9:23 p.m.: The Vegas Golden Knights have announced the full trade package – sending a 2025 first-round pick, a conditional 2025 third-round pick, and defenseman Daniil Miromanov to the Flames. The first-round pick carries top-10 protection, while the third-round pick will upgrade to a 2024 second-round pick if Vegas advances to the second round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Vegas also sent a 2024 fifth-round pick to the Philadelphia Flyers to broker the deal. Calgary retained 25 percent of Hanifin’s $4.95MM cap hit, while Philadelphia retained 50 percent, meaning he’ll only count towards $1.2375MM of Vegas’ salary cap. Philadelphia sent the rights to 27-year-old centerman Mikhail Vorobyov to Vegas to facilitate the salary retention.
Vorobyov played in 35 NHL games across the 2018-19 and 2019-20 season, scoring two goals and five points. He’s spent each of the last four seasons in Russia’s KHL, including the last three with routine heavyweight SKA St. Petersburg. Vorobyov has 112 points across 194 KHL games since the 2020-21 season.
5:28 p.m.: Even after acquiring Anthony Mantha from the Washington Capitals yesterday, the Vegas Golden Knights were not done adding to their current roster. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman confirmed that the Golden Knights would be acquiring defenseman Noah Hanifin from the Calgary Flames. TSN’s Darren Dreger reports that defenseman Daniil Miromanov is heading from Vegas to Calgary as part of the return.
Not only will Vegas be adding a top defenseman to their already loaded defensive core, but Darren Dreger of TSN reports the two sides are working on a contract extension as well, although Friedman did pour some cold water on that scenario later. Since Hanifin will be a member of the Golden Knights before the trade deadline, he is eligible to sign an eight-year deal in Vegas.
With Alec Martinez being placed on the team’s injured reserve earlier this morning, Vegas had an opening next to top defenseman Alex Pietrangelo. Factoring in the recent activation of Shea Theodore, the Golden Knights have once again put together a top defensive core leading into the Stanley Cup playoffs.
As the defending Stanley Cup champions, Vegas will likely represent Hanifin’s best opportunity to win Lord Stanley’s trophy for the first time in his career. There are some personal ties as well for Hanifin in Nevada, as he did play with star center Jack Eichel a decade ago on the United States National Junior Development Team.
Suppose the Flames are willing to retain 50% of Hanifin’s salary. In that case, a deal became feasible, as Vegas was only $500k from being able to absorb Hanifin’s full salary for the rest of the season. Still holding on to their first-round pick of the 2024 NHL Draft, and a moderate prospect pool to deal from, the makings of a deal came to fruition rather quickly between the two teams.
What are the odds Martinez would be “injured” just in time to acquire Hanifin?
Sounds about Tampa.
Less than the odds that you and your clan will whine and complain every time Vegas acquires a player.
Gary has double standards. penalized vancouver and jersey for loungo/Kovalchuk contracts. Yes stone has real injury. This is an yearly thing with vegas. Wonder if he would so accepting if it was winnipeg.
Apples, meet oranges.
Welp Vegas has to have the best D core now right?
Carolina.
I think Vegas has better all around players where Carolina’s d core is a bit more specialized with guys like burns who’s not the best in his own end
Death, taxes, and the Knights circumventing the cap.
You forgot “and people whining about Vegas.”
Please explain how they are circumventing the cap? If it’s against league rules, why no penalties for Vegas? If it is not against league rules, why do you goofs whine and complain about it?
Just because something isn’t against the rules doesn’t mean its not right. This is why rules change all the time, teams find a way around the rules and then a new rule is made. Why is this hard to understand for you? I bet the next time they have to negotiate cba they change this rule. Why do you always call people names when u don’t agree with them internet tough guy. You have to be a keyboard warrior cause in real life if you called someone a goof you would get smacked out, wouldn’t even finish the word before I dropped you
Solid tantrum. Just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
Video game team roster. Jeebus.
This is likely the end of the road for the often injured Alec Martinez in Lost Wages.
Vegas and Edmonton a must not miss playoff matchup. Who you got?? Vegas in 7?
Vegas, I’m not sold on Edmonton’s d core or the goaltending, Skinner can be rattled rather easy when it counts.
I agree, Oilers had problems getting anything going against Vegas’ D last year and it just got better
Whats Calgary getting, one player? This can’t be the full return I hope.
My thought as well.
Conditional 1st and 3rd in 2025 and a depth defenseman.
That there’s conditions on the first round pick is ludicrous; there’s no chance they fall to the bottom half of the league when they’ve got San Jose, Anaheim & Calgary to beat up on…
An ahl defender? Has to be more
The Flames are gutting there roster in an obvious rebuild and thus far I’m unimpressed with the lack of return Conroy has received.
Craig was always a nice dude. Prefer a GM with more piss and vinegar.
Hanifin for Miromanov, Edstrom, 1st, 2nd, 2 conditional picks.
Working on extensions for Miro, Noah
Miro is UFA too
The trade was hours ago, what’s the return?
What are the odds all their injured players return just in time for the playoffs?
Vegas currently has the line at -800.
Vegas announcement: Flames receive two 2025 picks (top 10 protected 1st, conditional 3rd that becomes a 2nd if Vegas wins a playoff round) and Miromanov who was immediately offered a 2 year 2.5M extension; Flyers receive 2024 5th as brokerage fee; Vegas receives Hanifin and draft rights to a 27 year old Russian from Flyers
Flyers traded restricted free agent Mikhail Vorobyev
Really thought a guy like Hanifin would require a greater return than that. Maybe Miromanov will pan out.
The 2025 1st is also conditional. Top 10 protected AND becomes a 2026 1st IF they trade it before March 10th.
When did Chiarelli become the GM of the Flames?
How does Tanner Jeannot get a better return than Hanifin does?
Bizzaro.
I’ve never seen a clause like that before. If the Flames trade the pick to team X at next year’s deadline, team X receives the 2026 1st and Vegas gets their 2025 1st back?
If this was the holdup, I seriously wonder what Vegas was really concerned about.
@ kingcong No. The knights have until March 10th to trade the 25 1st. if they do, then the Flames get the 26 pick. The knights bent the Flames over on this deal.
If you put it that way…oof, that’s bad. Conroy is off to a very middling start as a trader.
nobody will ever get a better return than Tanner Jeannot
Great, so they’re still not done thanks to Flyers retaining 50%. Maybe they can add Guentzel too lol. This is beyond unfair. NHL continues to show they are a mickey mouse league.
We can all be wrong. Maybe it’s possible Stone doesn’t play again this yr. Hahahahahahahahahahaha
Reminder: there is an exceedingly simple solution to the VGK/TB style cap circumvention.
Even if teams use LTIR to acquire players who put them 10 or 20 or whatever million over the cap, forbid them from dressing a roster for any given playoff game above the cap.
So, great they trade for Mantha because Stone is on IR, congrats, but you only have the cap room to dress one for the playoffs (or a similar roster decision) so now you have to pick one, not dress both.
Extend Hanifin at 5 years, 5.5 annually.