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

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.

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

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.

Let’s not jump to conclusions and assume Dawson Mercer is going to miss too much time. However, now that we’ve gotten to the point where it’s the first day of on-ice activities and Mercer won’t be involved,