The New Jersey Devils on Tuesday signed free-agent ahead Tomas Tatar to a one-year contract, the crew introduced, reuniting the veteran with a membership he performed on from 2021-23.
The deal is value $1.8 million and Tatar, 33, will seemingly slot right into a second- or third-line function in New Jersey, after splitting final season with the Colorado Avalanche and Seattle Kraken.
In 2023, Tatar helped lead the Devils to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the primary time since 2018. In two seasons with the membership, he completed with 35 objectives and 78 factors in 158 video games. Total, he has posted 15 or extra objectives in 9 NHL seasons, and has hit the 20-goal mark seven instances.
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Final summer time, after the Devils let him hit free company, he agreed on a take care of Colorado, however struggled to attach on the high-flying Avalanche. He scored only one aim in 27 video games, averaging 11:16 time on the ice. He discovered some chemistry in Seattle, scoring eight objectives in 43 video games with the Kraken, upping his time on ice common to 13:11.
For almost all of his profession, he has topped quarter-hour per sport, and had a profession excessive in objectives at 25 with the Detroit Purple Wings in 2016-17. Tatar has been a member of two rosters that superior to the Stanley Cup Remaining, the 2018 Vegas Golden Knights and the 2021 Montreal Canadiens.