Toews, Kane, Keith soon to be re-signed
The future is soon to be locked up in Chicago, within the next 48 hours to a week it will be announced that the Chicago Blackhawks have come to terms with contract extensions with these Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith.
According to a report in the Chicago Tribune, the Blackhawks are set to sign Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith to contract extensions.
The Tribune reports the signings of the forwards, both restricted free agents after the season, are expected in the next day or two.
In addition, the Hawks are said to be near an agreement with defenseman Duncan Keith, and the team could announce all three signings as early as Tuesday.
“Our goal like I’ve said from the beginning is to keep the core of our team together, and they’re core players,” Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman said before the season. “That’s the strength and the way you have to do it in the game today. Evaluate your players, determine who the core players are and keep that group together and fill in around them.”
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I would love to see these guys all signed to extensions, but it will also almost certainly start a chain reaction of salary dumping in Chicago. A player like Brian Campbell would be a guy the Blackhawks might want to move with his contract in excess of $7 million per year, but good luck finding any takers that can fit his inflated salary into their caps.
Other players that may also be on the move after these guys sign their extensions are Patrick Sharp and Chris Versteeg.