The Anaheim Geese have locked up defenseman Jackson LaCombe, a key a part of their rebuilding group, on a long-term contract extension.
LaCombe, 24, signed an eight-year deal that carries a $9 million common annual worth, a supply advised ESPN on Thursday. The contract is the most important ever given out by the Geese.
The extension has the identical AAV because the deal defenseman Luke Hughes signed with the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday, though that was on a seven-year time period.
LaCombe’s new contract will start within the 2026-27 season and finish in 2033-34. He has one yr left on a two-year bridge deal ($925,000 AAV) that he signed in 2024.
LaCombe was chosen thirty ninth general within the 2019 NHL draft. He has 60 factors in 148 NHL video games, with a career-best 14 objectives and 29 assists in 75 video games final season for the Geese as he shaped an efficient pairing with bruising veteran defenseman Radko Gudas.
Anaheim common supervisor Pat Verbeek stated extending LaCombe was “a precedence” for the group and that the younger defenseman has “all the instruments to be an anchor on our again finish for a few years to return.”
LaCombe stated it was an “simple determination” to go long run in Anaheim.
“We’re constructing one thing particular right here and I’m excited to do every thing I can to assist this group win,” he stated in a press release.
The Minnesota alum was invited to the U.S. males’s Olympic orientation camp, placing him in rivalry for a spot on the 2026 males’s hockey group that may battle for gold in Italy. LaCombe helped the U.S. win gold on the 2025 world championships — the Individuals’ first gold on the occasion in 92 years.
That is the second large signing for Verbeek previously week. The Geese and restricted free agent middle Mason McTavish agreed to a six-year, $42 million extension Saturday, ending a contentious negotiation that saved him out of coaching camp.
Anaheim is looking for its first playoff berth since 2018.
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