Max Pacioretty is not being offered for sale by the Vegas Golden Knights, said owner Bill Foley.
“We don’t shop [Pacioretty]”Foley told KLAS-TV in comments that aired on Wednesday.” … do we have [NHL salary] Cap problems. And so some of these things have to be resolved as we go forward and start the season, but he’s definitely not shopped in. “
Foley’s comments came after TSN reported Tuesday that the Golden Knights were trying to gain flexibility on the cap by trading with the 32-year-old forward who led Vegas in 71 games with 32 goals and 66 points last season . Pacioretty has three seasons left on a four-year $ 28 million ($ 7 million average annual value) deal he signed with the Golden Knights on September 10, 2018, the day after he was acquired as part of a deal with the Montreal Canadiens signed.
The Golden Knights acted forward Paul Stastny ($ 6.5 million AAV) to the Winnipeg Jets on October 9th and defender Nate Schmidt ($ 5.95 million AAV) to the Vancouver Canucks on October 12, the same day they signed the defender Alex Pietrangelo on a seven-year contract for $ 61.6 million ($ 8.8 million AAV).
Two days later, General Manager Kelly McCrimmon said goalkeeper Marc-Andre Fleury would not be traded despite Vegas signing Robin Lehner Fleury has two seasons remaining on October 3rd on a three-year contract for $ 21 million ($ 7 million AAV).
The NHL salary cap will remain at $ 81.5 million for this season. An official start date for the season has not been announced.
Pacioretty, who was selected in the first round (No. 22) of the 2007 NHL draft by Montreal, has scored 554 points (280 goals, 274 assists) and 38 points (20 goals, 18 assists) in 763 regular season games. in 61 postseason games. In two seasons with the Golden Knights, he scored 106 points (54 goals, 52 assists) in 137 regular season games and 19 points (10 goals, nine assists) in 23 postseason games.
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