Cody Franson will be on a professional tryout no more. The Chicago Blackhawks plan to ink the defenseman to a one-year, $1 million deal, with this news breaking shortly after that of forward Marian Hossa becoming long-term injured reserve eligible due to his serious skin condition.
This news on Franson was reported by Rick Dhaliwal of Sportsnet and Vancouver’s News 1130.
Hearing Cody Franson deal in Chicago is 1 year and 1 million dollars.
— Rick Dhaliwal (@DhaliwalSports) October 3, 2017
Getting Hossa to LTIR will free up salary cap space, which the Chicago Blackhawks are going to use some of on Franson here.