{"id":704873,"date":"2026-05-30T19:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/704873\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T19:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:13:07","slug":"theo-rochette-generating-nhl-interest-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/704873\/","title":{"rendered":"Theo Rochette Generating NHL Interest \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the time of year when we start to see a lot of activity on the international front as players move during the transfer window.\u00a0 One of those could be Swiss forward Theo Rochette<\/a>, as Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman reported earlier this week in a 32 Thoughts podcast (audio link<\/a>) that a few NHL teams appear to be taking a look at Rochette.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old was a prolific producer in the QMJHL.\u00a0 Over five seasons between Chicoutimi and Quebec, Rochette posted 115 goals and 202 assists in 271 regular season games while staying above the point-per-game mark in the playoffs as well.\u00a0 While he went undrafted, he seemed like a realistic candidate to sign an entry-level deal and start off at the AHL level.<\/p>\n

But Rochette had other plans.\u00a0 He instead signed a two-year deal with HC Lausanne in 2023, then inked a five-year extension after that, keeping him signed through 2030-31.\u00a0 In three seasons with the club, he has notched at least 30 points in each of them and had his best showing in 2025-26, tallying 22 goals and 21 assists in 46 games.\u00a0 That earned Rochette a spot on Switzerland\u2019s entry for the World Championship where he has been productive in a depth role, recording five points in eight games heading into today\u2019s semi-final action.<\/p>\n

Clearly, there is an NHL out clause in his current contract that will give Rochette an opportunity to take a shot at playing in North America.\u00a0 Considering the security he has in his current contract, it seems reasonable to think that if Rochette opts to sign, he\u2019ll be going somewhere where he has a chance to play regularly in the NHL.\u00a0 If not, staying and playing at home would make more sense so it wouldn\u2019t be shocking if Rochette is particularly selective when considering offers from interested teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is the time of year when we start to see a lot of activity on the international…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,50833,85,342947,2086],"class_list":["post-704873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-nla","tag-sports","tag-theo-rochette","tag-world-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}