You guys, Nate Schmidt is finally and officially a Vegas Golden Knight now. I’m sorry.

Saturday evening, Golden Knights’ general manager George McPhee accepted an arbitrator’s decision from earlier in the day and signed Schmidt to a two-year, $4.45 million. The contract will keep Schmidt in Las Vegas through the 2018-19 season. Schmidt’s cap hit is a super affordable $2.225 million.

NEWS: We have signed defenseman Nate Schmidt to a two-year contract. More: https://t.co/eCXBGLdsYs pic.twitter.com/YKl0BWeGWB — Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) August 6, 2017

Nate had this to say.

Excited to officially join the @GoldenKnights ! Couldn't be happier to get started#VivaLasVegas — Nate Schmidt (@nateschmidt29) August 6, 2017

Schmidt played parts of four seasons in Washington tallying eight goals in 200 games. He led the NHL in smiles during that time.

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