The Flames sign Matthew Tkachuk to an entry-level deal

The Calgary Flames made it official today, announcing the signing of 2016 sixth overall selection Matthew Tkachuk to an entry-level contract. Based on his age and the terms of the CBA, it’ll be a three-year entry-level deal (which can slide twice if he doesn’t play 10 NHL games in either of the first two seasons).

Terms of the deal weren’t announced, but here’s the general line of thinking here:

So we don’t know for sure, but it’s exceedingly likely that Tkachuk’s deal has a $925,000 base salary with $850,000 in performance bonuses. If that’s the case, the deal will carry a $1.775 million maximum cap hit. For what it’s worth, Cap Friendly currently thinks Tkachuk’s contract will be in this range.

The son of longtime NHLer Keith Tkachuk, Matthew lit up the Ontario Hockey League last season with the London Knights as one-third of Canadian junior hockey’s most dominant line (along with Arizona draftee Christian Dvorak and Toronto pick Mitch Marner). He had 107 points, good enough for fifth in the OHL (just ahead of fellow Flames pick Andrew Mangiapane), and scored the game-winning overtime goal to captured the Memorial Cup.

Now he’s signed to a shiny new NHL deal. Next stop? Flames training camp in September, where he’ll do his best to crack the NHL roster.