Chicago to announce Kane, Toews and Keith signings

The Chicago Blackhawks have called a press conference on Thursday where it is expected the team will announce the signings of Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Duncan Keith to multi-year contract extensions.

Sources tell TSN that Toews and Kane will sign identical five-year contract extensions worth about $6.3 million per season.  Meanwhile Keith’s deal is worth $72 million spread over a whopping 13 years at an annual average of $5.5 million.

The Hawks currently sit just over $1.17 million under the NHL’s mandated Salary cap.

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