{"id":812190,"date":"2026-07-19T13:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/812190\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T13:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:15:11","slug":"around-the-nhl-blackhawks-sign-connor-bedard-to-5-year-extension-worth-15m-per-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/812190\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the NHL: Blackhawks sign Connor Bedard to 5-year extension worth $15M per year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Around the NHL: Blackhawks sign Connor Bedard to 5-year extension worth $15M per year<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to a weekend edition of Around the NHL. Free agency is winding down, and the FIFA World Cup Final takes place this afternoon, but there\u2019s still plenty of significant items to keep eyes on. We have you covered on the latest across the league.<\/p>\n<p>Blackhawks sign Connor Bedard to 5-year extension worth $15 million per year<a class=\"text-accent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/connor-bedard-chicago-blackhawks-five-year-15-million-cap-hit-contract-extension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Connor Bedard officially signed his long-term pact<\/a> with the Chicago Blackhawks, signing a five-year pact worth $15 million per season. Chicago secures its franchise player for the foreseeable future, while still boasting one of the NHL\u2019s deepest prospect pools. Bedard recorded 30 goals and 75 points in 69 games during the 2025-26 campaign. He is one of the NHL\u2019s brightest stars, and though there have been periods where he hasn\u2019t met the astronomical hype cast upon him, Bedard has often faced some of the league\u2019s most difficult assignments, while being largely void of top-six talent on his wings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnor\u2019s strong work ethic and determination to always improve his game has set an extraordinary standard for our young core, and we\u2019re excited for the incredible impact he\u2019ll have in this next chapter of Blackhawks hockey,\u201d Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Bowen Byram, Bedard headlines Chicago\u2019s core, and there is growing impatience about the club\u2019s perpetual rebuild. Bedard is surely growing impatient with losing, and now the onus is on Bedard, Byram and the rest of Chicago\u2019s young core to take a major leap during the 2026-27 campaign, while still years away from their prime contention window.<\/p>\n<p>Flyers sign Jamie Drysdale to 4-year contract worth $6.5 million per year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around the NHL: Blackhawks sign Connor Bedard to 5-year extension worth $15M per year Welcome to a weekend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-812190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}