{"id":493006,"date":"2026-06-30T22:27:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T02:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=493006"},"modified":"2026-06-30T22:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T02:31:31","slug":"jeremy-lauzon-contract-vgk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/06\/30\/jeremy-lauzon-contract-vgk\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Lauzon Contract News On the Night Before Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/06\/09\/nhl-predictions-game-4-cup\/\" target=\"_self\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> are making a little news on the evening before the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/06\/30\/nhl-rumours-aj-greer-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">2026 NHL free agent frenzy<\/a>. They have a <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lauzoje01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-30_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeremy Lauzon<\/a> contract extension to report. Let&#8217;s dig into the details and discuss why both sides were happy with this deal.<\/p>\n<h2>The Jeremy Lauzon Contract Extension Done Deal With Vegas Golden Knights<\/h2>\n<p>The deal with Vegas is a six-year contract extension, carrying an average annual value around $4 million. You&#8217;d have to think Lauzon would be thrilled to get that total dollar amount, it is well earned. This gives the player security for a long while, at a team friendly dollar amount. It seems win-win.<\/p>\n<p>The deal also contains no-trade clauses. In year one, it is a full no-trade clause, then the teams get fewer, as the years go on. Year two, it is a 16-team no-trade clause, then in years three and four, a 10-team no-trade clause. Finally, the last two years of the deal, he can select seven teams he wishes to not get traded to during those seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBjbzKG15H\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 2674px; aspect-ratio: 2674\/1783;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<p><span>JEREMY LAUZON of the Boston Bruins takes out the Flyers CARSEN TWARYNSKI in preseason action at the Wells Fargo Center on September 19, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Further to <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DarrenDreger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DarrenDreger<\/a> report, Jeremy Lauzon is signing a six-year extension with Vegas carrying an AAV in the $4M range.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/reporterchris\/status\/2072133384273572001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Looking at Lauzon&#8217;s Play<\/h3>\n<p>2025-26 was Lauzon&#8217;s first season with the Vegas Golden Knights. They are his fourth team after starting with the Boston Bruins, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/03\/20\/jeremy-lauzon-traded-to-predators\/\" target=\"_self\">having a brief stopover with the Seattle Kraken<\/a>, and most recently playing parts of four season with the Nashville Predators.<\/p>\n<p>He has shown to be very steady throughout his career. He brings a great deal of toughness, and that is exactly the recipe Vegas likes to cook with. Signing a Jeremy Lauzon contract, is a product of how he has been so consistent throughout his career, with well over 200 hits a season on multiple occasions, and all on 17:34 of average ice time throughout his career. In 2025-26, he proved that he could be reliable on the backend for the Golden Knights. Case in point, he accumulated 13 points in 68 games, in 17:11 of ice time, had 251 registered hits, and was third on the team in blocked shots with 97.<\/p>\n<p>Working yourself into the regular rotation on the Vegas defence is no easy task. Also, things got a little more competitive, after Parker Wotherspoon was acquired earlier today from the Pittsburgh Penguins. Although it was a one-for-one, as Kaedan Korczak went the other way. So, they want a little change on the backend, and it was helped by the reliability Lauzon has provided. Just another great example of why Vegas is a winner, year after year, with savvy moves by general manager Kelly McCrimmon and company.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lauzon breakdown year by year: 5.7 (includes 4 SB)\/4.3\/3.5\/3.5\/3.5\/3.5<\/p>\n<p>Yr 1: full NTC, YR 2: 16 teams, Yr 3-4: 10 teams, Yr 5-6: 7 teams <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X12DnIUY9F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/X12DnIUY9F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PierreVLeBrun\/status\/2072140229583024294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Lucas Peltier-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vegas Golden Knights are making a little news on the evening before the 2026 NHL free agent frenzy. They have a Jeremy Lauzon contract extension to report. Let&#8217;s dig into the details and discuss why both sides were happy with this deal. 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