By: Blackhawks show Corey Crawford their faith, sign him to a three year deal | ProHockeyTalk

Thu, 19 May 2011 20:34:56 +0000

[...] Chicago signed Crawford to a three year contract extension that will reportedly pay him $8 million total according to ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun. That works out to a salary cap hit of $2.67 million over the next three seasons, a cap-friendly amount for the cap space limited Blackhawks. The annual cap hit works out to be $80,000 less than Niemi was awarded in arbitration over the summer, a deal that Chicago walked away from only to see Niemi sign with San Jose. [...]

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