Devils acquiring Sharks star Timo Meier in NHL blockbuster

The Devils are going for it.

New Jersey is buying star winger Timo Meier in a commerce with the Sharks, a number of stories mentioned Sunday, 5 days earlier than the NHL commerce deadline. It’s not but identified what the Devils are sending to the Sharks.

Meier has 52 factors (31 objectives, 21 assists) in 57 video games this season for San Jose, the place he has performed his total seven-year NHL profession. The 26-year-old earned an All-Star nod final season when he had 76 factors (35 objectives, 41 assists) in 77 video games.

The No. 9 general choose within the 2015 NHL Draft, Meier had a $6 million cap cost for this season and he’s set to develop into an arbitration-eligible restricted free agent after the season. TSN’s Pierre LeBrun reports there is no such thing as a contract extension as a part of the deal.

Rumors of a Meier commerce have been swirling for weeks, with the Sharks (18-30-12) slogging by a depressing marketing campaign in former Rangers coach David Quinn’s first season behind San Jose’s bench.

The commerce is a big increase up entrance for the Devils, who’re 39-15-5 with 83 factors and are in second place within the Metropolitan Division. They entered Sunday three factors behind the division-leading Hurricanes and eight factors forward of the Rangers.

Meier has performed with Devils heart Nico Hischier for the Swiss nationwide workforce.