It’s been a wild few hours for the newest acquisition for the Utah Mammoth. News emerged that newly-acquired forward JJ Peterka has signed a new contract. This deal is a five-year pact worth $38.5 million for the life of the deal. The new deal has an average cap hit of $7.7 million per season and runs through the end of the 2029-30 season. Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic was the first to report details of new contract.
The Sabres have traded JJ Peterka to the Utah Mammoth for Michael Kesselring and Josh Doan, per Pierre LeBrun.Peterka has also agreed to a contract extension with Utah.
JJ Peterka Signed to Contract Extension by Utah Mammoth
Peterka came over late Wednesday night in a trade that sent Michael Kesselring and Josh Doan to the Buffalo Sabres. The German supplied 27 goals and 41 assists for 68 points in 77 games last campaign for the Sabres. He averaged 18 minutes, 11 seconds of ice time last year in Buffalo. His Corsi for was 56.0 and he had a relative Corsi of 9.8.
The 23-year-old has 67 goals and 83 assists for 150 points in 238 career games. Buffalo originally drafted him in the second round, 34th overall of the 2020 NHL Draft. The Munich, Germany native had a career-best 28 goals in the 2023-24 season.
He has also represented his native Germany on the international level. Peterka has played for his home country on the junior and senior levels. His biggest highlight was part of the silver medal-winning team at the 2024 IIHF World Championships. He’ll likely part of the Olympic team in 2026.
What It Means
This is a good mid-range deal that will keep Peterka in Salt Lake City. The German winger looked to help the newly-named Mammoth take the next step.
Peterka has managed to find a new place to play and is getting a nice pay day while he’s at it. The pressure will be on to see if he can keep growing as a player and a goalscorer.
The Mammoth still have some needs to address. However, this deal takes checks off one of those needs.
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