New Jersey Devils prospect Timur Ibragimov will be staying in the organization next season on an AHL contract. The Utica Comets announced today they’ve reached a one-year agreement with Ibragimov, who New Jersey acquired from the San Jose Sharks in the Timo Meier trade.
San Jose had selected Ibragimov, 22, in the sixth round of the 2019 NHL Draft. The Russian winger has split the last two seasons between the AHL and ECHL, trying to acclimate his offensive game to North American ice.
Some extended ECHL time with the Wichita Thunder seemed to help Ibragimov this season, recording 32 points in 53 games there. While they aren’t earth-shattering numbers by any means, and likely why he didn’t earn an NHL contract with the Devils this offseason, he did have six points in 15 games with the Comets after the trade from San Jose.
Ibragimov also has two years of professional experience overseas under his belt, with the Russian minor league VHL in 2019-20 and a 51-game loan to TPS in the Finnish Liiga in 2020-21. With TPS, he recorded 14 points in 51 games, eventually losing in the league final.
He boasts decent size at six feet and 201 pounds, but he’ll need to maintain the scoring pace he displayed near the end of the season in Utica to avoid another ECHL demotion, especially as he’s not signed to an NHL contract.
Wrong. His 2-way NHL contract expired and he is signing with Utica.
It matters because either NJD is maintaining his signing rights or not. If not, hes free to sign with any NHL team.
Youre not writing these correctly
and you should check how it was written previously on this very site a year ago.
It matters from a contractual litigation standpoint.
Clearly stated in the article he’s not signed to an NHL contract but remains in the Devils organization with Utica
Which yes, does not prohibit him from signing with another NHL team
Heres the article.
link to uticacomets.com
Its not an extension of anything, Josh. Sorry. I work on these kinds of terms in healthcare coverage and you’re wrong.
Any team is capable of signing him to an NHL deal if this is not a two way contract intended to protect his rights.
So definitionally not an extension.