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Devils Sign Connor Brown

July 1, 2025 at 11:56 am CDT | by Brennan McClain 9 Comments

After citing Sportsnet’s Gene Principe, Elliotte Friedman reports that the New Jersey Devils are finalizing a four-year, $12MM contract with free agent forward Connor Brown. The Devils later announced the deal, which PuckPedia reports carries a no-move clause through 2026-27 and a 10-team no-trade list in 2027-28 and 2028-29.

Brown will join the Devils after spending the last two seasons with the Edmonton Oilers. He joined the club on a one-year, league-minimum contract ahead of the 2023-24 season — seemingly intent on filling the role of bruiser rotated into Edmonton’s top-six. But his first year was marred by slow play, ending in Brown netting just 12 points, four penalty minutes, and a minus-eight through 71 games. He averaged under 13 minutes of ice time a game in that span. But despite the quiet year, Edmonton saw enough to re-sign Brown to a one-year, $1MM contract last summer, folding him back into a team that added multiple other supporting pieces. In a more assured role, Brown climbed back to the productivity that headlined his earlier career, ultimately finishing the season with 13 goals and 30 points in 82 games. He added an additional nine points in 20 playoff games.

While his surge back to the scoresheet is encouraging, Brown still fell well below his previous career-highs this year. He was once a hot depth scorer through four years with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and three years with the Ottawa Senators. Brown scored 20 goals and 36 points in his rookie season with Toronto in 2016-17. He continued to rival the 30-point mark through two additional full seasons in Toronto, before moving to Ottawa and discovering another layer to his scoring. His first season with the Senators featured 16 goals and 43 points in 71 games — a mark Brown emphasized with 21 goals and 35 points in 56 games of the shortened 2020-21 season. He capped off his time in Ottawa with 39 points in 64 games, seemingly setting up a strong ramp to his time in Edmonton.

Brown may not have discovered the same scoring with the Oilers, but he brings to New Jersey a veteran presence and hefty style that should slot into the team’s bottom-six. He’ll be an imposing role player who could offer 15 or 20-goal upside with the right swing. His role should come alongside Dawson Mercer at the team’s third-line center role, though Brown will have to earn that spot over Nolan Foote, Nathan Legare, and Juho Lammikko.

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  1. SpeakOfTheDevils

    3 weeks ago

    Slight overpay and dont like the term but ok

    Reply
    • Carson69

      3 weeks ago

      Could be worse they could have signed Dvorak for 5.4

      Reply
    • Bloodbath

      3 weeks ago

      Except that’s a 1 year

      Reply
    • Carson69

      3 weeks ago

      And?

      Reply
  2. FeeltheThunder

    3 weeks ago

    Connor Brown gets $3M AAV which is at the peak of his market value. The term is a bit longer than expected. He can be an admirable depth piece on the third or fourth line and does perform well in the playoffs but the question with Brown is consistency and can he stay healthy with his track record.

    Reply
  3. MoneyBallJustWorks

    3 weeks ago

    4 years? has anyone watched him play? this guy can’t stay healthy

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    • LifesABeach

      3 weeks ago

      You should do a bit more research

      Reply
  4. aka.nda

    3 weeks ago

    Devils forwards have a lot of skill. He could work in many combos in that lineup. Might be a “slight overpay,” perhaps, but seems like a high upside bet. If they can get a cup by committee it’s worth it. Hard to imagine anyone really challenging the panthers at this point though, particularly without a strong physical team, which the Devils aren’t much of.

    Reply
  5. Carson69

    3 weeks ago

    Anyone checked on McDavid to see if he asked for a trade yet? 😂

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