Blackhawks Sign Forwards Mattias Janmark, Lucas Wallmark To One-Year Deals
The Chicago Blackhawks agreed to one-year contracts with Mattias Janmark and Lucas Wallmark on Monday, adding a pair of forwards to help make up for the loss of Brandon Saad.
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The Chicago Blackhawks agreed to one-year contracts with Mattias Janmark and Lucas Wallmark on Monday, adding a pair of forwards to help make up for the loss of Brandon Saad.
Colorado sent defensemen Nikita Zadorov and Anton Lindholm to Chicago for Saad and defenseman Dennis Gilbert. The Blackhawks also will retain $1 million of Saad's $6 million salary for next season.
The 35-year-old Crawford had been in net for the Blackhawks most of the last decade, and helped them raise two of their three Stanley Cups. He's their all-time leader in playoff wins and third in overall victories.
It's not lost on Jonathan Toews that if the NHL regular season had finished as scheduled, the Chicago Blackhawks wouldn't have made the playoffs.
Alex Tuch scored the tiebreaking goal 1:34 into the third period, and the Vegas Golden Knights rallied from an early two-goal deficit to eliminate the Chicago Blackhawks with a win in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday night.
Corey Crawford made 46 saves in a stellar performance, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night to stay alive in their first-round playoff series.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 shots and the Vegas Golden Knights held off the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night to take a 3-0 lead in the first-round series.
Reilly Smith scored in overtime, Robin Lehner made 22 saves and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round series.
"We were pretty eager to get this chance and show what we can do," Toews said after Chicago's clinching 3-2 victory over Edmonton in Game 4 of the qualifying round on Friday night.
The Chicago Blackhawks had a 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 of their qualifying round series Wednesday night.
