The summers are never quiet for the Chicago Blackhawks. With Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews eating up so much salary cap space and raises coming to others, this offseason has already been another full of major moves for the team as it retools entering next season.
Andrew Shaw, Teuvo Teravainen and Bryan Bickell are already out, and now the team has to figure out who it will bring in to help bolster the roster. There have been countless rumors leading up to the beginning of free agency on July 1, even though the Hawks’ relatively limited cap space requires some perspective about what’s really possible.
Still, GM Stan Bowman has kept busy this offseason once again, and there have already been a lot of moves to keep track of. Here’s a list of every transaction the Blackhawks have made during the 2016 offseason, and we’ll keep this list updated as they continue making moves
July 26: David Rundblad agrees to mutual contract termination
Details: Rundblad no longer on Hawks’ books, cap hit lowered to zero
July 15: Mark McNeill re-signs
Details: One year, two way, $600,000 in NHL, $200,000 in AHL, becomes RFA next offseason
July 5: Jordin Tootoo signs as FA
Details: One year, $750,000 AAV, becomes UFA next offseason
July 1: Spencer Abbott signs as FA
Details: One year, $575,000 AAV, becomes UFA next offseason
July 1: Pierre-Cedric Labrie signs as FA
Details: One year, $575,000, becomes UFA next offseason
July 1: Sam Carrick signs as FA
Details: One year, $575,000 AAV, becomes RFA next offseason
July 1: Brian Campbell signs as FA
Details: One year, $1.5 million AAV plus performance bonuses, becomes UFA next offseason
June 30: Michal Roszival re-signs
Details: One year, $600,000 AAV, becomes UFA next offseason
June 30: Brandon Mashinter re-signs
Details: One year, $575,000 AAV, becomes UFA next offseason
June 24: Andrew Shaw traded to Canadiens
Details: Shaw to Montreal for No. 39 and No. 45 picks in 2016 NHL Draft
June 22: Dennis Rasmussen re-signs
Details: One year, $575,000 AAV, becomes RFA next offseason
June 19: Nick Schmaltz signs ELC
Details: Three years, $925,000 AAV plus performance bonuses, becomes RFA in 2019
June 15: Richard Panik re-signs
Details: One year, $875,000 AAV, becomes RFA next offseason
June 15: Teuvo Teravainen, Bryan Bickell traded to Hurricanes
Details: Teravainen, Bickell to Carolina for No. 50 pick in 2016 NHL Draft, 2017 3rd-round pick
June 14: Mac Carruth re-signs
Details: One year, $575,000 AAV, becomes RFA next offseason
May 24: Lars Johansson signs as FA
Details: One year, $575,000 AAV, becomes UFA next offseason
May 24: Martin Lundberg signs as FA
Details: One year, $692,500 AAV, becomes RFA next offseason
May 23: Michal Kempny signs as FA
Details: One year, $700,000 AAV, becomes RFA next offseason
Other ELCs: Gustav Forsling, Tyler Motte, Luke Johnson, Robin Norell, Carl Dahlstrom