Devils sign F Palat to five-year, $30M deal
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The New Jersey Devils have signed forward Ondrej Palat to a five-year, $30 million contract with an average annual value of $6 million.
The 31-year-old scored 18 goals and had 49 points in 77 games last season with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
A seventh-round pick (208th overall) at the 2011 NHL Draft by Tampa Bay, Palat has won back-to-back Stanley Cup championships (2020, 2021) with the Lightning. He won a Calder Cup championship with the Norfolk Admirals in 2012 and was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 2014.
He is coming off a five-year, $26.5 million contract with an average annual value of $5.3 million.
The Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic native has 143 goals and 423 points in 628 career NHL games.