Forward Martin Necas will remain with the Colorado Avalanche after signing an eight-year extension, the club announced Thursday.

Getting a new deal done for Necas was a priority with the 26-year-old in the second season of a two-year bridge deal that was worth $6.5 million annually. Necas' new contract, which starts next season, will see him earn $11.5 million annually, a source told ESPN's Emily Kaplan.

The source also said that Necas will have $60.4 million in signing bonuses while having a full no-trade clause in the first seven years of the deal.

Necas signed his current contract in July 2024 when he was playing with the team that drafted him, the Carolina Hurricanes . He was in his strongest season before the Hurricanes included him in a package in the first of two trades inv

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