Canes Re-Sign Necas To Two-Year Contract

RALEIGH, NC. -Don Waddell, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has re-signed forward Martin Necas to a two-year, $6 million contract. The deal will pay Necas $2.5 million in the 2022-23 NHL season and $3.5 million in the 2023-24 NHL season.

"Martin is a dynamic young playmaker," said Waddell. "He has an elite combination of speed and skill and we think he'll only continue to improve."
Necas, 23, registered 40 points (14g, 26a) in 78 NHL games with Carolina in 2022-23. He has posted 119 points (45g, 74a) in 203 career NHL games with the Hurricanes. The 6'2", 189-pound forward has also skated in 33 career NHL playoff games, recording 14 points (3g, 11a). Necas ranked second on the Hurricanes in game-winning goals (6) last season and took a career-high 159 shots on goal. The Nove Mesto na Morave, Czechia native has represented his home country at the IIHF World Junior Championship three times (2017, 2018, 2019) and the IIHF World Championship once (2018). Necas was drafted 12th overall by the Hurricanes in the first round of the 2017 NHL Draft.