It appears the Golden Knights will welcome a key contributor up front. Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Vegas wants to activate the center William Karlsson to their active roster for Saturday’s game against San Jose. The 31-year-old is yet to play this season due to an undisclosed injury. Karlsson is having one of his best seasons offensively, scoring 30 goals and 30 assists in 70 games, while also winning 56.2% of his face-offs, the best of his career. Notably, the Golden Knights have a full roster of 23 players, so someone will have to go before Karlsson can be activated; their only exempt players are forwards Brendan Brisson And Alexander Holtz.

Elsewhere in the Pacific Division:

• Kings center Filip Danault has changed agents. Octagon’s Allan Walsh has announced (Twitter link) that he is now representing the 31-year-old who was previously represented by Newport’s Don Meehan. However, Walsh doesn’t have to worry about contract talks for now, as Danault is signed through the 2026-2027 season at an AAV of $5.5 million. He has had a somewhat quiet start this season offensively with only three assists in his first eight games. However, he has scored at least 47 points in five of the past six seasons.
• The Sharks committed a prospect late last month Quentin Muest back to OHL Sudbury, but has yet to play since. However, it is not due to injury, but rather a trade request. General Manager Mike Grier expressed some frustration about the situation to Curtis Pashelka of The Mercury News (subscription link), indicating that he has been in contact with Musty’s agent to emphasize the need to find a suitable trade sooner rather than later. San Jose selected Musty with the 26th pick in 2023 and he averaged nearly two points per game with the Wolves last season, with 43 goals and 59 assists in 53 games. It’s certainly not ideal from a development perspective to have him out for so long.