“Has relatively strong finishing” – Mason Appleton signs $6.5 million contract with Jets, avoids arbitration

“Has relatively strong finishing” – Mason Appleton signs $6.5 million contract with Jets, avoids arbitration

Mason Appleton

Forward Mason Appleton agreed to a 3-year $6.5 million contract with the Winnipeg jets at an average value of $2.167 million on Sunday. 

The 26-year-old avoided an arbitration hearing scheduled on Thursday. He was chosen by the Seattle Kraken from the Jets in a 2021 NHL Expansion Draft.

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Mason Appleton is back with the Winnipeg Jets

Mason Appleton
Mason Appleton

In the last season, Appleton scored 21 points with 8 goals and 12 assists in 68 games for the Jets and the Kraken, including 4 points with 4 goals and 4 assists in 19 games with the Jets after they acquired him in trade on March 20.

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In the 2015 NHL Draft, the Jets selected him in the sixth round with him recording a score of 64 points in 206 regular-season games and 3 points in 9 Stanley Cup Playoff games for both Jets and Kraken, as mentioned on nhl.com.

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The Winnipeg Jets have missed the playoffs for the first time in 5 seasons with 39-32-11, finishing 6th in the Central Divison and 8 points behind the Nashville Predators for the 2nd wild card for the Western Conference last season.

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