Sorena Dadgar
Hurricanes forward Teuvo Teravainen sneaks the puck past the Islander's goalie off an assist from Justin Faulk and Lee Stempniak. Teravainen earned one goal and one assist in the Hurricane's 7-4 victory over the Islanders on Saturday in PNC Arena.
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.