The Utah Mammoth are matching the New Jersey Devils’ offer sheet to forward Barrett Hayton.
The Devils made the one-year, $4.775 million offer sheet to Hayton on July 1 after the Mammoth had announced it had traded for Vincent Trocheck and signed Anders Lee to a three-year deal with a $5.4 million cap hit. If Utah hadn’t matched, it would have received a second-round pick.
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The Mammoth have $4.5 million in cap space after the move. The only complication with matching is Utah can’t trade Hayton for a year, and that takes him to unrestricted free agency.
But Utah indicated that Hayton is a key part of its plans.
“Barrett is a key piece of our team and important to what we are building here in Utah,” said Mammoth general manager Bill Armstrong. “He’s strong in the faceoff circle, plays both sides of the puck and can play with anyone in our forward group. We are grateful to be able to count on Barrett in our lineup next season.”
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