{"id":295006,"date":"2025-11-20T07:48:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/295006\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T07:48:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:48:04","slug":"jets-sign-adam-lowry-to-five-year-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/295006\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets Sign Adam Lowry To Five-Year Contract Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only a few short months ago, the 2026 UFA class looked like it could be one of the best in NHL history.\u00a0 But since then, the list has been thinned out quite quickly.\u00a0 Another player can now be crossed off that list as the team announced<\/a> that they\u2019ve signed center Adam Lowry<\/a> to a five-year contract extension.\u00a0 TSN\u2019s Darren Dreger adds (Twitter link<\/a>) that the deal will carry a $5MM AAV and be worth $25MM in total.<\/p>\n

The two sides were reported to be making progress<\/a> on an extension earlier this month so it\u2019s not too surprising to see this get across the finish line.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old is in the final season of his five-year, $16.25MM deal signed back in 2021.\u00a0 He has never been a high-end offensive contributor in his 12-year NHL career (his highest point total is 36) but over the past few years, he has become a reliable two-way player.\u00a0 \u00a0The captain has long been a sound defensive player who brought plenty of physicality to the table and that\u2019s a combination that is especially appealing in a team\u2019s bottom six.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Lowry missed the start of the season while recovering from hip surgery but has jumped right back into his usual role since returning.\u00a0 In seven games, he has a goal and two assists along with 16 hits in 14:22 of playing time.\u00a0 For his career (spent in its entirety with the Jets who drafted him in the third round back in 2011), Lowry has 122 goals and 154 hits in 782 games.<\/p>\n

This deal represents a nice raise from his current $3.25MM AAV while getting a long-term agreement for the second straight contract.\u00a0 While a $5MM AAV for someone whose production is more in the third-line range, those other elements he brings made it likely that he could have landed a deal at or higher than this price point on the open market.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Jets also get some much-needed stability down the middle.\u00a0 Mark Scheifele<\/a> is also signed through 2030-31, meaning that Winnipeg has two of their top three centers in place for the long haul.\u00a0 GM Kevin Cheveldayoff still has some work to do to secure a long-term fit for their second center position (a role filled by Jonathan Toews<\/a> this year) but that\u2019s a strong foundation down the middle to build off of.<\/p>\n

With the signing, the Jets now have around $78.7MM in commitments for the 2026-27 season, per PuckPedia<\/a>.\u00a0 That gives them around $25MM in cap room based on the projected $104MM Upper Limit.\u00a0 Cole Perfetti<\/a>, a pending restricted free agent with salary arbitration rights, will take up a good chunk of that but the rest of their pending free agents (all unrestricted) are for players more in depth roles.\u00a0 That could give Cheveldayoff a chance to try to make a splash to add another core piece to his roster, either via trade or free agency this summer.<\/p>\n

Murat Ates of The Athletic was the first to report<\/a> that an extension had been agreed upon. <\/p>\n

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