After a slow start to his NHL career, the 21-year-old forward has grown into a prominent role with the team, recording a career-high 20 goals and 35 assists in 80 games last season.
Kings forward Quinton Byfield made significant strides last season, recording a career-high 20 goals and 35 assists while playing 80 games. Byfield, 21, became the first Kings player to record a 20-goal season at his age since captain Anze Kopitar in 2007-08. The Kings and forward Quinton Byfield agreed to terms on a five-year contract extension worth $31.25 million, the club announced on Monday.
Byfield was the second overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft, but until this past season he appeared poised to sign what’s commonly referred to as a bridge deal, a term of one or two years to cover an interstitial period in a player’s development. His ascension to the top line late in the 2022-23 season and last season’s stretch that featured 40 points in 48 games, including a pair of goal-of-the-year candidates, elevated his profile.
There was much speculation as to whether the Kings would still attempt to bridge Byfield, particularly with Kopitar being under contract for two more seasons after which he said he’s considering retirement, or lock him up to a maximum term of eight years. Ultimately, they neither bridged Byfield nor locked him up, but instead found a sweet spot in terms of the $6.25 million AAV and five-year length. One of those campaigns would have been an unrestricted free-agent year, the final season of 2028-29, and three of the others would have been arbitration-eligible RFA years.
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