Let’s not jump to conclusions and assume Dawson Mercer is going to miss too much time. However, now that we’ve gotten to the point where it’s the first day of on-ice activities and Mercer won’t be involved,

Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald was optimistic when he discussed the ongoing contract negotiations with forward Dawson Mercer, whom is not at training camp as an unsigned restricted free agent.

There has been an update on the Dawson Mercer contract stalemate. It is believed that he and the New Jersey Devils are inching closer to a deal. The deal is said to be somewhere in the range of a two- to three-year contract with an AAV of $3.5-$4 million.