NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have signed first-round choose Alexander Holtz to a three-year, entry-level contract beginning subsequent season.
Devils common supervisor Tom Fitzgerald introduced Monday that Holtz additionally signed an American Hockey League newbie try-out settlement for the rest of the 2020-21 season. He’ll be a part of Binghamton after ending his quarantine interval.
The seventh choose total within the draft, Holtz lately completed his Swedish Hockey League season with seven objectives and 11 assists in 40 video games for Djurgardens. The Swedish ahead added two objectives and two assists in three playoff video games, which tied for the crew lead in scoring.
Holtz spent his draft yr with Djurgardens as a 17-year-old the place he completed the yr 10th in crew scoring with 9 objectives and 7 assists.
Holtz additionally represented Sweden on the 2021 World Junior Championship, scoring one objective and two assists in 5 contests.