EMERGENCY POD: Connor Bedard Signs 5-Year, $75M Extension with Blackhawks | CHGO Blackhawks
7/18/202634 min
Connor Bedard is officially staying in Chicago! Jay Zawaski, Mario Tirabassi, and Greg Boysen react to the Chicago Blackhawks signing Bedard to a 5-year, $75M contract extension ($15M AAV), breaking down what the deal means for the franchise now and into the future. The crew discusses how Bedard's new contract fits into the Blackhawks' salary cap alongside Bowen Byram's recent extension, whether the terms make sense for both sides, and what this means for Kyle Davidson's long-term vision.
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First 90 secondsJay Zawaski· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Happy Saturday. Welcome in to the CHL Blackhawks Emergency Podcast presented by Xfinity. Imagine that. I'm Jay Zawaski with Greg Boyeson and Mario Tirabassi. Sorry to interrupt your Saturday, but we've got huge Blackhawks news for you. Connor Bedard is signed five years, $15 million AAV. If you're bad at math like me, I asked my calculator, and that's 75 million over five years. So fellas, the news we've been waiting for, or one of the pieces of news we've been waiting for over the last couple weeks is done. Uh, immediate reactions. Go.
Greg Boysen· Host0:44
Uh, yeah. Good. It's, I'm glad it's over. Like, I think this is kind of where we were thinking things would be. I know some people are, "Hey, I wish it was eight years." Sure, we all do, but it is what it is. This will take him to unrestricted free agency, but it also definitely puts a lot more pressure on Kyle Davidson. We now have four to five years to get this thing where it needs to be, and we better not still be waiting for playoffs by the end of this contract or else it's gonna be a different general manager discussing Connor Bedard's next contract. But it's over, it's signed. I think 15 million per year was probably more than we were guessing as the season was going