BRATISLAVA. Slovak hockey striker Tomáš Tatar will continue his career in the NHL New Jersey Devils club. The official NHL portal informed about it.
On Thursday, as an unlimited free agent, he agreed with the three-time Stanley Cup winner on a two-year contract worth a total of $ 9 million. On average, they earn $ 4.5 million a season.
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The 30-year-old winger will have a salary of $ 3.75 million next season, and will increase to $ 5.25 million next year. dollars. He is thus worse off in terms of salary, the previous four-year contract guaranteed him a seasonal salary of $ 5.3 million.
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In New Jersey, he will meet compatriots Marián Studenič and Christián Jaroš, whom Devils recently acquired from San Jose in exchange for Nick Merkley.
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Tatar’s contract with Montreal expired after the end of the season, and since the Canadiens did not present him with a new one, he became an unrestricted free agent in the NHL.
Last year, he played 50 matches for Montreal in the regular season, in which he collected 30 points for ten goals and 20 assists. In the playoffs, however, he only got a chance in five duels, in which he achieved one assist.
At the end of the season, he lost his position on the Canadian team and coach Dominique Ducharme let him sit in the stands.
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The Devils also retained a talented young man
Tatar began a profiling career in Detroit. He finished the 2017/2018 season in Vegas, and has been a Montreal player since 2018.
The best year for him was 2019/2020, when he became the most productive Canadiens player with 61 points (22 + 39) in 68 matches.
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He represented his country at the five World Championships and Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi, in the jersey of Team Europe advanced to the finals of the 2016 World Cup.
The Devils also announced on Thursday the extension of the contract with the Belarusian striker Yegor Sharangovic, who signed a two-year contract.
The New Jersey leadership was one of the most active after the free market opened. She also signed to elite defender Dougie Hamilton, got another back from Colorado Ryan Graves and hired goalkeeper Jonathan Bernier.
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