In less than a month on the job, Chicago Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson has already had to make several key decisions for the direction of the franchise, and the deals he has made so far have caused captain Jonathan Toews to openly discuss his feelings on the future of the team that drafted him 16 years ago.
Those future decisions for Toews are perhaps closer than many fans realize. After this season, Toews is under contract for one more season on the eight-year deal he signed in July 2014.
That deal will pay him a base salary of $2.9 million next season, along with a $4 million signing bonus. In all, his contract will carry a cap hit of $10.5 million next season. Those numbers will be critically important both for the Blackhawks, who will be looking to rearrange some contracts to help manage their salary cap situation, and for another team, who would have to take on at least a chunk of Toews’ cap hit and would have to pay part of his salary next season.
Of course any trade would have to be approved by Toews, as he has a no-movement clause in his contract that he would have to waive in order for a trade to occur. Those types of decisions are still several months away, but with the Blackhawks looking to rebuild their roster around younger players, there are plenty of questions about whether Toews will figure into the team’s future plans, and if he wants to stick around for a rebuild.
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