{"id":470397,"date":"2025-06-26T21:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T01:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=470397"},"modified":"2025-06-26T21:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T01:11:12","slug":"two-time-stanley-cup-champions-signs-in-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/06\/26\/two-time-stanley-cup-champions-signs-in-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Two-Time Stanley Cup Champions Returns to the Vegas Golden Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vegas Golden Knights have kept two-time Stanley Cup champion Brandon Saad around for another year. Saad has agreed to a one year contract worth $2 million.<\/p>\n<h2>Golden Knights Sign Saad<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sounds like the Brandon Saad deal with Vegas is one-year in the $2 million range.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Marek (@JeffMarek) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffMarek\/status\/1938398998622032258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Saad split last season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?s=st.+\" target=\"_self\">St. Louis Blues<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?s=vegas+golden+knights\" target=\"_self\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>. In 72 games between the two teams, Saad scored 13 goals and added 30 points.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/01\/31\/brandon-saad-has-a-new-home\/\" target=\"_self\">Golden Knights signed Saad<\/a> for the push to the playoffs after the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/01\/29\/st-louis-blues-continue-roster-shakeup\/\" target=\"_self\">Blues terminated his contract<\/a> to shed salary.<\/p>\n<h3>Two-Time Stanley Cup Champion and Playoff Experience<\/h3>\n<p>Saad will brings veteran leadership and championship experience to his team. He has been a regular fixture in the playoffs since his career started.<\/p>\n<p>Saad started his career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?s=chicago+blackhawks\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>, where he won the Stanley Cup twice in 2013 and 2015. He also went on a deep playoff run with the Hawks in 2014, but their quest for a second-straight Stanley Cup (and what could have been a three-peat) ended in Game 7 of the Western Conference Final.<\/p>\n<p>Saad also has playoff experience from his time with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?s=colorado+avalanche\" target=\"_self\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a> and Blues. With the Avs, Saad helped the team reach the second round in 2021. After <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/07\/29\/brandon-saad-signs-a-contract-with-the-st-louis-blues\/\" target=\"_self\">signing with the Blues<\/a> that summer, Saad helped the Blues reach the second round. He also appeared in eight post season games for the Golden Knights this past season where he registered two assists.<\/p>\n<h3>Role with Vegas<\/h3>\n<p>Saad is only a season removed from scoring 26 goals, doing so with the Blues during the 2023-24 season. In At 32-years old, Saad&#8217;s best seasons may be behind him. A 26-goal season may even be a tall order for the two-time Stanley Cup Champion However, he can still be an asset to Vegas as they look to contend this coming season.<\/p>\n<p>Saad will likely play in a middle-six role for the team. If he can score in the area of 15-20 goals and use his speed to create plays on both ends of the ice, that will be a huge asset.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Stephen R. Sylvanie- Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vegas Golden Knights have kept two-time Stanley Cup champion Brandon Saad around for another year. Saad has agreed to a one year contract worth $2 million. Golden Knights Sign Saad Sounds like the Brandon Saad deal with Vegas is one-year in the $2 million range. \u2014 Jeff Marek (@JeffMarek) June 27, 2025 Saad split [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3464,"featured_media":470401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[34,4547,4548,807],"tags":[776,662,6182],"class_list":["post-470397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-vegas-golden-knights","tag-brandon-saad","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-vegas-golden-knights-news"],"modified_by":"Colton Osmond, Dept Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470397","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\/3464"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470397"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471154,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470397\/revisions\/471154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}