Blackhawks Sign Forward Colin Blackwell to 2-Year Contract

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Blackhawks Sign Forward Colin Blackwell to 2-Year Contract

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The Blackhawks kept… spending… on Wednesday as free agency’s door flew open. After they reportedly added two forwards earlier in the afternoon, a third name emerged as a new Chicago skater.

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Blackwell, 29, split last season between Toronto and Seattle after the Kraken swiped him from the Rangers in the expansion draft.

New Blackhawks assistant general manager Norm Maciver knows the player well; he was part of the front office that orchestrated the expansion draft in Seattle.

Listed at 5-9 and 190 pounds, Blackwell has appeared in 138 career NHL games and has 25 goals on his resume; he scored 10 of those goals last season.

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