New Jersey Devils Officially Sign Russian Defenseman Yegor Yakovlev

The New Jersey Devils finally announced they signed Russian defenseman Egor Yakovlev to an entry-level deal. There’s a lot of upside with this current contract.

It’s official. Russian defenseman Egor Yakovlev is a member of the New Jersey Devils. This move has been rumored for weeks, but it just took some time to hammer out the details and make it official.

This is basically a one-year deal, which doesn’t give the Devils a ton of time to test the waters. Since he’ll be 27 years old, he becomes an unrestricted free agent after the season.

Now that we’re here, what can we expect from Yakovlev? He’s a good puck mover, while doing a good job at keeping pucks away from the net. Sure, it’s easier to…