- Nico Hischier and the Devils are closing in on a five-year extension worth $60 million
- The deal lands just shy of $12 million per season and runs through 2031-32
- Read below for the terms, the raise, and why New Jersey is paying its captain
The New Jersey Devils are about to lock up their captain for a long time.
Nico Hischier and the Devils are closing in on a five-year extension worth $60 million, a deal that lands just shy of $12 million per season. ESPN’s Kevin Weekes reported Wednesday that the two sides are working through the final language, with an announcement expected before the day is out.
Here’s Weekes with the breaking news:
David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period broke the framework first, pegging it at five years and $60 million. Weekes confirmed the terms a short time later.
Hischier is heading into the final season of the seven-year, $50.75 million deal he signed in 2019. The new money kicks in after that, running through 2031-32 and keeping him in New Jersey until he turns 33.
The raise is a big one. Hischier jumps from a $7.25 million cap hit to right around $12 million, close to a 65 percent bump.
He has earned every dollar. Hischier put up 66 points this past season on 28 goals and 38 assists, and he did it while starting most of his shifts in the defensive zone.
The 27-year-old also led the entire NHL in faceoffs taken and faceoffs won, and he has drawn Selke Trophy votes for years as one of the best two-way centers in the game.
Take a look at what Hischier did with the puck in 2025-26:
Locking up Hischier is the headliner of a busy Devils offseason that already includes a three-year deal for Russian winger Arseny Gritsyuk.
New Jersey drafted Hischier first overall in 2017 and handed him the captaincy in 2021. Now he is set to stay a Devil into his mid-30s.
