Jonathan Huberdeau signed an eight-year, $84 million contract extension with the Calgary Flames on Thursday. It has a median annual worth of $10.5 million and begins with the 2023-24 season.
The 29-year-old left wing was traded from the Florida Panthers on July 22 with defenseman MacKenzie Weegar, ahead prospect Cole Schwindt and a conditional first-round decide within the 2025 NHL Draft for ahead Matthew Tkachuk and a conditional fourth-round decide within the 2025 draft.
“I am thrilled to be a part of the Calgary Flames group long-term,” Huberdeau stated. “I am excited for this new chapter and I’m dedicated to this staff. I will give the whole lot I’ve, on and off the ice and I can not wait to play in entrance of the passionate Flames followers.”
Huberdeau might have develop into an unrestricted free agent after this season, the final of a six-year, $35.4 million contract ($5.9 million AAV) he signed with the Panthers on Sept. 7, 2016.
“We’re excited to increase Jonathan long run in Calgary,” Flames common supervisor Brad Treliving stated. “He’s an elite participant, one of many premier forwards within the league who makes gamers round him higher. We stay up for welcoming Jonathan to our neighborhood and his contributions to our staff’s success.”
Huberdeau had an NHL career-high 115 factors (30 objectives, 85 assists) in 80 video games for Florida final season, when he led the NHL in assists and tied then-Calgary ahead Johnny Gaudreau for second within the League in scoring. Gaudreau signed a seven-year, $68.25 million contract ($9.75 million AAV) with the Columbus Blue Jackets on July 13.
Huberdeau helped the Panthers (58-18-6) win the Presidents’ Trophy with the most effective file within the NHL for the primary time of their historical past and had 5 factors (one purpose, 4 assists) in 10 Stanley Cup Playoff video games. Florida was swept by the Tampa Bay Lightning in 4 video games within the Jap Convention Second Spherical.
“A [heck] of a 12 months for me, I can not ask for extra. I performed effectively,” Huberdeau instructed NHL.com on June 26. “I used to be constant and I used to be a very good chief. However clearly, it was simply the way in which I discovered quite a bit within the playoffs. I did not play my finest hockey, however I believe, clearly, it is at all times tougher within the playoffs and you have to be taught from that and you have to take care of it, too. Whenever you get within the playoffs it is by no means … it isn’t at all times going to go your method. After which subsequent 12 months, simply going to be a greater, higher participant. And I need to maintain going with what I did this 12 months and maintain it going within the playoffs as effectively.”
Chosen by the Panthers with the No. 3 decide within the 2011 NHL Draft, Huberdeau has 613 factors (198 objectives, 415 assists) in 671 regular-season video games and 21 factors (5 objectives, 16 assists) in 26 playoff video games.
On Tuesday, the Flames signed ahead Andrew Mangiapane to a three-year, $17.4 million contract ($5.8 million AAV) and defenseman Oliver Kylington to a two-year, $5 million contract ($2.5 million AAV). Every was a restricted free agent scheduled for an arbitration listening to, Mangiapane on Aug. 5 and Kylington on Aug. 10. Ahead Adam Ruzicka, a restricted free agent, stays unsigned.
