Tij Iginla wants to keep his goals to himself.

All of them but one anyway.

Two years after Utah drafted him with the No. 6 pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, the 19-year-old thinks he’s ready for what’s next.

“I can be transparent enough to tell you that my goal is to make the team this year,” Iginla said.

And as the Utah Mammoth opened their development camp this week, Iginla looks like he’ll have every opportunity to earn his place in the NHL this season.

Mammoth General Manager Bill Armstrong has cleared at least one roster spot, trading winger JJ Peterka to the Boston Bruins.

“We’ve got some really good younger players coming,” Armstrong said after making the deal. “And I felt like we had to create a little bit of room for them in some areas and some offensive situations.”

Iginla, meanwhile, is finally healthy and coming off an impressive campaign in the Western Hockey League.

After getting drafted two years ago, Iginla needed double hip surgery, derailing his season.

“You never want to go through that stuff, but hopefully I have most of it behind me,” Iginla said.

The 6-foot winger bounced back in a big way, tallying 90 points (41 goals, 49 assists) for the Kelowna Rockets last season.

“It was great to be back for a full season and healthy and stuff,” he said. “... I felt like I got a lot better and improved. That’s just kind of my mentality, to keep getting better and growing in whatever ways I can every day.”

Iginla said he spent part of his offseason training with Gavin McKenna, the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft.

“It’s just picking up something small, a change in direction or something specific a player does like that,” Iginla said of what he’s worked on adding to his game. “Just more of those little things. Skills and movements that I’m trying to continue to build into my game.”

And he’s watched what some of friends and fellow prospects have done in the two years since he was drafted.

Iginla said he’s felt ready for his next step, “seeing some of the young guys around the league, whether it’s a teammate I had at World Juniors or whatever, just seeing how well those guys are doing and feeling like hopefully that could be me too.”

And now he wants to take it himself.

“I do. I think I am ready,” he said. “I’m looking forward to a big summer of training and pushing it hard in the gym. But I feel ready.”

New contract for Yamamoto

The Mammoth signed forward Kailer Yamamoto to a two-year contract on Monday. The deal has an average annual value of $1.75 million.

The 27-year-old played in 59 games last season, finishing with 23 points.

“Kailer is a versatile forward that wins battles and can produce offense for us,” Armstrong said in a news release. “Kailer is important to our team and we are thrilled that he will return to the Mammoth.”

Trading for depth

Utah picked up forward Joshua Roy from the Montréal Canadiens on Monday in a trade that sent out defenseman Maksymilian Szuber.

Roy, 22, is a 6-foot, 192-pound forward. He tallied 45 points for the Laval Rockets last season. He also appeared in three games for Montreal.