Center Leon Draisaitl signed an eight-year, $68 million contract with the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. It has an average annual value of $8.5 million.
Draisaitl, 21, was a restricted free agent.
He had NHL career highs in goals (29), assists (48), points (77), power-play goals (10), power-play points (27), game-winning goals (five), overtime goals (three) and rating (plus-7) last season. He was second on the Oilers in goals, assists and points behind center Connor McDavid in each category.
"I'm really excited to be back for eight years," Draisaitl told the Oilers website. "I never really thought about going anywhere else. We have something really special. We have a great group of guys. It's something I wanted to be a part of as long as possible."
Draisaitl was eighth in the NHL in points during the regular season and had 19 points (five goals, 14 assists) during an 11-game point streak from March 14-April 4. He helped the Oilers make the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2006 and led them in postseason goals (six), assists (10) and points (16). The Oilers lost in seven games to the Anaheim Ducks in the Western Conference Second Round.
Selected by the Oilers with the No. 3 pick in the 2014 NHL Draft, Draisaitl has 137 points (50 goals, 87 assists) in 191 NHL games.
On July 5, McDavid signed an eight-year, $100 million contract extension ($12.5 million average annual value) with Edmonton. It begins in the 2018-19 season.
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