Restricted free agent Dawson Mercer and the New Jersey Devils reached an agreement on a three-year contract worth $12 million, the team said.

While the New York Jets were in the process of beating the New England Patriots on Thursday Night Football, New Jersey Devils forward Dawson Mercer was putting pen to paper on a new contract with the team that drafted him.

The New Jersey Devils rewarded productive young forward Dawson Mercer with a three-year, $12 million contract on Friday.

TSN’s Darren Dreger reported this morning on X that the New Jersey Devils and Dawson Mercer agreed to a new contract worth $12 million over 3 seasons. This post is a quick reaction to the news.

The forward has signed a three-year deal with the Devils worth $12 million. Until today, Mercer had been the team’s only player at training camp without a finalized contract. Mercer, who’s still only 22, has played in 246 straight games to start his career, notching 64 goals and 131 points in that span.

To say that the first day of training camp was intense is an understatement. New Jersey Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe had his players bag skating before they even did a single drill.