Days after Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving headed to Montreal to meet him in person for dinner, the Flames are closing in on signing Jonathan Huberdeau to a contract extension. According to Frank Seravalli of the Daily Faceoff , it will be an eight-year extension worth $10.5 million per season against the cap. (Update: The deal is official.) Hearing #Flames and Jonathan Huberdeau put the finishing touches on an eight-year, $84 million extension. 8 x $10.5 [email protected] — Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) August 5, 2022 Advertisement – Continue Reading Below The extension will begin with the 2023-24 season and run through 2030-31. According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, here’s the breakdown of the contract:
2023-24: $10.5 million total ($3.5 million salary / $7 million signing bonus) 2024-25: $10.5 million total ($3.5 million salary / $7 million signing bonus) 2025-26: $10.5 million total ($3.5 million salary / $7 million signing bonus) 2026-27: $10.5 million total ($1 million salary / $9.5 million signing bonus) 2027-28: $10.5 million total ($1 million salary / $9.5 million signing bonus) 2028-29: $10.5 million total ($3.5 million salary / $7 million signing bonus) 2029-30: $10.5 million total ($1 million salary / $9.5 million signing bonus) 2030-31: $10.5 million total ($5.5 million salary / $5 million signing bonus)
That’s $61.5 million in signing bonuses. The deal includes a full no-move clause, although in the last two seasons there has also been a modified no-move clause (Huberdeau can list 12 teams to which he would allow a trade). Advertisement – Continue Reading Below The Flames acquired Huberdeau, 29, 13 days ago from the Florida Panthers in the trade that sent Matthew Tkachuk to South Florida. On Monday, Treliving and Huberdeau had dinner, meeting for the first time. And now? Huberdeau has established himself as a long-term piece of the hockey club. The left winger is coming off a solid 2021-22 season. Huberdeau set an NHL single-season record for assists by a left wing with 85, tied for second in the league with 115 points and finished fifth in Hart Trophy voting. Originally the third overall pick in the 2011 NHL Draft, Humberto has amassed 613 points in 671 career NHL regular season games. Huberdeau’s deal, once official, will become the richest deal in Flames franchise history. The $10.5 million AAV tops the $7 million earned by Jarome Iginla and Matthew Tkachuk, while the $84 million total value tops the $44.625 million deal Sean Monahan is on entering his final year. And it’s the first time the Flames have ever signed anyone to an eight-year contract* – their previous record was seven years (also Monahan). (* – Technically, Tkachuk’s eight-year contract was “signed” by the Flames before the trade to Florida, but it was negotiated by the Panthers as part of the trade and then deposited with the league, so it’s not really a Flames contract in a true sense. )
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