The Winnipeg Jets have signed forward Nino Niederreiter to a three-year contract extension, the team announced Monday. Niederreiter (62) plays against the Nashville Predators during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mark Zaleski
WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Jets have signed forward Nino Niederreiter to a three-year contract extension, the team announced Monday.
The deal carries an average annual value of US$4 million and is set to begin in the 2024-25 season.
Niederreiter, 31, has 14 points (six goals, eight assists) in 23 games this season.
The six-foot-two, 218-pound right-winger joined the Jets via trade from the Nashville Predators in February last season.
Niederreiter was a first-round pick (fifth overall) in the 2010 draft by the New York Islanders.
He has 423 points (211 goals, 212 assists) in 833 games in a career that also includes stints in Minnesota and Carolina.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 4, 2023.
