{"id":37055,"date":"2018-10-19T19:39:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T23:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=37055"},"modified":"2018-10-19T19:40:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T23:40:38","slug":"vegas-golden-knights-alex-tuch-signs-7-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/10\/19\/vegas-golden-knights-alex-tuch-signs-7-year-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Golden Knights Alex Tuch Signs 7-Year Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Las Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> have signed forward Alex Tuch<\/a><\/strong> to a seven-year contract extension worth $33.25 million, or $4.75 million AAV per season. Tuch was set to become a free agent at the end of this season, but the deal ensures his future with Vegas into the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n

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?ROSTER NEWS?<\/p>\n

Alex Tuch has signed a seven-year contract extension!#VegasBorn<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/ph5DkznLkN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) October 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alex Tuch<\/a> signs extension with the Vegas Golden Knights<\/h1>\n

Over his two-year NHL career, Tuch has played 84 games, posting 15 goals and 22 assists for 37 points. Tuch was drafted in 2014 as a first-round pick, 14th overall, by the Minnesota Wild<\/a>\u00a0in the 2014\u00a0NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n

After a brief stay with the Wild, Tuch moved to the Golden Knights in a 2017 Expansion Draft trade that specified the Knights would select Erik Haula<\/a><\/strong> instead of one of the Wild defencemen. Last season, he played 78 games with Vegas, earning 15 goals and 22 assists for 37 points.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old winger won’t receive any signing bonuses as part of the deal, but its stated that he will have a five-team no-trade clause that will go into effect in five years.<\/p>\n

What this means for the future<\/h2>\n

Tuch has been a star in the Vegas lineup. He played in all 20 post-season games with the team. Although he is yet to make his debut in the 2018-19 season, he is set to have another impressive campaign. The Knights are making a play to lock down their young stars for the long-term and expecting that their value will increase in the future. Tuch is currently sidelined with a lower-body issue that he sustained during the preseason finale against the San Jose Sharks<\/a>. He is currently on the injured reserve and considered to be week-to-week. Once he’s\u00a0cleared, he’s set to fall back into a top-six role for the team.<\/p>\n

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