The Penguins have signed forward prospect Lukas Svejkovsky to a three-year entry-level contract.

Beginning in the 2022-23 season, the deal will carry a salary cap hit of $859,167 at the NHL level.

Svejkovsky, 20, was a fourth-round pick (No. 108 overall) in 2020.

This season, the right-handed Svejkovsky (5-foot-9, 170 pounds) has split time between the Medicine Hat Tigers and his current team, the Seattle Thunderbirds, each of the Western Hockey League (WHL). In 55 games this season, Svejkovsky has 73 points (32 goals, 41 assists) while recording 255 shots, eighth-most in the league.

The son of former Washington Capitals and Tampa Bay Lightning forward Jaroslav “Yogi” Svejkovsky, Lukas Svejkovsky was born in Tampa and has citizenship in the United States as well as Czechia.

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