Restricted free agent Pavel Zacha has reached a deal with the New Jersey Devils, amid reports he had agreed to terms with a KHL team. The new contract is for three years and will pay Zacha a total of $6.75 million, or $2.25 annually.
Reports were rampant Monday that the 22-year-old Czech had agreed to terms with the KHL's Avangard, causing Devils general manager Ray Shero to go on a profanity-laced tirade.
“I don't give a f--- if he signs with the KHL or if he signs with f------ Brampton. I don't give a f--- where. We hold his rights," Shero told reporters.
Zacha will remain an RFA and the end of this new deal and will hold arbitration rights. New Jersey still has just under $6.5 million in cap space, with no remaining RFAs.
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