Tampa Bay Lightning 4th year center Brayden Point(21) comes to the end of his entry level deal after scoring a career high 41 goals and 51 assists for 92 points with a +27 rating and holds out for a solid deal moving forward with his draft club.
He recently signed at just after the start of 2019/2020 training camp for a 3-year extension at $6.75M AAV and will get back to work immediately no doubt looking to eclipse last year’s marks.
Signed initially after his third season in the WHL, he appeared in 9 AHL games with affiliate Syracuse Crunch and another 4 in the playoffs, but after the following training camp was returned to Moosejaw Warriors for his fourth and final campaign.
In 229 NHL games, he has 91 goals and 107 assists with a +47 rating.
If the 23-year continues on the path he’s on, when he reaches his next contract negotiation he will be an unrestricted free agent and it will pay off in gold.