The New Jersey Devils were in talks for a good amount of time before finally agreeing to an extension with Jacob Markstrom that would keep him in Newark for the next two years beyond this season. It seemed as though Markstrom's camp wanted a long-term deal that would keep him as a Devil for the next four to five years, as a 35-year-old goalie that would be hard for general manager Tom Fitzgerald to pull the trigger on.
Jacob Markstrom hasn't had the prettiest start to the season, so the timing of this extension has the fanbase questioning why it was done now.