Hawks Ink Future – Short Version
The Chicago Blackhawks held a press conference to announce the contract extension of Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith. Toews and Kane, both 21, agreed to identical five-year extensions worth a reported $31.5 million each while Keith inked the largest contract in franchise history at $72 million for 13 years.
Details on the salaries are as follows:
- Keith, who will make $8 million per season the first three years of a contract that tapers to $1.5 million per season when it expires in 2023. This will be an averaged cap hit of $5.53M for 13 years.
- Toews and Kane, who began their Hawks career together in 2007, each will receive $6.5 million next season and in the final two years of the deal. They will earn $6 million in 2011-12 and 2012-13. For these two contracts, they will each be a salary cap hit of $6.3M a season.
Once Hammer is signed, there’s really no worries for 2 years, when Seabrook’s deal comes up.
Of course, players (who rhyme with Darker, Shufflin’, and Carp) will have to be moved after this season. Which isn’t all that big of a deal, since the Hawks are currently overpaying them all for the roles they currently serve.
The Hawks have one heck of a team this season. Even with Hossa out, it’s pretty sick. I’m an Oilers fan and the Hawks were just too much skill for my team when they played this season.
The team we have now is, for the most part, a product of sucking for well over a decade.