October 25, 2024 | 2:23pm ET
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LAFRENIERE SIGNS 7-YEAR EXTENSION WITH RANGERS

Alexis Lafreniere, forward

The New York Rangers agreed to terms with forward Alexis Lafrenière on a seven-year, $52.15 million contract extension that comes with a $7.45 million average annual value.

Lafrenière, 23, has begun his 2024-25 season with four goals and three assists for seven points in seven games, including points in each of his first five games. He tied Tomas Sandstrom (5 GP in 1986-87) and Mike McEwen (5 GP in 1978-79) for the second-longest season-opening point streak by a Rangers player aged 23 or younger.

He is set to earn a total of $10 million in actual salary ($2M base salary, $8M signing bonus) in the first year of his new contract, starting 2025-26, followed by $7.5 million ($5.5M base, $2M SB) in the second-year, $9.5 million ($8.5M base, $1M SB) in the third-year, $7.15 million in salary in the fourth-year, and $6 million in salary in each of the final three years of the deal.

To date, over parts of five NHL seasons, all with the Rangers, the St-Eustache, Quebec native has tallied 79 goals and 76 assists for 155 points in 305 career games

Lafrenière was originally first-overall by the Rangers in the 2020 NHL Draft.