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Jun 30, 2025, 12:37 AM ET
The Vegas Golden Knights, possibly freeing up immoderate salary-cap country to instrumentality a tally astatine Mitch Marner this week, dealt seasoned defenseman Nicolas Hague to the Nashville Predators precocious Sunday night, successful speech for blueliner Jeremy Lauzon and halfway Colton Sissons, according to aggregate reports.
Hague, a prototypical antiaircraft defenseman, past signed a four-year woody with his caller nine that volition wage him $5.5 cardinal per season, according to TSN and SportsNet.
A 26-year aged who finished with 5 goals and 12 points past play successful Vegas, Hague is simply a 2017 second-round prime who played successful 68 games past season, averaging 17:33 clip connected the crystal on the way.
He has lone ever played for the Golden Knights, and his career-best violative play came successful 2022-23 there, erstwhile helium played successful 81 games and finished with 17 points.
On Tuesday, Hague would person go a restricted escaped agent, but Vegas decided to vessel him earlier negotiations cranked up. In return, they adhd antiaircraft extent successful Lauzon, 28, who played successful conscionable 28 games past season, and face-off assistance successful Sissons, 31, who had 7 goals and 21 points successful 72 games with the Predators.
Hague volition beryllium viewed upon to assistance a leaky defence that allowed 274 goals past season, the seventh-worst full successful the Central Division.
