Devils re-sign ahead Timo Meier to 8-year, $70M contract

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – The New Jersey Devils secured one other piece from final 12 months’s staff, re-signing ahead Timo Meier to an eight-year, $70.4 million contract by means of the 2030-31 NHL season.

General supervisor Tom Fitzgerald introduced the signing of the restricted free agent on Wednesday, hours earlier than the beginning of the league’s draft in Nashville, Tennessee.

The contract pays the 26-year-old Swiss ahead a mean of $8.8 million yearly with the deal beginning at $12 million this upcoming season and winding all the way down to $7.2 million within the final 12 months.

“We were excited to acquire Timo at the deadline, but it’s an even greater feeling knowing that he’ll be here for the next eight seasons,” Fitzgerald mentioned. “Timo’s distinctive mix of fashion of play, goal-scoring capability, and bodily presence will show worthwhile for us.

Fitzgerald had mentioned in current weeks the 2 sides had been drawing nearer on a deal and it caps week for the up-and-coming Devils, who added Calgary Flames main scorer Tyler Toffoli in a commerce on Tuesday evening for Yegor Sharangovich and a draft decide.

Fitzgerald has additionally re-signed heart Erik Haula and ahead Jesper Bratt, and signed and traded defenseman Damon Severson to Columbus for a draft decide used within the deal for Toffoli.

The Devils made the playoffs this previous season for the primary time since 2017-18.

Meier started his profession with San Jose in 2016-17 and simply accomplished his seventh NHL season. He had 9 objectives and 5 assists in 21 common season video games with New Jersey and registered a career-high 40 objectives and 17 power-play objectives for your complete season. He added two objectives and two assists within the playoffs however proved to be a bodily presence on the ice in collection towards the Rangers and Hurricanes.

New Jersey acquired Meier and different compensation from the Sharks in alternate for forwards Andreas Johnsson and Fabian Zetterlund, defensemen Shakir Mukhamadullin and Nikita Okhotiuk and picks.

Meier has represented Switzerland on a number of events and is considered one of 4 Swiss gamers on the Devils’ roster with Jonas Siegenthaler, Nico Hischier and goaltender Akira Schmid.

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