After watching the <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/07/01/corey-perry-signs-with-los-angeles-kings/">Los Angeles Kings pluck Corey Perry</a> in free agency, the <a href="http://oilersnation.com/combinations">Edmonton Oilers</a> are now losing another depth piece as Connor Brown has signed a deal with the Devil(s).

Sportsnet&#8217;s Gene Principe was first to report the deal, which will see Brown earn $3-million annually in New Jersey.
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4 years Connor Brown NJ
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4 x $3M, per <a href="https://twitter.com/GenePrincipe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GenePrincipe</a> <a href="https://t.co/avQ7P3QxXU">https://t.co/avQ7P3QxXU</a>
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Brown, 31, joined the Oilers ahead of the 2023-24 season on a one-year, $775,000 deal that carried a $3.225-million signing bonus, making a return to the NHL after suffering a torn ACL the year prior. He struggled to get his legs underneath him, scoring just five assists in his first 54 games of the year. He finally got on the board with his <a href="https://oilersnation.com/news/connor-brown-scores-his-first-goal-of-the-season-as-edmonton-oilers-fans-give-him-minutes-long-ovation">first goal of the year</a> in Game 56 and turned a corner. He would score four goals and seven points in the final 17 games of the regular season, going on to add another two goals and six points in 19 playoff games.
Entering this season, Brown was clearly healthy and put together a strong season, scoring 13 goals and 30 points in 82 games, adding five goals and nine points in 20 playoff games. Brown contributed at the rate of a third-to-fourth line tweener, according to HockeyViz, driving offence at a one percent rate above league average, defence at a league average rate, and penalty kill play at a five percent rate above league average.
Salary cap prognosticators Evolving Hockey projected Brown to sign a three-year deal carrying a $2.165-million cap hit if he remained in Edmonton, while AFP Analytics projected him to sign a three-year deal carrying a $2.920-million cap hit.
With the Oilers tight to the salary cap — even after trading <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/07/01/edmonton-oilers-trade-viktor-arvidsson-boston-bruins/">Viktor Arvidsson to the Bruins</a> earlier Tuesday — the team didn&#8217;t have the ability to meet the contract Brown has signed. Now, the team will look to pivot and see what is out there in the free agent market to help fill out their bottom-six.
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Edmonton Oilers New Jersey Devils Connor Brown

After watching the <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/07/01/corey-perry-signs-with-los-angeles-kings/">Los Angeles Kings pluck Corey Perry</a> in free agency, the <a href="http://oilersnation.com/combinations">Edmonton Oilers</a> are now losing another depth piece as Connor Brown has signed a deal with the Devil(s).



Sportsnet's Gene Principe was first to report the deal, which will see Brown earn $3-million annually in New Jersey.

https://twitter.com/GenePrincipe/status/1940090842028613793

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1940091447455408132

Brown, 31, joined the Oilers ahead of the 2023-24 season on a one-year, $775,000 deal that carried a $3.225-million signing bonus, making a return to the NHL after suffering a torn ACL the year prior. He struggled to get his legs underneath him, scoring just five assists in his first 54 games of the year. He finally got on the board with his <a href="https://oilersnation.com/news/connor-brown-scores-his-first-goal-of-the-season-as-edmonton-oilers-fans-give-him-minutes-long-ovation">first goal of the year</a> in Game 56 and turned a corner. He would score four goals and seven points in the final 17 games of the regular season, going on to add another two goals and six points in 19 playoff games.

Entering this season, Brown was clearly healthy and put together a strong season, scoring 13 goals and 30 points in 82 games, adding five goals and nine points in 20 playoff games. Brown contributed at the rate of a third-to-fourth line tweener, according to HockeyViz, driving offence at a one percent rate above league average, defence at a league average rate, and penalty kill play at a five percent rate above league average.

Salary cap prognosticators Evolving Hockey projected Brown to sign a three-year deal carrying a $2.165-million cap hit if he remained in Edmonton, while AFP Analytics projected him to sign a three-year deal carrying a $2.920-million cap hit.

With the Oilers tight to the salary cap — even after trading <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/07/01/edmonton-oilers-trade-viktor-arvidsson-boston-bruins/">Viktor Arvidsson to the Bruins</a> earlier Tuesday — the team didn't have the ability to meet the contract Brown has signed. Now, the team will look to pivot and see what is out there in the free agent market to help fill out their bottom-six.

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Zach Laing is Oilersnation’s associate editor, senior columnist, and The Nation Network’s news director. He also makes up one-half of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRSWOpthKmdtmFOKQDd7TQdTU2KSKXYvX">DFO DFS Report</a>. He can be followed on Twitter, currently known as X, at <a href="http://www.x.com/zjlaing">@zjlaing</a>, or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.

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