What Does NHL’s Free Agency Boom Mean For Connor Bedard’s Next Contract?

As the NHL offseason continues to speed along, we’ve now left a hectic free agency period in the dust. On July 1 alone, teams doled out over $1 billion in contracts amid a signing frenzy the likes of which we’ve never seen before. Players took deals to become some of the highest paid athletes in the league.

For the Blackhawks, much of the focus was on their own incoming class of star UFAs. Players like Teuvo Teravainen, Tyler Bertuzzi and TJ Brodie are among the newest components of a revamped Chicago roster.