Devils Re-Sign Defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler I RELEASE

Newark, NJ - The New Jersey Devils today re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler to a two-year contract worth $2,250,000 with an average annual value of $1,125,000. The breakdown is as follows: 2021-22, $1,050,000 and 2022-23, $1,200,000. The announcement was made by New Jersey Devils Executive Vice President/General Manager Tom Fitzgerald.
Siegenthaler, 24, was acquired from Washington on April 11, 2021 in exchange for Arizona's conditional third-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft (previously acquired in the Taylor Hall trade, Dec. 16, 2019). He skated in six games with New Jersey following the trade, missing time due to being in COVID-19 protocol. Prior to the trade, he appeared in seven games with the Capitals. This season, Siegenthaler also represented Switzerland at the 2021 World Championship, skating in seven games.

In 2019-20, Siegenthaler posted two goals and seven assists for nine points with 43 penalty minutes in 64 games with the Capitals. He led the Caps in shorthanded time on ice average (3:11). Siegenthaler also skated in seven 2020 Stanley Cup Playoff contests.
In 105-career NHL games, over the course of three seasons with New Jersey and Washington, he scored two goals and 11 assists for 13 points. Siegenthaler has also accumulated 57 penalty minutes and a plus-8 rating. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound left shot blueliner has appeared in 11 Stanley Cup Playoff contests in his career.
Born May 6, 1997, the native of Zurich, Switzerland, was Washington's second-round selection, 57th-overall choice, in the 2015 NHL Draft. Prior to the NHL, he played parts of four seasons (2014-15 to 2017-18) with the Capitals' American Hockey League affiliate in Hershey. Before arriving in North America, Siegenthaler played for ZSC (NLA) and with the GC Kusnacht program. He has represented his home country in international play, participating in the 2015, '16, and '17 World Junior Championships. In 2017, he was teammates with Devils' Captain, and close friend, Nico Hischier, and they finished ranked top two in team scoring (Hischier, 4G-3A-7PTS & Siegenthaler, 1G-5A-6PTS).