The Carolina Hurricanes have signed restricted free agent forward Teuvo Teravainen to a two-year, $5.7 million contract extension, the general manager Ron Francis announced Thursday. The deal will pay Teravainen a very reasonable $2.86 million per season in 2017-18 and 2018-19, before he is once again an RFA in summer 2019.

“Teuvo is a highly-skilled player and an important part of what we are building here,” Francis said via the team’s official release. “He’s still a very young player and we look forward to seeing him take the next step in a Hurricanes uniform.”

The 22-year-old Finn put a career-high 15 goals and 42 points in 81 games played (also a career high) last season. He was acquired exactly a year before he signed this extension from the Chicago Blackhawks last summer, along with forward Bryan Bickell, for two draft picks a second-rounder in 2016 and a third-rounder in this year’s entry draft.