With the opening day of the NHL’s free agency period now in the past, most teams will go about trying to make smaller signings to round out a potential roster for opening day in October. Count the Chicago Blackhawks among those clubs.
The Blackhawks are pretty tight up against the salary cap, which sits at $73 million for the upcoming season. But that doesn’t mean they have to be done making moves. Low-cost players who can make a big-league impact can be found all over. Think Andrew Desjardins, Brian Campbell and Artemi Panarin (though the last of those three won’t be low-cost for long).