Kuokkanen signs two-year contract with Devils

Forward gets $1.825 million annually, scored 25 points as rookie last season

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

Janne Kuokkanen signed a two-year, $3.65 million contract with the New Jersey Devils on Monday. It has an average annual value of $1.825 million.

The 23-year-old forward, who was a restricted free agent, scored 25 points (eight goals, 17 assists) in 50 games as a rookie last season.
Selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round (No. 43) of the 2016 NHL Draft, Kuokkanen was acquired by New Jersey in a trade with Carolina for defenseman
Sami Vatanen
on Feb. 24, 2020.
Kuokkanen's contract comes after forwards Tomas Tatar ($9 million) and
Yegor Sharangovich
($4 million) each signed a two-year contract with the Devils on Thursday. New Jersey on July 28 agreed with defenseman Dougie Hamilton on a seven-year, $63 million contract and signed goalie Jonathan Bernier to a two-year, $8.25 million contract.

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