The 28-year-old is a pending unrestricted free agent and can hit the open market this summer if he and the team do not reach an agreement on a contract extension. Vejmelka signed a three-year extension with the then-Arizona Coyotes in 2022 and is in the last year of that deal which carries a $2.73 million average annual value.

The Utah Hockey Club finishes back-to-back games as they face the Chicago Blackhawks. It’s time to continue our NHL odds series with a Utah Hockey Club-Blackhawks prediction and pick. The Utah Hockey Club enters Thursday night at 27-25-9 on the year.

The 28-year-old was on the last season of the three-year, $8.25 million deal he inked with the Arizona Coyotes in March 2022. Vejmelka was at risk of becoming an unrestricted free agent this summer but Utah locked him down.

Utah Hockey Club general manager Bill Armstrong must have had a few Red Bulls on Wednesday evening. He signed Alexander Kerfoot, Ian Cole and Karel Vejmelka to contract extensions. That type of work can take weeks, but Armstrong did it in less than two hours.

Hockey is one of the biggest events of the Winter Olympics — and the Utah Hockey Club could send a handful of players to participate.

The Utah Hockey Club put pen to paper on three contract extensions Wednesday night. On Thursday’s episode of Daily Faceoff LIVE, Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk chatted about Utah’s three re-signings and what could be the next moves we see out of Salt Lake City.

To say it has been a busy night in Utah would be an understatement. The Utah Hockey Club front office has been active with a trio of signings.