The 2024-25 NHL season is only a week old, but teams have already announced some significant contact extensions. The latest team to do so is the Dallas Stars, who just locked up franchise goaltender Jake Oettinger with an eight-year extension.
On Thursday, the Stars announced that Oettinger signed an eight-year extension worth $66 million. That puts his AAV at $82.5 million per season, and the new contract will run through the 2032-33 season.
That extension is the same one that Jeremy Swayman signed with the Boston Bruins earlier this month, and Oettinger has flashed the potential to be a true difference-maker on a Stanley Cup contender. In his first 196 NHL games, Oettinger has piled up 30 wins to go along with a 2.49 goals against average and a .948 save percentage.
NHL goaltenders have been filling their back accounts in the early portion of the season with Oettinger and Swayman leading the way. Beyond them, the Ottawa Senators have signed Linus Ullmark to a $32 million extension, and the Seattle Kraken rewarded Joey Daccord for his excellent 2023-24 campaign by giving him $25 million over the next five years.
As the contracts continue to roll in throughout the 2024-25 season, you can keep track of the most notable ones right here at CBS Sports.
Blues ink Jake Neighbours to two-year extension
The Blues have locked up one of their best young players through the 2026-27 season, and they did so at an affordable price. Neighbours, the No. 26 overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft, scored 27 goals in 77 games last season. St. Louis is relying on Neigbours to be a key part of their forward group well into the future.
Jake Oettinger signs eight-year extension with Dallas
Oettinger went through some struggles in the 2023-24 season, but he really elevated his game in the postseason. In 19 postseason appearances, Oettinger posted a .913 save percentage while saving 4.1 goals above average, per Natural Stat Trick.
Kraken lock up Joey Daccord for five more years
Linus Ullmark signs four-year extension with Senators
The Senators traded for Ullmark this offseason, and he will get a full-time workload for the first time since he was acquired by the Bruins in 2021. Ullmark did win the Vezina Trophy in 2023, so he can perform at an elite level, but he’ll have to do it more often in Ottawa.
Jeremy Swayman finally gets his bag from Boston
It was a contentious offseason between Swayman and the Bruins with both sides taking the negotiations public. In the end, Boston and Swayman were finally able to come to an agreement that keeps one of the best young goaltenders in a Bruins jersey for the foreseeable future.
