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The Washington Capitals signed goaltender Logan Thompson to a six-year contract extension that carries a $5.85 million cap hit on Monday, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Freidman. The 27-year-old could have become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.
After getting acquired from the Vegas Golden Knights for the 83rd overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft and a 2025 third-round pick, Thompson ranks third in the NHL in wins (22) and save percentage (.925) in 27 games. His 2.09 goals-against average is tied for second with Los Angeles Kings and former Capitals goaltender Darcy Kuemper. Thompson recorded his first two shutouts of the season in a 2-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks on January 16 (when he made 19 saves) and 1-0 overtime victory at the Ottawa Senators (24) two nights later.
Logan Thompson, signed to a 6x$6Mish extension by WSH, is a goalie. #AllCaps pic.twitter.com/d2T3YnvCiD
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) January 27, 2025
In 130 career regular-season NHL games for Washington and Vegas, Thompson has gone 78-34-14 with a .915 save percentage, 2.55 goals-against average, and two shutouts. He won the Stanley Cup with the Golden Knights in 2023 but did not appear in the postseason on Vegas’ championship run.
Washington, who currently leads the NHL with a 33-11-5 record (.724 points percentage), has $69,375,000 committed on their salary cap next season with left-wings Andrew Mangiapane and Jakub Vrana, centers Lars Eller and Nic Dowd, right-wing Taylor Raddysh, defensemen Jakob Chychrun and Dylan McIlrath, and goaltender Charlie Lindgren all eligible to hit unrestricted free agency on July 1 at 12 noon ET. Defenseman Alexander Alexeyev and center Hendrix Lapierre could become restricted free agents that day.
Thompson will start against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday (9 PM ET, Monumental Sports Network in-market, ESPN+ out-of-market).
Hearing Logan Thompson and WASH closing in on something: 6 years, just under $6M-ish
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) January 27, 2025
By Harrison Brown