{"id":138022,"date":"2023-06-07T13:42:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T17:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=138022"},"modified":"2023-06-07T13:42:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T17:42:05","slug":"los-angeles-extends-defenceman-vladislav-gavrikov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/07\/los-angeles-extends-defenceman-vladislav-gavrikov\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Extends Defenceman Vladislav Gavrikov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/kings\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a> have re-signed defenceman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gavrivl01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-06_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vladislav Gavrikov<\/a> to a two-year contract extension. Additionally, the one-way contract carries an average annual value of $5.875 million until his UFA year in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">$5.875 M AAV x 2 years <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/giLvIu4T26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/giLvIu4T26<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PierreVLeBrun\/status\/1666499490482626571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Vladislav Gavrikov Lands Extension with Los Angeles<\/h2>\n<p>Gavrikov was traded to the Kings along with goaltender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/korpijo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-06_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joonas Korpisalo<\/a> during the 2023 NHL Trade deadline. Safe to say, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/03\/01\/columbus-blue-jackets-trade-vladislav-gravikov\/\" target=\"_self\">the trade<\/a> did work out. Vladislav played over four seasons in Russia&#8217;s top league, the KHL, before making the jump to North America.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/bluejackets\/\" target=\"_self\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> selected this diamond in the rough during the 6th round of the 2015 NHL entry draft. Gavrikov has now become a stable second-pairing defenceman in the NHL.<\/p>\n<p>In 20 games with the Kings during the regular season, Vladislav scored three goals and added six assists for nine points. He and Matt Roy made a really solid pair for the Kings.\u00a0Gavrikov is best known for his ability to defend the zone entry attack.<\/p>\n<p>In a small sample size of 360 minutes, the Kings scored 14 goals for and allowed six against while Gavrikov was on the ice. Vladislav controlled 58.90% of the expected goals on-ice. In addition, the Kings only gave up three high danger goals against with Gavrikov on the ice in 20 games. His net-front presence is very strong.<\/p>\n<p>During the six game playoff series against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/oilers\/\" target=\"_self\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a>, Gavrikov was arguably the team&#8217;s best defender. The Kings outscored the Oilers in high danger goals five to two with Vladislav on the ice.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means For the Future<\/h3>\n<p>The Vladislav Gavrikov contract extension signals many things. The team is bringing back a piece they acquired to bolster the defensive core is huge. However, this came at a price. They moved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/walkese01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-06_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Walker<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/peterca01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-06_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calvin Petersen<\/a> as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/provoiv01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-06_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ivan Provorov<\/a> trade to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/06\/report-blue-jackets-get-ivan-provorov-in-three-way-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">clear the cap space<\/a> for this extension. Gavrikov will turn 28-years-old at the start of next season.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: Perry Nelson-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Kings have re-signed defenceman, Vladislav Gavrikov to a two-year contract extension. Additionally, the one-way contract carries an average annual value of $5.875 million until his UFA year in 2025-26. $5.875 M AAV x 2 years https:\/\/t.co\/giLvIu4T26 &mdash; Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 7, 2023 Vladislav Gavrikov Lands Extension with Los Angeles Gavrikov was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3765,"featured_media":138028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,34],"tags":[5067,78,2569,2399],"class_list":["post-138022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kings","category-news","tag-contract-extension","tag-los-angeles-kings","tag-news","tag-vladislav-gavrikov"],"modified_by":"Tommy Bennett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3765"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}