Adin Hill signed 6 yrs x $6.25M AAV

[Canada 02]

The Vegas Golden Knights are signing goaltender Adin Hill to a six-year, $37.5 million contract extension, TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reports.

The 28-year-old netminder has a 24-11-4 record this season with a .906 save percentage and a 2.53 goals-against average with four shutouts. He had spent the season playing out the last of a two-year deal carrying a $4.9 million cap hit.

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/vegas-golden-...sion-1.2270846

[The Hendog]

Seems to long @ that AAV but I guess cap is going up

[Erick Estrada]

Length is fine as 34 years isn't old for goaltenders these days.

[Geeoff]

i find this interesting because Vegas typically views goaltenders as disposible

[Khel]

Originally Posted by Geeoff

i find this interesting because Vegas typically views goaltenders as disposible

They also view contracts and terms as optional. Always a spot on LTIR for him later!

[GioforPM]

I guess it was worth its own thread?

[Buff]

Originally Posted by Geeoff

i find this interesting because Vegas typically views goaltenders as disposible

Sorta, but not really.

They went with Fleury for their first 4 years. He was 35 his last regular season as their starter. The year before they grabbed Lehner because at Fleury's age you couldn't rely on him to keep being the #1 starter for much longer. The drop could be sudden. They split Lehner and Fleury but Lehner had life problems. Thompson stepped up and they had Hill come aboard shortly thereafter. Hill took over when Thompson was injured for the 2023 playoffs. They tried to go back to Thompson as 1a and Hill has 1b but Thompson doesn't seem to be a fit on a Bruce Cassidy team. Hill is good enough for them so they let Thompson look for greener pastures.

Yeah they've changed goalies, but there was reasons beyond changing just because of change.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Buff

Sorta, but not really.

They went with Fleury for their first 4 years. He was 35 his last regular season as their starter. The year before they grabbed Lehner because at Fleury's age you couldn't rely on him to keep being the #1 starter for much longer. The drop could be sudden. They split Lehner and Fleury but Lehner had life problems. Thompson stepped up and they had Hill come aboard shortly thereafter. Hill took over when Thompson was injured for the 2023 playoffs. They tried to go back to Thompson as 1a and Hill has 1b but Thompson doesn't seem to be a fit on a Bruce Cassidy team. Hill is good enough for them so they let Thompson look for greener pastures.

Yeah they've changed goalies, but there was reasons beyond changing just because of change.

It's more their whole philosophy around keeping players. They've never been sentimental about keeping vets. Fleury, Marchessault, Stephenson, Smith, Pacioretty, etc.