Adin Hill, who was expected to be the top goalie in the 2025 free-agent class, signed a six-year contract extension with the Vegas Golden Knights worth $6.25 million per season, the team announced Friday morning.
Hill, who turns 29 in May, needed some time to find NHL success, as he spent his first five NHL seasons as a backup or part-time starter. A second-round draft pick of the Arizona Coyotes in 2015, Hill was traded to the San Jose Sharks in July 2021, then flipped to Vegas 13 months later for a fourth-round pick.
Hill’s moment came in the second round of the playoffs in 2023, when starting goalie Laurent Brossoit suffered an injury. Hill took over, had a .932 save percentage and two shutouts in 16 games and helped the Golden Knights win the Stanley Cup.
This season, Hill has a 24-11-4 record in 39 games (all starts) with a 2.53 goals-against average, a .906 save percentage and four shutouts. Hill also served as a backup for the winning Team Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off last month.
Hill’s $6.25 million AAV is set to be the sixth-highest among active goalies next season, behind Sergei Bobrovsky ($10 million), Andrei Vasilevskiy ($9.5 million), Connor Hellebuyck ($8.5 million), Ilya Sorokin and Jeremy Swayman (each at $8.25 million) and John Gibson ($6.4 million).
As Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic noted, the Golden Knights have been busy this season re-signing pending free agents:
• Shea Theodore signed a seven-year, $51.975 million extension on Oct. 24
• Brayden McNabb signed a three-year, $10.95 million extension on Nov. 15
• Brett Howden signed a five-year, $12.5 million extension on Nov. 22
• Keegan Kolesar signed a three-year, $7.5 million extension on Dec. 13
Vegas now has five pending UFAs on its active roster: forwards Victor Olofsson, Tanner Pearson, Reilly Smith, Brandon Saad, and backup goalie Ilya Samsonov.
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(Photo of Adin Hill: Bruce Bennett / Getty Images)
