Jake Evans signed a four-year, $11.4 million contract with the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday. The contract begins next season and has an average annual value of $2.85 million. The 28-year-old center is in last of a three-year, $5.1 million contract ($1.7 million AAV) he signed Oct. 3, 2021. Evans could have become an unrestricted free agent July 1.

The Canadiens announced they’ve signed center Jake Evans to a four-year extension, likely taking him off the trade market. It’s worth a total of $11.4M with a cap hit of $2.85M. The contract doesn’t include trade protection, according to Chris Johnston of TSN and The Athletic.

The Montreal Canadiens took one of their most valuable trade targets off the market by signing centre Jake Evans to a four-year contract worth $2.85 million per season, the team announced Tuesday. Evans,