Zack Smith #15 , Chicago Blackhawks (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
The Chicago Blackhawks will be paying Zack Smith $3,250,000 next season, as he has just 1-year left on his contract. He should be looked at as expendable.
With all of the talk of Brandon Saad or Olli Maatta being traded or bought out by the Chicago Blackhawks, the name Zack Smith isn’t brought up enough. Losing Saad or Maatta would be way worse than getting rid of Smith and the $3,250,000 cap hit he costs the Hawks.
Smith played in 50-games last season for Chicago until he underwent back surgery.