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Golden Knights Sign Brett Howden To Five-Year Extension

November 22, 2024 at 10:07 am CDT | by Josh Erickson 1 Comment

The Golden Knights announced Friday that they’ve signed forward Brett Howden to a five-year extension, keeping him in Vegas through the 2029-30 season. The deal is worth $2.5MM per season and will pay him $12.5MM in total.

Howden, 26, was set to become an unrestricted free agent next summer. He was in the final season of a two-year, $3.8MM pact he inked with the Knights as a restricted free agent in 2023.

The Alberta native has never scored more than 10 goals in a season, but he’ll do so in 2024-25, barring anything unforeseen. He’s gotten more consistent top-nine usage in the early going this season with injuries to Victor Olofsson and Mark Stone, responding with eight goals in 20 games to tie with Ivan Barbashev for second on the team.

It’s a significant breakout for the 6’2″ center, who was on the road to becoming a bust a couple of years ago. Drafted 27th overall by the Lightning in 2016, he was traded to the Rangers in the 2018 blockbuster involving Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller heading south before he made his NHL debut.

Howden jumped directly from major junior to the NHL the following season, recording a career-best 23 points in 66 games for the Blueshirts during his rookie season. He spent two more seasons in New York as a bottom-six pivot but saw his point totals and ice time steadily decline, culminating in a brutal 2020-21 campaign that saw him score just once on 33 shots in 42 games. He also struggled on draws, winning 46.6% of his faceoffs, and continued a run of poor possession impacts that had plagued him since entering the league.

The Rangers cut bait with Howden the following offseason, dealing him to Vegas for a fourth-round pick and depth defenseman Nick DeSimone. It’s turned out to be a frugal move for the Knights, who’ve slowly shifted him over to the wing and turned him into a slightly more dependable offensive presence.

Howden was quite valuable in Vegas’ run to the 2023 Stanley Cup, posting five goals and five assists for 10 points in 22 playoff games while finishing third on the team with 63 hits. His possession numbers remain a concern, with just a 44.8% shot attempt share at even strength since joining Vegas, but he’s totaled 31 goals and 61 points in 190 appearances as a Knight. He’s responded to increasing usage with correspondingly increasing point totals.

His extension is the third that general manager Kelly McCrimmon has gotten over the finish line for a pending UFA in the last month. Day-one defensemen Shea Theodore (seven years, $51.975MM) and Brayden McNabb (three years, $10.95MM) have each inked multi-year deals to keep them in Nevada past this season in the past few weeks.

The Golden Knights have now committed just north of $76.25MM in projected cap hits to 15 players for the 2025-26 campaign, per PuckPedia. That leaves roughly $16.25MM in space for eight roster spots, assuming a conservative upper limit increase to $92.5MM next season, with Nicolas Hague, Keegan Kolesar and Victor Olofsson among their other notable pending free agents.

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  1. DED

    7 months ago

    So is Howden’s success in Vegas another indication that David Quinn’s purported reputation as being a good developmental coach just a myth? DQ didn’t last long in San Jose either.

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