Nick Schmaltz signed a seven-year, $40.95 million extension with the Arizona Coyotes on March 30th. Arizona keeps one of its core forwards in place. What does this all mean? What impact may it have down the road? Let’s take a look.
Nick Schmaltz contract explained
Again, thanks to CapFriendly, contracts are easier to dive into quickly. Schmaltz’s extension kicks in for the 2019-20 season. He was earning just $1,541,667 this season. Tom Kuebel from Arizona Sports makes sense of it here. John Chayka said the following on Schmaltz:
“Nick is a highly skilled, creative, young center with extremely high upside,” Coyotes GM John Chayka said in a statement about the 23-year-old Schmaltz.