{"id":181740,"date":"2025-10-01T04:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/181740\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T04:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:51:08","slug":"pacific-notes-eichel-kempe-canucks-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/181740\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Notes: Eichel, Kempe, Canucks Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"

With today\u2019s news that one of the league\u2019s biggest superstars has elected to sign a record-shattering eight-year contract extension<\/a> with the Minnesota Wild, leaguewide focus has shifted to other stars currently without a contract for next season, including Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel<\/a>. Eichel\u2019s camp, which is led by Pat Brisson of CAA, is currently \u201cengaged in ongoing contract discussions and negotiations\u201d according to David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period<\/a>. Pagnotta did note, though, that talks between the two parties are \u201ccurrently going slow\u201d and \u201ca deal is not yet in the offing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eichel, 28, is in line for a lucrative contract extension of his own. He has already proven himself to be a star first-line center in the NHL, one capable of leading a team to a Stanley Cup championship. Set to turn 29 in October, he\u2019s positioned to sign what will be the largest contract of his career, and earlier this month it was reported<\/a> that both Eichel and the Golden Knights agree that Eichel\u2019s next deal should carry the maximum possible term. Pierre LeBrun said today on TSN\u2019s Insider Trading<\/a> that he isn\u2019t sure whether Vegas will have the appetite to go too far above the $12MM AAV they pledged to Mitch Marner<\/a> this past summer, while Eichel and his camp are likely to expect a number closer to the $14MM AAV owed to Leon Draisaitl<\/a> on his contract extension.<\/p>\n

Other notes from the Pacific Division:<\/p>\n

A player in a similar, albeit not identical, boat to Eichel is Los Angeles Kings forward Adrian Kempe<\/a>, who is also without a contract for next season. It was reported earlier this month by Pagnotta<\/a> that Kempe\u2019s camp was seeking an eight-year, $10MM AAV contract extension, while the Kings were hoping to sign a deal more in the range of $9MM AAV. With that disagreement in mind, both Kempe\u2019s representatives (led by CAA\u2019s J.P. Barry) and the Kings elected to postpone contract talks \u2013 likely until each side could see the value of Kaprizov\u2019s contract. Now with that matter settled, both sides are set to resume contract negotiations, according to The Fourth Period\u2019s Dennis Bernstein<\/a>. While Kempe, 29, is not considered the same level of player as Kaprizov, he nonetheless has easily cleared the 70-point plateau in each of the last two seasons and has thrice scored at least 35 goals in a season. It would be fair to speculate that if the disagreement between Kempe\u2019s camp and the Kings remains on whether he\u2019s worth closer to $9MM and $10MM AAV on his next deal, the fact that Kaprizov will make $17MM will almost certainly aid Kempe\u2019s side of the argument.
\nSportsnet\u2019s Iain MacIntyre reported<\/a> that while both Conor Garland<\/a> and Tyler Myers<\/a> \u201chave been managing minor\u201d injuries during the Canucks\u2019 preseason and training camp, both players \u201chave asked\u201d to play in Wednesday\u2019s preseason game against the Calgary Flames. MacIntyre added that \u201cneither\u201d player is likely to be unfit to play in the team\u2019s season opener. Both Garland and Myers are key veteran contributors to the Canucks: the feisty Garland is an important part of the team\u2019s offensive identity in its middle-six, while Myers was the team\u2019s number-four defenseman last season. With the Canucks entering an extremely important campaign, it\u2019s encouraging news that neither player looks set to miss any regular-season time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With today\u2019s news that one of the league\u2019s biggest superstars has elected to sign a record-shattering eight-year contract…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[9056,49,48,29208,91876,763,448,82,91877,452,767],"class_list":["post-181740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-adrian-kempe","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-conor-garland","tag-jack-eichel","tag-los-angeles-kings","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-tyler-myers","tag-vancouver-canucks","tag-vegas-golden-knights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}