Wild sign Devin Shore to one-year, two-way contract

Some depth down the middle for the team from the State of Hockey.

In a midst of a flurry of signings, the Minnesota Wild announced they have signed forward Devin Shore to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal carries a $775,000 cap hit for the 2024-25 season, with a minor-league salary of $400,000.

It is Shore’s third team over the last three seasons. He is coming off another one-year minimum wage contract with the Seattle Kraken. The Ajax, Ontario native split time between the Kraken and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds. In 21 games with Seattle, he scored a goal and an assist. With the Firebirds, Shore potted seven goals and 18 assists in 39 games, scoring another five goals and eight assists in 18 playoff games. He helped the Coachella Valley make it to the Calder Cup Final for the second year in a row, losing to the Hershey Bears once again.

Shore had spent the previous three seasons with the Edmonton Oilers, playing no more than 50 games in a season.

The former Maine Black Bear broke into the professional ranks late in the 2014-15 season with the Texas Stars of the AHL. He was originally selected in the second round by the Dallas Stars in the 2012 NHL Draft. Shore spent over three seasons with the Stars before he was traded to the Anaheim Ducks in January 2019. The following year, he was moved to the Columbus Blue Jackets, where he stayed until he signed with the Oilers in January 2021.

In 443 NHL games, Shore has scored 51 goals and 88 assists, registering one assist in four playoff games. In 86 AHL appearances, he has notched 28 goals and 34 assists, including 14 points in 21 playoff games.

With the signing, the Wild have 43 standard player contracts on the books for next season. According to CapFriendly, Minnesota has less than $2 million in projected cap space.