Edmonton Oilers sign blueliner Evan Bouchard to four-year, $42M US contract: reports

4 day_ago 10

Edmonton

The Edmonton Oilers re-signed prima defenceman Evan Bouchard to a four-year, $42-million US declaration Monday, according to aggregate media reports.

Bouchard, 25, had 67 points past season

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 30, 2025 5:17 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Edmonton Oilers defenceman Evan Bouchard controls the puck during third-period play successful Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals connected Tuesday night.

The Edmonton Oilers person completed a cardinal portion of off-season business.

The Oilers re-signed prima defenceman Evan Bouchard to a four-year, $42-million US declaration Monday, according to aggregate media reports.

The hard-shooting Bouchard, known for his "Bouch Bomb" from the point, was acceptable to go a restricted escaped cause erstwhile the marketplace opened Tuesday astatine 10 a.m. MT.

The 25-year-old from Oakville, Ont., earns a monolithic rise connected his erstwhile $3.9-million wage headdress deed aft back-to-back high-production seasons to assistance Edmonton into the Stanley Cup last twice.

Bouchard, drafted 10th wide by the Oilers successful 2018, broke retired with 18 goals and 64 assists crossed 81 games successful 2023-24 earlier adding 32 points successful 25 games during the playoffs.

Last season, helium tallied 23 points successful 22 playoff games aft a 67-point regular season.

Only Bobby Orr (1.243) has a higher points-per-game mean among defencemen than Bouchard's 1.08 successful the post-season.

Bouchard becomes the NHL's fourth-highest-paid defenceman adjacent season, down Erik Karlsson, Drew Doughty and Rasmus Dahlin.

Earlier Monday, the Oilers re-signed winger Kasperi Kapanen to a one-year, $1.3-million US contract.

Kapanen, 28, had 13 points successful 57 regular-season games and added six much successful 12 playoff appearances aft being claimed disconnected waivers from the St. Louis Blues.

The Oilers besides signed centre Noah Philp connected Monday to a one-year, two-way declaration worthy $775,000.

Philp, 26, appeared successful 15 games for Edmonton past play and recorded 2 assists.

The Canmore, Alta., autochthonal had 35 points, including 19 goals, successful 55 games with the AHL's Bakersfield Condors.

Edmonton forwards Corey Perry, Connor Brown and Jeff Skinner, on with defenceman John Klingberg, stay unsigned and are acceptable to go unrestricted escaped agents.

read-entire-article