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NHL Notebook: Adrian Kempe signs eight-year extension with Kings
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Ryley Delaney
Nov 18, 2025, 17:30 ESTUpdated: Nov 18, 2025, 14:35 EST
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One of the top free agents in the 2026 off-season is off the market.
On Monday, it was announced by the Los Angeles Kings that they’ve extended Adrian Kempe to an eight-year deal worth $10.625 million annually.
Kempe, drafted 29th overall by the Kings in the 2014 draft, is a consistent 30-goal scorer. In 2022-23, he scored a career-high 41 goals, as well as 67 points, which was then a career-high. His goal scoring dropped in 2023-24, potting just 28 goals in 77 games, but he finished the year with a career-high 75 points.
Last season, the Swede finished the season with 35 goals and 73 points in 81 games, along with four goals and 10 points in six postseason games. Although the Kings seemingly can’t get past the Edmonton Oilers in the first round, it’s not on Kemp,e as he has 15 goals and 29 points in 24 games the past four postseasons.
Kempe is one of many top-tier players to have extended with their team in recent times. Connor McDavid signed a two-year extension with the Oilers, Jack Eichel signed an extension with the Vegas Golden Knights, and Kirill Kaprizov signed an extension with the Minnesota Wild.
As it stands, Artemi Panarin is the top unrestricted free agent in the 2026 class.

Senators and Flyers make a trade

It’ll still be a bit of time before the big trades come, but a minor trade was made on Monday. The Philadelphia Flyers sent Dennis Gilbert to the Ottawa Senators for Maxence Guenette, with the Flyers extending Guenette immediately.
Gilbert, 29, was drafted 91st overall in the 2015 draft by the Chicago Blackhawks and is a former Calgary Flame, playing 57 games with them between the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. He’s also played National Hockey League games with the Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Buffalo Sabres, and Senators in his career, where he has three goals and 20 points in 111 games.
Guenette, 24, is a right-shot defenceman that the Senators drafted in the seventh round of the 2019 draft. He played eight NHL games with the Senators, including seven with them in 2023-24. The L’Ancienne-Lorette, Québec native spent all of the 2024-25 season with their American Hockey League team, scoring nine goals and 23 points in 58 games. He’s yet to play this season.

Chris Tanev hits long-term injured reserve

A former Calgary Flame is out for the foreseeable future, as the Toronto Maple Leafs placed Chris Tanev on the long-term injured reserve on Monday.
Tanev was injured on Nov. 1 after a scary collision with Flyers’ forward Matvei Michkov, needing to be taken off on a stretcher. It’s the second time Tanev has been on the injured reserve this season, as that game against the Flyers was his first game back from an injury sustained on Oct. 21.
Due to the two injuries, Tanev has played just eight games with the Leafs in 2025-26, picking up two assists. It’s the second season as a Leaf, as he scored three goals and 18 points in 75 games last season.
Tanev isn’t the only right-shot defenceman out of action for the Maple Leafs, as they also placed Brandon Carlo on the injured reserve on Nov. 17, retroactive to Nov. 13. They could really use Rasmus Andersson right about now.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for FlamesNation, Oilersnation, and Blue Jays Nation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.

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