{"id":489825,"date":"2026-03-06T21:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/489825\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T21:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:21:18","slug":"islanders-solidify-jg-pageaus-core-role-with-three-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/489825\/","title":{"rendered":"Islanders solidify JG Pageau&#8217;s core role with three-year extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 The Islanders announced a three-year extension with pending free agent Jean-Gabriel Pageau minutes after the trade deadline passed on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The deal carries a $4.85 million AAV,\u00a0per a source.\u00a0It has a full no-trade clause for the first two seasons and a 16-team no-trade clause for the last year, according to PuckPedia.<\/p>\n<p>Mathieu Darche held off on engaging Pageau\u2019s camp in extension talks earlier in the season, but evidently did so recently.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38699740\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/new-york-islanders-center-jean-122315994.jpg\" alt=\"New York Islanders center Jean-Gabriel Pageau (44) shoots the puck against Montreal Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson (48).\" class=\"wp-image-38699740\"  \/>Islanders center Jean-Gabriel Pageau (44) shoots the puck against Montreal Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson. David Kirouac-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Pageau will be 34 next season when the extension kicks in, but has shown little sign of slowing down with age. He has 29 points this year and has been a key part of the penalty kill. <\/p>\n<p>He also regularly takes on a mentorship role in the dressing room, and has excellent chemistry alongside Simon Holmstrom.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38699761\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/jean-gabriel-pageau-44-new-118673866.jpg\" alt=\"Jean-Gabriel Pageau (44) of the New York Islanders celebrates his goal against the Minnesota Wild.\" class=\"wp-image-38699761\"  \/>Jean-Gabriel Pageau #44 of the New York Islanders celebrates his goal against the Minnesota Wild. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders\u2019 desire to re-sign him even after trading for Brayden Schenn, a similar player who is a year older than Pageau, shows that he is still viewed as a key part of the core.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2014 The Islanders announced a three-year extension with pending free agent Jean-Gabriel Pageau minutes after the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5110],"tags":[5,122,8563,3328,159,5190,5189,4,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-489825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-islanders","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-islanders","10":"tag-jean-gabriel-pageau","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-islanders","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkislanders","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116184330682637917","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}