Canadiens re-sign Jayden Struble to two-year contract
A young blueliner who’s slowly coming into his own has inked a new deal.
On Monday, Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes announced that the team has signed defenseman Jayden Struble to a two-year contract. The deal will carry an AAV of $1,412,500 through the 2026-27 season.
Pen to paper! The Canadiens have agreed to terms on a two-year, one-way contract with defenseman Jayden Struble.
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Struble is coming off his two-year, entry-level contract, which saw him have an NHL AAV of $925,000.
The Cumberland, Rhode Island native was originally taken by the Canadiens in the second round, 46th overall, of the 2019 NHL Draft. After finishing up a fruitful four-year career at Northeastern University, Struble turned pro late in the 2022-23 season with the Laval Rocket, the Habs’ American Hockey League affiliate.
However, Struble has spent little time in Laval over the past couple of seasons, spending the majority of that time in Montreal. After a promising rookie campaign, which saw him produce 10 points in 56 games in 2023-24, Struble found a little more production on a team that snapped its four-year playoff drought. In 56 regular-season affairs, Struble posted two goals and 11 assists for a career-best 13 points, registering a plus/minus of +2 while averaging a hair under 15 minutes of ice time per game. That comes after he played just over 16 minutes a night in his first year with the Canadiens.
Struble made his Stanley Cup Playoff debut this past spring, playing in two games against the Washington Capitals. Montreal would lose to the team with the best record in the Eastern Conference in five games.
In his time with the Habs thus far, the 23-year-old has appeared in 112 games, scoring five goals and 18 assists for 23 points, with a career rating of -1. In 24 appearances with the Rocket, he posted a goal and seven assists for eight points with a +9 rating.