Phillip Danault changes agent

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Crédit: EDMONTON, CANADA - APRIL 22: Phillip Danault #24 of the Los Angeles Kings warms up before Game One of the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place on April 22, 2024, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images)

Phillip Danault changes agent.

He was represented by Don Meehan in recent years, but today we learn that the association is over between the agent and the Québécois.

Danault’s new agent is none other than Allan Walsh, one of the most popular in the NHL.

This may seem odd, because Danault is in the fourth year of a six-year contract he signed in 2021.

He’s not about to negotiate a new deal, to put it another way.

That said, one wonders if there was a glitch between Don Meehan and management in Los Angeles.

Meehan is P.K. Subban’s former agent, and let’s not forget that Marc Bergevin has been working for the Kings for several years.

Is there a connection?

Something must have happened because, generally speaking, a player who changes agent still has to pay his former agent’s quote, and that’s expensive.

Or maybe Danault thinks he can get even more money for his next contract, and Allan Walsh is an excellent negotiator…

Phillip Danault hasn’t had the start to the season he’d hoped for.

The Québécois has just three assists in eight games and isn’t playing the best hockey of his career.

But since his arrival in Los Angeles, Danault has played an important role in the Kings’ success and seems to be enjoying himself under the hot California sun.

His last three seasons have lived up to expectations:

  • 51 points (27 goals) in 21-22
  • 54 points (18 goals) in 22-23
  • 47 points (17 goals) in 23-24

Danault earns a salary of $5.5 million a year and will be 34 at the end of his contract.

That said, perhaps he could seek a similar annual amount for his next deal… But at his age, it would be surprising to see him sign a multi-year contract.

That’s why the change in his agent is hard to understand. And that’s why it’s logical to believe that there was a misunderstanding somewhere with Don Meehan, who also represents Alex Pietrangelo, Steven Stamkos, Jeff Skinner, Ilya Samsonov and Mitchell Chaffee.