Defenseman Dmitri Simashev isn’t the one high Mammoth prospect to get his entry-level deal Wednesday. His teammate with Russia’s Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, winger Daniil But, additionally put pen to paper on his three-year entry-level contract, the membership announced.
His deal features a yearly base wage of $855K and a $95K signing bonus for a $950K cap hit, per PuckPedia. He’s eligible for as much as $750K in Schedule “A” efficiency bonuses in 2025-26 and as much as $1M in 2026-27 and 2027-28. Not like Simashev, it doesn’t seem that However’s contract comprises a European Project Clause, that means he might be stashed with AHL Tucson with out being loaned again to the Kontinental Hockey League.
However, chosen six spots after Simashev at twelfth total within the 2023 draft, lands his first NHL deal after touchdown a Gagarin Cup championship with Lokomotiv alongside Simashev earlier this month. The heavyweight 6’6″, 216-lb left-winger set career-highs within the common season with 19 assists, 28 factors, and a +13 score in 54 video games, rating seventh on Yaroslavl in scoring.
His playoff efficiency was much less spectacular. He tallied only one help in 13 video games and was demoted to the press field as Lokomotiv’s postseason run prolonged. That small of a pattern dimension received’t be a lot of a priority for Utah, although. His body and his puck-handling abilities imply he might be able to step into the lineup as quickly as subsequent season. His extra well-rounded skillset means he’s deployable up and down the lineup, though he’ll possible be handiest as a middle-six piece long-term.
However is the No. 4 prospect within the Mammoth’s system behind ahead Tij Iginla, Simashev and defenseman Maveric Lamoureux, Scott Wheeler of The Athletic wrote earlier this yr. He comes over after posting a 21-30–51 scoring line in 124 KHL video games up to now three seasons.
