The Vegas Golden Knights are heading into the 2025-26 season with Stanley Cup expectations. They signed Mitch Marner to an eight-year deal worth $12 million per season, which will impact another deal they have coming. The Minnesota Wild also signed Kirill Kaprizov to a deal worth $17 million per year, taking one of the biggest names off the market. How much will the Golden Knights pay Jack Eichel on his new contract?

On Friday's episode of 32 Thoughts, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported that the Golden Knights signed Marner, knowing that Eichel would earn more on his next contract. Eichel is a center, a more valuable position than Marner's wing, and has won the Stanley Cup with the Golden Knights. That makes it an easy decision to pay Eichel more than Marner.

But Kaprizov's

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