Golden Knights Rumors

Golden Knights Place Ivan Barbashev On IR, Recall Tanner Laczynski

January 2, 2025 at 4:08 pm CDT | by Gabriel Foley Leave a Comment

The Vegas Golden Knights have moved forward Ivan Barbashev to injured reserve, retroactive to December 16th, per Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Barbshev has missed Vegas’ last six games with an upper-body injury, after leaving the team’s December 15th matchup at the end of the first period. He didn’t appear to sustain a noticeable injury, leaving the question of where or how Barbashev suffered his now multi-week injury up in the air. A retroactive IR placement will allow Vegas to activate Barbashev as soon as he returns to full health.

In the mean time, the Golden Knights have also brought forward Tanner Laczynski back to the NHL roster. The move comes just four days after Vegas moved Laczynski back to the minor leagues, ending his previous recall at 11 days. Laczynski stepped into his first five games of the season before being sent down. He didn’t manage any scoring, but did record six penalty minutes and a -1, while serving on Vegas’ fourth line. They were Laczynski’s first five games as a member of the Golden Knights. He spent the first three seasons of his NHL career with the Philadelphia Flyers, who drafted him in the sixth round of the 2016 NHL Draft. Serving primarily as a depth fill-in, Laczynski totaled 38 games with the Flyers – 32 of those coming last season, when he netted the first four points of his NHL career. He’s otherwise been a career minor-leaguer, combining for 94 points across 111 games, and five seasons, in the AHL.

Laczynski has performed well enough to hold down Vegas’ fourth line, but the Golden Knights are still sincerely missing Barbashev’s production. The bulky Russian has 30 points, split evenly, in 31 games this season – placing Barbashev in a three-way tie for second on the team in scoring, alongisde Mark Stone and Shea Theodore. Barbashev is on an 82-game pace of 79 points, which would smash his previous career-high in scoring: 60 points set with the St. Louis Blues in 2021-22. He’ll need to return soon to continue chasing that milestone, but should immediately step back into the top-six when he is healthy again.

Golden Knights Recall Jonas Røndbjerg, Assign Tanner Laczynski

December 30, 2024 at 5:48 pm CDT | by Gabriel Foley Leave a Comment

The Vegas Golden Knights have recalled forward Jonas Røndbjerg from the Henderson Silver Knights. In a corresponding move, the Golden Knights have also assigned forward Tanner Laczynski to the minor leagues. This marks Røndbjerg’s third call-up of the year. He’s spent four days on the NHL roster this season, stepping into two games on Vegas’ fourth-line.

Røndbjerg has been a go-to call-up over the last four seasons. He was originally the sixth pick in Vegas’ franchise history, hearing his name called in the third round of the 2017 NHL Draft after a strong season with the Vaxjo Lakers’ U20 squad. The Denmark-native spent the next two seasons working his way up to Vaxjo’s SHL lineup. He totaled 17 points in 80 games with the club before moving to the AHL full-time in the 2020-21 season. He scored 40 points through his first 78 games, and three seasons, in the AHL – just enough to earn a routine role in the mix of Vegas’ bottom-six. Since then, Røndbjerg has established a pattern of a role-based impact in the NHL coupled with high production in the minor leagues. The 30 NHL games he received as a rookie in 2021-22 stand as his single-season high, though he has totaled 65 NHL appearances and 10 points in the three seasons since. He’ll return to the top flight once again, on the back of 10 points through 25 AHL games this season.

Meanwhile, Laczynski will head back to the minors after just 11 days on the NHL roster. The 27-year-old center stepped into five games during his recall, recording six penalty minutes and a -1 but not managing any scoring. He’s been far more productive in the minor leagues, netting 19 points in 17 games – still a team-lead in scoring, despite the Henderson Silver Knights playing 10 games without Laczynski. His return will prove significant help for a young Henderson lineup.

Golden Knights Make Three Roster Moves

December 27, 2024 at 5:58 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose Leave a Comment

The Golden Knights have made a trio of roster moves heading into tonight’s game against San Jose. SinBin.Vegas relays (Twitter link) that center Nicolas Roy has been placed on injured reserve, opening a roster spot for defenseman Ben Hutton to be activated off LTIR. Meanwhile, forward Tanner Laczynski has been recalled once more after being papered down over the holiday break.

Roy last played on December 15th where he suffered an upper-body injury. The 27-year-old got off to a hot start to his season with a dozen points in his first 17 games but has been quiet since then, being limited to just one point – a goal – since then, spanning 14 games. Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Sun adds (Twitter link) that Roy’s IR placement is retroactive to December 16th, meaning he has already served the required seven days so he’ll be able to be activated as soon as he’s cleared to return.

As for Hutton, he has been limited to just five games this season and has missed more than a month with an upper-body issue of his own which landed him on LTIR when Vegas needed to open up a bit of short-term cap flexibility. The 31-year-old has been held off the scoresheet in his five outings while averaging just over 11 minutes a night. With now eight healthy blueliners on the roster, Hutton may be waiting a little while before seeing game action.

Laczynski, meanwhile, was briefly up with Vegas before the break, getting into three games. He was held without a point in those in just under nine minutes a night of playing time. However, the 27-year-old has been productive with the Silver Knights, tallying six goals and 13 assists in 17 AHL games. He’s in the first season of a two-year, one-way deal after spending the previous four seasons with Philadelphia.

Salary Cap Deep Dive: Vegas Golden Knights

December 25, 2024 at 6:59 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose Leave a Comment

Navigating the salary cap is one of the most important tasks for a front office. Teams that can avoid total cap chaos by walking the tightrope of inking players to deals that match their value (or compensate for future value without breaking the bank) remain successful. Those that don’t often see struggles and front office changes.

PHR will look at every NHL team and give a thorough look at their cap situation for the 2024-25 season. This will focus more on players who are regulars on the roster versus those who may find themselves shuttling between the AHL and NHL. All cap figures are courtesy of PuckPedia. We’re currently covering the Pacific Division, last up is the Golden Knights.

Vegas Golden Knights

Current Cap Hit: $87,344,447 (under the $88MM Upper Limit)

Entry-Level Contracts

F Alexander Holtz (one year, $894K)

Potential Bonuses
Holtz: $850K

Holtz was acquired from New Jersey over the offseason in the hopes that a change of scenery would help him reach some of the potential that made him the seventh overall pick in 2020. That hasn’t come to fruition so far as his role and production have been as limited as they were with the Devils. It’s still too early to give up on him but he’s heading for a short-term bridge deal that shouldn’t cost too much more than his entry-level deal does. At this point, his bonuses are unlikely to be reached.

Signed Through 2024-25, Non-Entry-Level

D Nic Hague ($2.294MM, RFA)
G Adin Hill ($4.9MM, UFA)
F Victor Olofsson ($1.075MM, UFA)
F Tanner Pearson ($775K, UFA)
G Ilya Samsonov ($1.8MM, UFA)
F Cole Schwindt ($800K, RFA)

Olofsson didn’t have a great platform year with Buffalo last season, leading to this deal where he hoped that a strong showing with Vegas could give him a stronger market next summer. Injuries have limited him thus far but he still has seven goals in 14 games. If he can stay close to that level, he should be able to get closer to the $3MM or $4MM mark albeit likely on another short-term agreement.

Schwindt was claimed off waivers at the start of the season and has held down a spot on the fourth line for most of the year. He’s arbitration-eligible which could work against him as this is a roster spot that Vegas will want to keep close to the minimum. If Schwindt is open to a short-term deal around this price point, that could be enough to keep him around. Pearson converted a preseason PTO into a minimum salary deal. While he has fit in well in a limited role, it’s hard to see him landing much more than this next offseason.

Hague has been a fourth or fifth defender for most of his career although his role and playing time have been reduced this season. That’s not ideal as he’s heading toward having to be qualified at $2.7MM with arbitration rights that could push the cost closer to $4MM per season. If he stays in more of a sixth role, he could become a non-tender candidate.

With Logan Thompson being moved to Washington, Hill became the undisputed starter, a good spot to be in considering it’s a contract year. That said, his play has been a bit inconsistent which will make it difficult for him to command much more than he’s making now. That said, he should be able to get something around this price point on a longer-term agreement than the two-year pact he’s playing on. Samsonov had a rough year with Toronto in 2023-24 resulting in Samsonov looking for a place to try to rebuild his value. He has performed a little better than a year ago but certainly not to the point where teams will be looking at him as a starter. That said, a strong second half could allow him to approach the $3MM to $3.5MM mark as a backup who can play starters minutes when needed.

Signed Through 2025-26

F Pavel Dorofeyev ($1.835MM, RFA)
F Jack Eichel ($10MM, UFA)
D Ben Hutton ($975K, UFA)
D Kaedan Korczak ($825K, RFA)

Eichel has become the number one center that Vegas was hoping he’d be when they acquired him in 2021. That said, he never has really had high-end point production before this season which might limit his market value to a point. A small raise should still be expected on a max-term agreement but unless he can get to that 100-point threshold, he might be hard-pressed to beat someone like Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson ($11.6MM) barring a big jump in the salary cap by then. Dorofeyev impressed in limited action last season and is producing at a better rate so far this year, making him a strong value piece on his bridge deal. He’ll have arbitration rights in 2026 and if he continues to score at the pace he’s on, he could jump past $5MM per season on his next contract.

Hutton has been a capable depth defender for several years now which has helped earn him some stability with Vegas. But these types of pieces generally stay low-cost and it would be surprising to see Hutton land any sort of notable raise on this deal, especially as teams will want to keep the back-of-the-roster spots as close to the minimum as possible. Korczak is in a similar situation, although he’s young enough (23) to still change those fortunes. If he stays in a depth role, he’s in the same boat as Hutton and his arbitration eligibility could work against him. If he locks down a full-time spot, he could push for something more in the $1.5MM range.

Signed Through 2026-27

F William Karlsson ($5.9MM, UFA)
D Alex Pietrangelo ($8.8MM, UFA)
F Nicolas Roy ($3MM, UFA)
F Mark Stone ($9.5MM, UFA)

When healthy, Stone is a legitimate top-line two-way threat, one that’s a key part of this lineup. Of course, staying healthy has been a challenge for him over the years as he has missed significant time due to injuries over the past several years. That will hurt him when it comes time for his next deal, as will the fact he’ll be 35 at that time. Even in what should be a more favorable cap environment by then, Stone will likely be heading for a pay cut. It wouldn’t be shocking to see a longer-term deal with an eye on getting the cap hit lower, similar to what Pittsburgh did with Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin in the past (though Stone’s price tag should come above theirs).

Karlsson has been a solid second option down the middle throughout most of his tenure with Vegas and the price tag for those players has shot up over the years. That said, he’ll be 34 which means there’s a good chance his next contract is his last one. Assuming it’s a longer-term one to keep the AAV down, it’s possible Karlsson’s price tag stays in this range. Roy has held the third center role for the bulk of his time with the Golden Knights and has been above-average on the production side for the last few seasons. It’s already a below-market deal and if he stays in that 40-point range, his next contract should start with a four.

In his prime, Pietrangelo was a high-end two-way threat from the back end. However, he turns 35 next month and his production and ice time have dropped in recent years. When he started in Vegas, Pietrangelo was worth this price tag, if not more. But as the offensive numbers go down and he slips a bit more on the depth chart (or they at least try to manage his minutes a bit more), the perception of this deal will flip to an above-market one, an outcome that shouldn’t come as much surprise as that was the expectation at the time it was signed. Having said that, he’s still playing a big enough role to give Vegas a decent return and that should continue for at least a little while longer.

Signed Through 2027-28 Or Longer

F Ivan Barbashev ($5MM through 2027-28)
D Noah Hanifin ($7.35MM through 2031-32)
F Tomas Hertl ($6.75MM through 2029-30)
F Brett Howden ($1.9MM in 2024-25, $2.5MM from 2025-26 through 2029-30)
F Keegan Kolesar ($1.4MM in 2024-25, $2.5MM from 2025-26 through 2027-28)
D Brayden McNabb ($2.85MM in 2024-25, $3.65MM from 2025-26 through 2027-28)
D Shea Theodore ($5.2MM in 2024-25, $7.425MM from 2025-26 through 2031-32)
D Zach Whitecloud ($2.75MM through 2027-28)

*-San Jose is retaining an additional $1.3875MM on Hertl’s deal.

Hertl was a surprising acquisition at the trade deadline and has given the Golden Knights enviable depth at center, allowing them to shift Karlsson to the wing at times. Even with retention, this is a bit of a high price tag for a player who has only surpassed 65 points once in his career but he should be able to hold down a spot on the second line for the bulk of the remainder of this agreement which means Vegas should get a good return on their investment. Barbashev’s offensive improvement over the past few years helped earn him this contract and he has taken that production to another level this year, hovering near the point-per-game mark. If that holds, he’ll be a considerable bargain in a hurry while positioning himself for a big raise down the road.

Howden hasn’t been a big point producer before this season (where he has a career-high 13 goals already). That helped keep the price tag on his extension down. They’ll be counting on him routinely putting up around 25 points a season to justify the higher price tag but that’s a reasonable goal for him to try to reach based on his uptick this season. Kolesar opted to avoid testing free agency with this deal from just a couple of weeks ago. It’s on the higher side for someone who has spent a lot of time on the fourth line in his career but he has been playing more than lately which would have helped him on the open market. As a physical player who is showing a bit of a scoring touch this season (he also has a new personal best in tallies already with nine), there’s a good chance he’d have made more than this had he waited until free agency to sign.

When healthy, Theodore has been one of the more impressive offensive performers in recent years among NHL defenders. However, like Stone, staying healthy has been a challenge. That almost certainly played a considerable role in the blueliner getting $7.425MM per season on his extension when his open-market value would have been a lot higher, especially if he manages to stay in the lineup more often in 2024-25. For an all-around blueliner that logs around 22 minutes a night, this new price tag is still a team-friendly deal. The $5.2MM that Theodore is making this season is one of the better back-end bargains across the NHL.

Vegas got creative last season to add Hanifin with double retention and they wasted little time signing him to this deal a month after he was acquired. For someone who has only been above average in terms of production for the last few years, there’s a bit of risk but he’s in the prime of his career and is a high-end defensive player which helps to mitigate that. Top defensive players don’t often get this type of commitment but he’s one of the exceptions.

McNabb has never been a big point-getter which has limited his market in the past. However, he’s still a reliable fourth defender and a good shutdown option which would have given him a good market in free agency even though he’ll be 34 when he starts that contract. As long as he stays in that fourth role, they’ll do fine with this deal. As for Whitecloud, he has been a regular on the third pairing for the past five years but hasn’t progressed from that point as they were hoping when they gave him this deal back in 2021. It’s not a bad-value contract – especially as a right-shot player, the side in high demand – but it’s on the higher end for more of a limited piece.

Buyouts

None

Retained Salary Transactions

None

Best Value: (non-entry-level) Theodore
Worst Value: Pietrangelo

Looking Ahead

With Robin Lehner’s contract not counting against the books this year, Vegas hasn’t had to use LTIR as frequently, allowing them to bank in-season flexibility for the first time in a long time. That said, they’re still tight enough to the cap ceiling that as things stand, they won’t be able to take much money on though it shouldn’t be a true money-in, money-out situation.

With the Golden Knights handing out several early extensions this season, they’ve spent up a lot of their flexibility for next summer as they have over $79.5MM in commitments on the books already to 17 players. Knowing they need to sign a goalie tandem, potentially re-up Hague, and fill out the rest of the roster, GM Kelly McCrimmon likely won’t have a lot of spending room to add next summer. With the long-term commitments they have now and those upcoming (Eichel, for example, is heading for another big-ticket contract), it’s going to be difficult for them to make another big splash without parting ways with a key veteran to do. Of course, they’ve demonstrated that they’re willing to do just that before so if anyone can get creative to add a core piece, it will be McCrimmon and his team.

Photos courtesy of Imagn Images.

Golden Knights Recall Tanner Laczynski

December 19, 2024 at 5:36 pm CDT | by Josh Erickson Leave a Comment

The Golden Knights have recalled depth center Tanner Laczynski from AHL Henderson, per a team announcement. He’ll make his Vegas debut tonight against the Canucks with Ivan Barbashev and Nicolas Roy battling upper-body injuries, per Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

It will be the first NHL appearance in just over a year and a half for the 6’1″ pivot. Laczynski, an Ohio State product, was a sixth-round pick of the Flyers in 2016. He spent his entire professional career in the Philadelphia organization, playing mostly with AHL Lehigh Valley but getting a few call-ups along the way, before reaching unrestricted free agency last summer and signing a two-year, $1.55MM contract with the Knights.

Laczynski hasn’t been an offensive factor in his NHL looks, only managing four points in 38 games with the Flyers. But he’s blossomed into a top AHL point producer in recent years, and his pickup has proved prudent for Vegas’ minor-league depth. He leads the Silver Knights in scoring with 19 points (6 G, 13 A) in 17 games and has a -2 rating, a decent mark on one of the league’s worst teams this season.

Laczynski spent all of last season in the minors, posting 44 points in 49 games for AHL Lehigh Valley. He appeared in a career-high 32 NHL games for Philadelphia the year prior, though, averaging 9:31 per game and recording all four of his career points. He won 51.5% of his draws, although he’ll suit up as a third-line winger tonight for Vegas alongside Tomáš Hertl and Alexander Holtz.

Both Barbashev and Roy sustained their injuries on Sunday against the Wild. It’s a damper on a huge season for Barbashev, who’s got 30 points in 31 games and is on pace to smash his career-high of 60 set with the Blues in 2021-22. Pavel Dorofeyev, who has 12 goals to rank second on the team, moves into his first-line left-wing role alongside Jack Eichel and Mark Stone. Roy, who’s been averaging over 16 minutes per game and has 13 points in 31 appearances, will be replaced more directly by Laczynski.

Vegas had an open roster spot before executing the transaction, so no corresponding moves are necessary.

Pacific Notes: Arvidsson, Hyman, Warsofsky, Barbashev

December 17, 2024 at 4:54 pm CDT | by Gabriel Foley 2 Comments

The Edmonton Oilers received a flurry of injury updates on Tuesday, captured Oilers TV host Tony Brar. Most notably, winger Viktor Arvidsson is expected to return to the lineup sometime this weekend, with Thursday’s matchup against Boston a real possibility. Arvidsson has missed Edmonton’s last 15 games with an undisclosed injury. He landed on injured reserve on November 21st, and could be activated at any point with Edmonton carrying plenty of lineup and cap flexibility.

Arvidsson signed a two-year, $8MM contract with the Oilers this summer, but only managed two goals and five points in 16 games before sustaining his injury. The near month-long absence continues Arvidsson’s nagging bout with injuries. He missed all but 18 games of last season with a lower-body injury, and hasn’t played 80 games in a season since 2016-17. Arvidsson has usually been able to curb routine absences with promising scoring – scoring 52 goals and 123 points in 161 games with the Los Angeles Kings over the last three seasons – but that production hasn’t carried up North just yet.

While Arvidsson hopes to return to the lineup, and the scoresheet, fellow winger Zach Hyman will also be facing injury. Brar reports that Hyman sustained a broken nose, but isn’t expected to miss any playing time. Hyman has 10 goals and 15 points in 26 games this year. He’s a fixture of Edmonton’s top line and power-play unit – a role he stamped with 54 goals and 77 points in 80 games last season.

Other notes from out West:

San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky has received a $25,000 fine for inappropriate conduct during Saturday’s game against Utah, per Curtis Pashelka of the Bay Area News Group. Warsofsky took exception with multiple missed calls throughout the game. Most egregious was a second-period hit to Macklin Celebrini from Utah’s Kevin Stenlund that appeared to be a clear boarding penalty, though refs left it uncalled. Celebrini didn’t suffer any injuries on the hit. Warsofsky will now turn towards the future with slightly lighter pockets, looking to pull San Jose into the win column after a 5-5-0 record in their last 10 games.
Vegas Golden Knights winger Ivan Barbashev missed Tuesday’s practice with an upper-body injury, head coach Bruce Cassidy shared with Jesse Granger of The Athletic. Cassidy designated Barbashev as day-to-day. The Russian winger has continued to be a force in the Golden Knight roster, with 30 points – split evenly – in 31 games. The near point-per-game scoring is far-and-away the highest of Barbashev’s nine-year career in the NHL. His current career-high in scoring came in 2021-22, when Barbashev posted 26 goals and 60 points with the St. Louis Blues.

Golden Knights Sign Keegan Kolesar To Three-Year Extension

December 13, 2024 at 8:25 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose Leave a Comment

The Golden Knights are keeping another veteran in the fold for a few more years. The team announced that they’ve signed winger Keegan Kolesar to a three-year, $7.5MM extension that begins in the 2025-26 season.

The 27-year-old was set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer. Instead, he’ll stay with Vegas through the 2028-29 campaign and will get a nice raise along the way. Kolesar carries a $1.4MM salary and cap charge in the final year of his current deal, meaning he’ll get an increase of $1.1MM per season on this new agreement.

The Golden Knights acquired Kolesar back in 2017 from Columbus, flipping a mid-second-round pick to the Blue Jackets for his rights; Columbus wound up selecting Alexandre Texier with that selection. He was initially drafted in the third round (69th overall) by Columbus.

Kolesar has been a full-time regular for the Golden Knights since the 2020-21 season. Along the way, he has chipped in a bit offensively while becoming one of the more physical wingers in the league, notching at least 246 hits in each of the last three years.

This season, Kolesar has been more impactful in the offensive zone. He has already notched seven goals on the season, good for sixth on the team and just one shy of his career-high that he has reached in each of the last two seasons. He’s also still collecting more than three hits per game on average while his ATOI of 12:55 is also the highest of his career.

With that in mind, Kolesar was going to be heading for a fair-sized raise on the open market had this deal not been reached, especially since rugged wingers tend to generate a lot of interest in free agency. Instead, he’ll be sticking around with the Golden Knights where he’ll remain one of their longest-tenured players.

Evening Notes: Arvidsson, Allen, Whitecloud, Sasson

December 9, 2024 at 8:26 pm CDT | by Gabriel Foley 3 Comments

Edmonton Oilers winger Viktor Arvidsson has resumed skating for the first time since exiting the lineup last month with an undisclosed injury, Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch shared with Daniel Nugent-Bowman of The Athletic. Knoblauch added that the hope is that Arvidsson will return to team practices next week. Little about the veteran winger’s injury has been revealed. He played through 14 minutes of ice time in his most recent game – an overtime win over the Islanders on November 12th. The Oilers announced Arvidsson as banged up shortly after that game, designating him as day-to-day. He was placed on injured reserve nine days later, and has since missed Edmonton’s last 11 games.

Arvidsson signed a two-year, $8MM contract with Edmonton this summer, but hasn’t found his footing in the new setting just yet. He’s played in 16 games and scored five points this season, though the bulk of that scoring came from a three-assist night against Pittsburgh on October 25th. Arvidsson has scored two goals in eight games since then, but still sits far away from the 31-goal season he managed in 2016-17. Repeated lower-body injuries held Arvidsson out of all but 18 games with the Los Angeles Kings last season, though he still managed an impressive 15 points. He’ll look to return to the lineup, and quickly rediscover his scoring kick, before the calendar turns over.

Other notes around the league:

New Jersey Devils goaltender Jake Allen is questionable for the team’s Tuesday game against Toronto per a team announcement. No specifics were provided as to what may limit the veteran backup. Allen was on the wrong side of a shutout on Sunday, allowing three goals on 22 shots in the Devils’ 4-0 loss to Colorado. Despite the losing efforts, Allen’s season-long stat line has been more encouraging – with a 5-4-1 record and .904 save percentage through 10 games. New Jersey would need to recall a backup for Jacob Markstrom should Allen miss Tuesday’s game. Utica Comets starter Nico Daws would likely stand as the next man up. Daws has three wins and a .897 in 13 AHL games this season.
Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud returned to full practices on Monday shares Jesse Granger of The Athletic. It’s the next step towards a return after Whitecloud returned to practices with a no-contact jersey on Friday. Head coach Bruce Cassidy told Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Review-Journal that Whitecloud is expected to play at some point on Vegas’ upcoming three-game road trip. The 28-year-old defender has two points, 14 penalty minutes, and a +5 through 21 games this season; while operating out of a bottom-four role. He’ll be quickly slotted back into the lineup when back to full health, likely bumping Kaedan Korczak to the press box.
The Vancouver Canucks are taking advantage of their off-days, assigning waiver-exempt forward Max Sasson to the minor leagues to help accrue cap space ahead of their Tuesday night game. Sasson made his NHL debut earlier this season and has since recorded two assists and a +2 in seven games. The 24-year-old has operated from Vancouver’s fourth-line, and is likely to return with a call-up before the Canucks’ next game. If he does stay in the minors, he’ll be returning to an AHL stat line featuring four goals, nine points, and six penalty minutes through nine games.

Stone Activated Off IR

December 6, 2024 at 9:00 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose 5 Comments

As expected, the Golden Knights will welcome back winger Mark Stone to their lineup tonight, notes Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The 32-year-old wound up missing 14 games overall due to a pulled muscle, stalling what was a very strong start to his season. Stone had six goals and 15 assists in 13 games prior to the injury, putting him among Vegas’ top scorers along with linemate Jack Eichel. With them being off for five days after this game, this is a good chance to test him while ensuring he’ll have ample time off to make sure he’s fully healthy. Prior to his activation, the Golden Knights had two active roster spots so no corresponding transaction needed to be made.

Zach Whitecloud Still Considered Day-To-Day With Upper-Body Injury

December 3, 2024 at 5:30 pm CDT | by Brennan McClain 7 Comments

It’ll still be a few days before defenseman Zach Whitecloud returns to the Vegas Golden Knights lineup. According to Jesse Granger of The Athletic, Whitecloud is still considered day-to-day with an upper-body injury and will miss his fifth straight game tonight. It’s not all bad news on the injury front for the Golden Knights as Granger later reported that captain Mark Stone was upgraded to a full-contact jersey at today’s practice meaning he should return soon.

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It’ll still be a few days before defenseman Zach Whitecloud returns to the Vegas Golden Knights lineup. According to Jesse Granger of The Athletic, Whitecloud is still considered day-to-day with an upper-body injury and will miss his fifth straight game tonight. It’s not all bad news on the injury front for the Golden Knights as Granger later reported that captain Mark Stone was upgraded to a full-contact jersey at today’s practice meaning he should return soon.

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