I will take it...

@FriedgeHNIC: AAV for both is 10.5
- DarthKane

Well, there goes our depth the next couple years.

10.5 mil cap hits.. Kaplan had it right after all. Good for him.

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger · 56s
8 year extensions for Kane and Toews. $10.5 mil aav each.



.5 wayyy too much !

1.5 too much to compete

Welcome to Pittsburgh

10.5 mil cap hits.. Kaplan had it right after all. Good for him.
- golfbard

He is an bumholeee but he is dialed in to the Hawks and Cubs .


Ever seen him on the 200 leve l ??

What a runt ! LOL

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger 5s

8 year extensions for Kane and Toews. $10.5 mil aav each.
- hawkshossa81

soo.....is JJ packing Sharp's bags or is Al?

I'm happy they'll both be back for the long term, but $21M in cap hit between them? Stan will REALLY be hitting the dumpsters after next season.

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger · 56s
8 year extensions for Kane and Toews. $10.5 mil aav each.



.5 wayyy too much !

1.5 too much to compete

Welcome to Pittsburgh
- mrpaulish

unfortunately

I dont care if they were in line with projections or guesses

so much for the "Kane and Toews need to take less to stay competitive"

This is hardly a deal or hometown discount for the blackhawks

James Mirtle ‏@mirtle 30s

Extensions kick in starting in 2015-16, when cap should be $75-million. $10.5-million on that cap is like $7-million on a $50-million cap.

Hell Yes Id make that trade. However the $ would not work
- mrpaulish

Thanks... Why would you????

Mark Lazerus ‏@MarkLazerus 1m

Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane are now the highest-paid players in NHL history. #Blackhawks

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger · 56s
8 year extensions for Kane and Toews. $10.5 mil aav each.



.5 wayyy too much !

1.5 too much to compete

Welcome to Pittsburgh
- mrpaulish

Have to agree. I'm guessing by the next draft, Sharp and Oduya are toast. Downgrading our D even more than it will be since Rosie turned to mush is not good. I would hope that it's Bickell instead, but I tend to doubt it.

Oh and a BIG CONGRATS for getting both deals done!!!

I'm happy they'll both be back for the long term, but $21M in cap hit between them? Stan will REALLY be hitting the dumpsters after next season.
- Q...argh

Not that the team can't afford it, but I imagine the signing bonuses are going to be huge as well. Sabres signed Moulson to a 25M contract, 11 of which was bonus.

Toews + Kane at that % would be in the neighborhood of $70 million upfront.

David Alter ‏@DavidAlter590 2m

After Toews and Kane signings, the Blackhawks will have $65.8 committed on their cap to 15 players for 2015-16. Wow.

I'm happy they'll both be back for the long term, but $21M in cap hit between them? Stan will REALLY be hitting the dumpsters after next season.
- Q...argh

Before we supre freak out the Cap hits don't take effect till this year .

Still want to know who is on the way out now. Gotta shed 3m


AL's been calling it : This week will be some Hawks news .

Yesterday Kompon gone
Today Kane and Toews signed
Tomorrow : Someone gets shipped out ??

David Alter ‏@DavidAlter590 2m

After Toews and Kane signings, the Blackhawks will have $65.8 committed on their cap to 15 players for 2015-16. Wow.
- hawkshossa81

And dont forget Saad needs a new deal next year as well

Oh and a BIG CONGRATS for getting both deals done!!!
- Ur Not Me

thanks always liked the Islander

jon greenberg ‏@jon_greenberg 1m

Toews and Kane now making that 2011 Ben Gordon money.

James Mirtle ‏@mirtle 30s

Extensions kick in starting in 2015-16, when cap should be $75-million. $10.5-million on that cap is like $7-million on a $50-million cap.
- hawkshossa81

Weak comparison by him...when was the league last at a 50 million cap? and how many players were making 7M at that point?

James Mirtle ‏@mirtle 1m

That year, Brad Richards's contract was 16% of the cap. These Toews/Kane ones will be roughly 14% when they begin.

LOL


The Blackhawks personally helped grow that franchise and their ugly jerseys when someone forgot to cover #68 ....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AYdOcVE72s
- mrpaulish

EVERY good franchise has had a period of rapid growth in the fanbase due to a winning team...the Crosby/Malkin generation of fans would epitomize the term "bandwagoner" and to continue hearing "every Hawk fan just jumped on the bandgwagon" is truly frustrating given that they are an original 6 team and have had success for decades prior to the early 2000s... it just is a way to try and belittle the fanbase and the city as a whole and Im not going to take that crap from a Penguins fan that would gladly drink from Crosbys used jockstrap

David Alter ‏@DavidAlter590 2m

After Toews and Kane signings, the Blackhawks will have $65.8 committed on their cap to 15 players for 2015-16. Wow.
- hawkshossa81

Aaand after you remove Sharp's 5.9 cap hit.....and Oduya's 3.3....that makes it 56mil to 13 players....bring on the Hogs! Danault....Teravainen....McNeil....or trade for some lower line guys etc...Dahlbeck, Johns, and maybe they trade for another Rozy veteran type at a lower cap hit

And dont forget Saad needs a new deal next year as well
- hawkshossa81

As well as Leddy and Kruger.

Thanks... Why would you????
- Ur Not Me

Evander Kane is 22 years old ? And a bad ass power forward. I know he is a turd but so was Kane at 22. Eveander Kane shot the puck on goal 260+ times last year , something the Hawks sorely need even with the addition of Richards is to get the puck to the net and see what happens. EKane puts pressure on opposing D behind their own net. EKane could do very well around the leadership of Toews.

TT is 165 lbs soaking wet.


But again , the $ wouldn't work for the Hawks .