The Devils said Meier had the surgery on Tuesday, eight days after their highly-anticipated season ended without a playoff berth.
The contract will pay the 26-year-old Swiss forward an average of $8.8 million annually.
The 26-year-old Swiss winger has 31 goals and 21 assists in 57 games this season.
Pro tennis star or forward for the San Jose Sharks? It might be easy to confuse Timo Meier with this fellow Swiss athlete.
Fresh off his first NHL All-Star appearance, Meier's love for the game and motivation to inspire Swiss-born players is as strong as it’s ever been.
It's Timo (Player Q&A) Time!
Love is in the air with Valentine's Day approaching, so we asked players if they could remember their first smooch!
Which player (eventually) mustered up the courage, who missed their shot – and who wishes they could forget their first date.
Players reminisce on one of hockey's greatest movies – which wasn't always that true to the sport.
For San Jose Sharks general manager Doug Wilson, the start of free agency was a day of mixed emotions.
When the highly touted kid from Switzerland completed his rookie Canadian Hockey League season, no one in the Halifax Mooseheads organization second-guessed the decision to draft him.
Timo Meier scored twice, sending the San Jose Sharks to a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game 1 of the Western Conference final Saturday night.