Villacher Michael Grabner has added another chapter to his career in the NHL, the best ice hockey league in the world. In his third-best NHL season, Grabner moved from New York Rangers to local rivals New Jersey Devils on Thursday. The Devils take over Grabner’s two-year contract, which expires at the end of the current season.
For the wing forward, it’s already the sixth NHL club. He has previously played for Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers, New York Islanders and Toronto Maple Leafs.
New York was a good place for the 30-year-old. In just over one and a half seasons, he scored a total of 52 goals. After his second-best NHL season last season, he has already secured his third-best season with 25 goals. Grabner has scored 156 goals and 244 points in 532 NHL games so far.
In his current contract, Grabner earns an average of 1.65 million dollars (1.34 million US dollars). Euro) annually. Grabner is again a “Free Agent”after this season. In return for Grabner, the Rangers got the 20-year-old Russian Igor Rijkow, who is currently still playing in the Russian KHL, and a second round draft pick.
The Devils are currently in fourth place in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference and are still struggling to move into the play-off zone, and Grabner’s current ex-club has little chance of doing so. The Carinthian was no longer present at the Rangers’ 3-1 defeat at the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday, due to the forthcoming switch. Grabner’s transfer from New York to New Jersey is the first ever transfer between these two clubs.