Mayer signed an 8-year contract extension with the Devils

Timo Meyer He signed an eight-year, $70.4 million contract with the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday. The contract has an average annual value of $8.8 million.

The 26-year-old forward was to become a restricted free agent on July 1. He had 66 points, including 40 goals, in 78 regular season games with the Devils and San Jose Sharks last season. Meyer has 14 points (nine goals, five assists) in 21 games after being acquired in a trade with the Sharks on February 26, and four points (two goals, two assists) in 11 games of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald said on June 16 that he was in constant contact with Mayer’s agent Claude Lemieux to lay the groundwork for a potential deal with Mayer, who was a year away from unrestricted free agency.

“He’s known Timo since I spoke to him (June 15),” Fitzgerald said. “He knows how much we want this relationship to last long term and he has assured me he wants to be here. He considers himself a devil and has asked his agent to negotiate an eight year deal with us. Music to my ears and we will continue to work on it, but our goal is Timo Meyer in a Devils jersey for the next eight years.

Selected by San Jose in the first round (No. 9) of the 2015 NHL Draft, Meyer has 330 points (163 goals, 167 assists) and 24 points (nine goals, 15 assists) in 330 regular season games for the Devils and Fish Shark) in 46 playoff games.

Meyer’s signing was another step in a series of actions taken by the Devils after recording the most wins (52) and points (112) in their history and playing five games in the Eastern Conference Second Round against the Carolina Hurricanes. On Tuesday they acquired two strikers Tyler Tufoli In a trade with the Calgary Flames for forwards Igor Sharangovich and a third-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft.

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Goalkeeper Mackenzie Blackwood She was traded to the Sharks that same day for a sixth-round pick in the 2023 draft.

striker Jesper Pratt He signed an eight-year, $63 million contract ($7.875 million average annual value) on June 15, forward Eric Hola On June 23, he signed a three-year contract worth $9.45 million ($3.15 million average annual value). cannon Damon Severson She was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets on June 9 in exchange for a 2023 third-round pick.

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With Meyer signed, New Jersey still has four players eligible to become restricted free agents on July 1 (Forward Nathan BastianAnd Jasper Bukvist And Michael McLeod So are the defenders Kevin Bahl), and three Fre agents are unrestricted and can therefore change freely (Striker Thomas Tatar And Miles Wood So are the defenders Ryan Graves).

NHL.com writer Mike J. Moriali contributed to this report.