- Devils signed forward Amadeus Lombardi to a two-year contract on Friday
- New Jersey landed the 23-year-old from Detroit last week for a 2026 fourth-round pick
- Read below for the contract terms and what Lombardi brings to the bottom six
The Devils are keeping Amadeus Lombardi around for a while.
New Jersey signed the forward to a two-year contract on Friday, locking up a prospect the club grabbed from Detroit just over a week ago. The team made it official:
His new deal runs two ways in the first year and one way in the second. Lombardi earns the league minimum of $850,000 at the NHL level and $175,000 in the AHL for 2026-27, then jumps to a flat $900,000 in 2027-28 no matter where he plays.
That’s a serious bump for a player who spent last season on an $82,500 AHL salary. It’s also another move in an active New Jersey offseason that already included a five-year extension for Nico Hischier.
The prospect came over from Detroit on June 25, with New Jersey sending a 2026 fourth-round pick the other way. The Red Wings had drafted him 113th overall back in 2022.
He blew up in his post-draft season with the OHL’s Flint Firebirds, piling up 45 goals and 102 points in 67 games. The scoring didn’t come as easily right away at the next level.
Lombardi managed just five goals and 26 points in 70 games as an AHL rookie with Grand Rapids. He’s found his game since. Over the past two seasons with the Griffins, he’s put up 35 goals and 82 points in 91 games and grown into a point-per-game player.
New Jersey wants more scoring in its bottom six, and Lombardi should get a real look at cracking the roster out of camp. He still hasn’t played an NHL game at 23.
A fourth-round pick for a 23-year-old point-per-game scorer with two cheap years attached is the kind of low-risk swing the Devils can live with.
