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Vegas Golden Knights center Nicolas Roy (10) controls the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in Las Vegas.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 | 2:56 p.m.
The Golden Knights have signed center Nicolas Roy to a two-year contract extension worth an average $750,000 a year, the team announced today.
Roy was set to become a restricted free agent at the end of the season, and his new contract ties him to the team through at least 2022.
The league’s salary minimum is going up in 2021-22 to $750,000, so Roy will have a league-minimum cap hit in the second year of his contract.
He’ll be slightly above the $700,000 floor next season and will be a restricted free agent when the contract expires.
Roy, who was acquired in a trade last summer, played 28 games with the Golden Knights this season with five goals and five assists. Before that, he played in seven career games across two seasons with Carolina.
Between recalls and assignments, Roy, who was part of a roster shuffle with AHL Chicago, has been part of 29 transactions.
The Golden Knights now have 16 players signed for next season with a combined cap hit of $73.375 million.
If the salary cap ceiling stays flat at $81.5 million as expected next year, Vegas will have $8.125 million in space.
Chandler Stephenson and Nick Cousins are Vegas’ other pending restricted free agents, and the team has five unrestricted free agents in need of new contracts this summer: forwards Ryan Reaves and Tomas Nosek, defensemen Jon Merrill and Deryk Engelland, and goalie Robin Lehner.
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