The Golden Knights appear to be set to welcome back a key contributor up front. Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Review-Journal relays that Vegas is aiming to activate center William Karlsson to their active roster for Saturday’s contest against San Jose. The 31-year-old has yet to play this season due to an undisclosed injury. Karlsson is coming off one of his best seasons offensively as he notched 30 goals and 30 assists in 70 games while he also won 56.2% of his faceoffs, the best rate of his career. Notably, the Golden Knights have a full 23-player roster so someone will need to come off in order for Karlsson to be activated; their only waiver-exempt players are forwards Brendan Brisson and Alexander Holtz.
Elsewhere in the Pacific Division:
- Kings center Phillip Danault has changed agents. Octagon’s Allan Walsh announced (Twitter link) that he is now representing the 31-year-old who was previously repped by Newport’s Don Meehan. Walsh won’t be having to worry about contract talks for a while, however, as Danault is signed through the 2026-27 season at a $5.5MM AAV. He’s off to a bit of a quiet start offensively this season with just three assists through his first eight games. However, he has recorded at least 47 points in five of the last six seasons.
- Late last month, the Sharks assigned prospect Quentin Musty back to OHL Sudbury but he has yet to play since then. It’s not because of an injury, however, but rather a trade request. GM Mike Grier expressed some frustration about the situation to Curtis Pashelka of The Mercury News (subscription link), indicating that he has been in contact with Musty’s agent to emphasize the need to find a suitable trade sooner rather than later. San Jose selected Musty with the 26th pick in 2023 and he averaged nearly two points per game last season with the Wolves, notching 43 goals and 59 assists in 53 games. Having him out this long certainly isn’t ideal from a development standpoint.
If Musty ask for a trade, so be it, is place is not with the team. Good management by the Wolves
Well he is an American and already spent 3 years in Sudbury, why would he want more punishment?
Seems like more and more young NHL players/prospects are making trade requests than ever before. Hopefully it won’t get to the point of the NBA where star players dictate the rise of superteams and competitive balance is a joke.
The last six NBA titles have been won by different franchises. Nine franchises appeared in those finals. Seems you claim of that league having no competitive balance is kinda weak. Players in all sports have been asking to be traded for decades. Nothing wrong with choosing where one lives and works, and it will not ruin sports.