When the year turns over, it becomes possible to re-sign NHL players on one-year contracts to extensions. It also becomes more likely that players on longer deals that are expiring will get re-signed as well. Players, like Auston Matthews, with one more year left after this one on their current deal still aren’t eligible for an extension, however. This won’t stop people from endlessly talking about Matthews’ new deal, but he isn’t signing anything until July 1 at the earliest.
The players just now eligible for extensions are:
- Pierre Engvall, currently at $2.25 million
- Ilya Samsonov, currently at $1.