Devils Re-Sign Nico Hischier to a 5-Year, $11.7M AAV contract

The most important piece of business for Sunny Mehta to get done in his first offseason as Devils general manager was to get Nico Hischier signed to a contract extension, keeping the Devils captain in the fold for the next several years.

Negotiations seemed to be moving along swimmingly in the weeks leading up to today, the first day Hischier is eligible to put pen to paper on a new deal. But…