Golden Knights recall Kai Uchacz, send Tanner Laczynski, Dylan Coghlan to Henderson

The Vegas Golden Knights recalled 22-year-old forward Kai Uchacz from the Henderson Silver Knights while sending Tanner Laczynski and defenseman Dylan Coghlan back to Henderson in corresponding moves, league sources reported Tuesday. TSN published the team-style transaction copy summarizing the swap: “⚔️ Kai Uchacz has been recalled from the @HSKnights 🐴 Dylan Coghlan and Tanner Laczynski have been assigned to Henderson #VegasBorn | #ForgeTheKnight.”

Uchacz arrives in Vegas with an AHL track record of 21 goals and 50 points in 107 professional games, and Yardbarker and ProHockeyRumors project he could draw into the NHL lineup as a fourth-line center. The De Winton, Alta. native is listed at 6-2, 209 pounds and is described as a natural center who spent the last season-plus developing in Henderson. Sources differ on his signing timeline: TSN reports he signed a two-year entry-level contract with Vegas in March 2025, while Yardbarker and ProHockeyRumors describe him as an undrafted free agent signed out of WHL Red Deer in 2024. That signing-date discrepancy remains unresolved.

Tanner Laczynski, 28, was reassigned to Henderson after nine NHL appearances this season for Vegas. ProHockeyRumors notes Laczynski averaged 10:13 of ice time in those nine games, with a -2 rating and two assists, while CBS logged nine games with two assists, 12 shots on goal, five blocked shots and two hits. At the AHL level this season Laczynski produced 13 goals and 36 points in 33 games, numbers that underline why Vegas views him as an NHL/AHL tweener who provides scoring depth in Henderson but limited impact in the NHL minutes he received.

Dylan Coghlan’s reassignment returns a defensive depth piece to Henderson. ProHockeyRumors reported Coghlan had been summoned from Henderson as a temporary extra defenseman while Brayden McNabb was out and “hadn’t played since being summoned Friday,” so the move sends him back to get playing time. No season stat line for Coghlan was provided in the reports covering these transactions.

The roster moves come amid a spate of forward absences that created the opening for Uchacz. Yardbarker listed Brett Howden, Jonas Røndbjerg and Brandon Saad on injured reserve and Colton Sissons sidelined with an upper-body injury; that collection of absences left Vegas light on healthy forwards and feeds the projection that Uchacz “will almost certainly draw into the lineup tomorrow against the Canucks.” Conversely, ProHockeyRumors flagged a blue-line insurance gap after Coghlan’s reassignment, noting Vegas will temporarily go without that extra defensive insurance.

Reporting outlets that logged the transactions included TSN, ProHockeyRumors, Yardbarker, CBS Sports and EliteProspects; an Original Report contained a conflicting line that suggested all three players were recalled to Vegas, a characterization at odds with the multi-source consensus that only Uchacz was recalled. Multiple outlets also connected the move to near-term roster juggling ahead of the Olympic freeze and suggested Uchacz could make his NHL debut before that window begins. Official game-day rosters and the Golden Knights’ transaction log will confirm whether Uchacz appears in the immediate lineup.