Overview

• The three-year contract carries an average annual value of $4.1 million and includes salaries of $3.5 million in 2025–26 and $4.4 million in each of the following seasons.
• Laferriere posted career highs in 2024–25 with 19 goals, 42 points, a plus-22 rating, 124 hits and 43 blocked shots over 77 games.
• A third-round pick in 2020, he developed at Harvard and in the AHL before joining the Kings’ roster to make 81 appearances as a rookie in 2023–24.
• The extension fills a core forward role under tight cap constraints and leaves the Kings with just under $3.5 million projected space for 2025–26.
• Veteran Adrian Kempe, whose four-year deal expires in June, is next in line for a long-term contract under the newly ratified CBA that allows eight-year extensions.