Vegas Golden Knights General Manager Kelly McCrimmon announced today, January 31, that the team has signed forward Brandon Saad to a one-year contract for the remainder of the 2024-25 NHL season worth an average annual value of $1,500,000.
Saad, 32, has appeared in 906 NHL games in his career, most recently with the St. Louis Blues where he signed as a free agent ahead of the 2021-22 campaign. The forward scored 26 goals last season while playing in each of the Blues’ 82 games and has collected a total of 515 points (260 G, 255 A) with a +37 rating across 13 seasons spent in St. Louis, Colorado, Columbus, and Chicago. Saad has scored at least 20 goals in seven seasons and has skated in over 70 games nine times in his career. Since his rookie year with the Blackhawks in 2012-13, the native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ranks third among all American-born skaters in games played during the regular season, while his 260 goals rank 10th.
Saad brings a wealth of additional experience in the postseason, where he won the Stanley Cup twice (2013, 2015) during his seven seasons with the Blackhawks. The 6-1 forward has seen action in 103 games during the Stanley Cup Playoffs while producing 55 points (27 G, 28 A) and a +17 rating while on the ice. Saad’s eight goals during Chicago’s run to the Cup in 2015 finished as the third-highest total among his club.
Chicago drafted Saad in the second round (43rd overall) of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to turning pro, the forward spent two seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Saginaw Spirit and one year in the USA Hockey National Team Development Program.
