In the salary cap era, NHL teams often find themselves trying to plug holes in the playoffs with inexperienced, young players. The Vegas Golden Knights feel fortunate that they can deal with Nicolas Hague’s day-to-day lower-body injury by replacing him with a three-time Stanley Cup champion.
The Vegas Golden Knights are getting ready to play game two of their series with the Dallas Stars. Game one saw the Knights take the lead early and beat the Stars 4-3.
Vegas Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy did not hold back in his post-game press conference after the team’s 6-5 overtime loss to the New Jersey Devils.
He had been sidelined with a lower-body injury since the team’s Oct. 30 game against the Canadiens.
While his absence is certainly not ideal, the Golden Knights are certainly not strangers to injured defensemen.
Let's take a look at three overlooked young defensemen who are taking major strides early on this season with the benefit of increased responsibility.
Logan Thompson made 22 saves and Nicolas Hague had a goal and an assist to lead the visiting Vegas Golden Knights to a 4-1 victory over San Jose in the season opener for the Sharks on Thursday night.
It’s the draft week! Nicolas Hague was the only Vegas Golden Knights player participating in the Stanley Cup Final that the Golden Knights drafted. The Golden Knights pick 32, 77, 96, 192 and 224.
Matthew Tkachuk was caught taking a cheap shot at Nicolas Hague late in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
The Vegas Golden Knights will aim for a four-game sweep when they visit the Dallas Stars in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday night.
The Edmonton Oilers will search for a way to control Game 6 during five-on-five play to keep their championship hopes alive when they play host to Vegas on Sunday.
As decorum broke down and teams attempted to send messages not with bullhorns but bodies, the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights scrapped for most of the final few minutes of Edmonton’s 4-1 win in Game 4.
The automatic suspension holds Nurse, Edmonton’s leader in average time on ice among defensemen, out of Edmonton’s most important game this season to date, with the second-round series locked in at two games apiece against Vegas.
The Edmonton Oilers are in familiar territory as they prepare to host the Vegas Golden Knights when their Western Conference semifinals series resumes on Wednesday night.
The Vegas Golden Knights are in another lull at a time when there are not many reasons to be. The team has now lost back-to-back games in the midst of what should be an advantageous seven-game homestand.
The reigning Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche are looking to snap a three-game skid Monday in Denver when they face the visiting Vegas Golden Knights in a clash of teams short-handed on defense.
The Vegas Golden Knights had an unlikely savior seize the day in Saturday's 5-4 overtime win over the Nashville Predators. Defenseman Nicolas Hague scored what was just his second goal of the season to win it for Vegas on a power-play opportunity in overtime.
The Vegas Golden Knights ended the year in dramatic fashion, defeating the Nashville Predators 5-4 in overtime. Nashville out shot Vegas 37 to 32 as Golden Knights goaltender Logan Thompson made 33 saves in the home win.
The Nicolas Hague saga is finally over as the Vegas Golden Knights announced on Monday afternoon that they have re-signed the defenseman to a three-year, $6.88 million deal that will carry an average annual value of roughly $2.3 million.
After a long process of negotiating, the Vegas Golden Knights signed defenseman Nicolas Hague to a three-year, $6.88 million contract extension on Monday.
One of the final dominos from the restricted free agent pool has finally fallen. The Vegas Golden Knights have signed defenseman Nicolas Hague to a three-year deal worth $2,294,150 per season.
Sportsnet: Frank Seravalli on Sportsnet 960s the Big Show talking about the Vegas Golden Knights and RFA defenseman Nicolas Hague, who appear to be far apart, and what it means for them heading into the season.
Amidst his contract dispute with the Vegas Golden Knights, Nicolas Hague is set to begin skating with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in order to remain in game shape.
Although the 2022-23 regular season is right around the corner, negotiations between Nicolas Hague and the Vegas Golden Knights have not resulted in a new contract.
Hague is in Vegas but will likely return home if there is no deal at the start of camp.
If no deal is reached by the start of training camp, Hague is not expected to report and will instead train elsewhere in the interim.
After a down 2021-22 season, the expectation from everyone in the Vegas Golden Knights organization is that they will once again contend for a Stanley Cup in 2022-23.
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