Blackhawks Acquire Forward Anders Bjork From Buffalo

Tab Bamford

Mar 02, 2023

The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired forward Anders Bjork from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for our favorite asset this year: future considerations. Bjork will report to Chicago on Friday.

https://twitter.com/NHLBlackhawks/status/1631391911519854609

Bjork, 26, is in the final season of a three-year contract with a $1.6 million cap hit; he’ll be a restricted free agent this summer ($1.8 million qualifying offer) with one more year until UFA status. Bjork has 25 points in 42 games with Rochester in the AHL this year; he has appeared in just one NHL game this season

Originally a fifth-round pick by the Boston Bruins in the 2014 NHL Draft, Bjork has scored 24 goals with 29 assists in 212 NHL regular-season games between Boston and Buffalo. He’s a left wing listed at 6-0 and 196 pounds.

Bjork played three seasons at Notre Dame between the 2014-15 and 2016-17 seasons, during which he was teammates with Blackhawks prospects Vinnie Hinostroza and Dennis Gilbert.

Bjork would have played under Kevin Dean in Providence and/ or Boston where he had some good moments but was always searching for consistency. Remember Sam Lafferty type trades… worth a tryout / evaluation period for the rest of the way. #Blackhawks https://t.co/voCYz9NNow— Colby Cohen (@ColbyCohen36) March 2, 2023

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Tab Bamford

Tab Bamford has been writing about the Chicago Blackhawks for almost two decades. He joined Bleacher Nation as the lead Blackhawks writer in May 2022. Tab is a member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association and is the author of three books about the Blackhawks: "The Future: Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks' New Era,"(Triumph Books),"100 Things Blackhawks Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die" (Triumph Books) and "Chicago Blackhawks: An Illustrated Timeline" (Reedy Press, 2021). Find him on Twitter/X/Instagram/Threads at @The1Tab

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