One day before the Blackhawks first practice of the 2021 season, the team came to terms with its last remaining free agent.
Late Sunday afternoon, the team announced that Dylan Strome signed a two-year contract extension worth $6 million. Strome, who was a restricted free agent, will have an annual salary cap hit of $3 million through the end of the 2021-22 season.
Strome, 23, joined the Blackhawks along with Brendan Perlini after a November 2018 trade with the Coyotes in exchange for Nick Schmaltz. A former first-round pick (No. 3 overall) of the Coyotes in the 2015 NHL Draft, Strome has played 116 games with Chicago, tallying 29 goals and 60 assists.