Devils Sign Forward Letourneau-Leblond to a Three-Year Extension

The New Jersey Devils announced on Monday that they have signed left wing Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond to a three-year contract extension worth $1.575 million. The deal averages out to $525,000 per season. He would have been a restricted free agent on July 1. In eight games last season with the Devils, his first in the NHL, he scored one assist and accumulated 22 penalty minutes. This is an affordable signing for the Devils, though Letourneau-Leblond wouldn't have been an expensive signing anyway. Letourneau-Leblond (say that three times fast!!) is a very tough and physical player who will likely become the Devils next enforcer. If the Devils do not re-sign Michael Rupp, who is an unrestricted free agent this summer, Letourneau-Leblond could step into the enforcer role as early as next season.