: Jonathan Marchessault, Chandler Stephenson, William Carrier, Michael Amadio, Alec Martinez, Logan Thompson and Paul Cotter.
There are a lot of teams loading up this 2024 NHL free agency period, and the Vegas Golden Knights are no exception. Today they announced that they have signed Victor Olofsson to a one-year contract, worth $1.1 million.
Vegas has lost more than the Stanley Cup this season. Alec Martinez, a 16-year veteran defenseman, announced his signing with the Chicago Blackhawks for the 2024-25 season at four million dollars.
Sheldon Rempal has signed with the HC Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the KHL. The KHL is the Kontinental Hockey League. It comprises 23 member clubs based in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and China.
The Vegas Golden Knights had an uncharacteristically quiet day when free agency opened Monday morning. The main moves in Vegas were made by players moving on.
Chandler Stephenson has committed to a significant seven-year contract with the Seattle Kraken, reportedly valued at around $6.3 million annually. Known for his speed and playmaking ability, Stephenson joins Seattle after a mixed season where his metrics slightly declined, particularly in passing and skating.
Fifteen minutes into NHL free agency many had already crowned the Nashville Predators as the day’s biggest winners.
The Vegas Golden Knights have selected Trevor Connelly with the 19th overall in the first round of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. Trevor Connelly, a forward from Tustin, California, played with the Tri-City Storm of the USHL during the 2023-24 season.
2023 Conn Smythe Trophy winner Jonathan Marchessault is set to test the free agency market on Monday. Despite a stellar season with the Vegas Golden Knights, where he scored 42 goals and added 27 assists in all 82 games, Marchessault and the Golden Knights could not agree on terms for a new contract.
Not every player will be worth what they are signed for, however. So let us take a look at four unrestricted free agents that teams should be avoiding.
Saturday saw a trade that nobody saw coming. The Vegas Golden Knights traded goaltender Logan Thompson to the Washington Capitals for a pair of third-round draft picks.
The Vegas Golden Knights will do anything they have to do in order to win. Sometimes that means trading a player at the NHL Draft right in the middle of that player's autograph session with fans.
Welcome to another edition on NHL Rumours! The Toronto Maple Leafs star forward might finally be on the move. Rumour has it that the Vegas Golden Knights are front-runners for Mitch Marner.
There is still a chance one of the original Vegas Golden Knights stays in his current home. Jonathan Marchessault, one of the ‘Original Misfits’ of the Golden Knights, has just finished the final year of his six-year contract that he signed with the team back in January 2018, one of the first big signings by the expansion franchise.
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