“Nashville » extended the contract with the main goalkeeper Juuse Saros reports the NHL club’s press service.
The new deal is for eight years and the salary will be $7.74 million per year. In total, the 29-year-old Finn will earn $61.92 million. The new deal will come into effect from the 2025/26 season.
During the 2023/24 season, Saros played 64 NHL regular season games, allowing a 2.86 goals-against average and stopping 90.6% of shots.
In addition, the attacker Tyler Toffoli moved from Winnipeg to San Jose. The Sharks signed the 32-year-old winger to a four-year contract. The average salary for a player will be $6 million per year.
Before Chandler Stevenson signed a seven-year, $43.75 million contract with Seattle.
Attack Teuvo Teräväinen returned to Chicago after eight seasons in Carolina. The 29-year-old Finn signed a three-year contract with the Blackhawks with a cap hit of $5.4 million.
Additionally, forward Reilly Smith was traded to the Pittsburgh Rangers. The Pennsylvania team received two draft picks as compensation – a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft and a conditional second-round pick in the 2027 NHL Entry Draft.
In addition, Pittsburgh retained 25 percent of the hockey player’s salary in its payroll. The current contract of Reilly Smith, 33, with a salary of $5 million per year, runs until the end of the 2024/25 season.
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