Jan Hejda, formerly of the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Colorado Avalanche, has agreed to a professional tryout (PTO) contract with the Chicago Blackhawks.
For those of you who don’t know, a PTO contract is limits the number of games that player can appear in at 25. After that point, the player is either signed to a formal contract or released.
As you may remember, we previously discussed free agent defensemen that the ‘Hawks might target, and Jan Hejda was one of them. While he won’t nearly be playing the top pair minutes he stepped into last season, he should be a solid bottom pair defenseman who can be the rock next to Trevor van Riemsdyk or David Rundblad.