On Saturday, the Chicago Blackhawks introduced a three-year, $17.49 million extension with goaltender Spencer Knight. The common annual worth (AAV) on the contract is $5.83 million per season. Knight is below contract for $4.5 million for the 2025-26 season, so the brand new deal covers his 2026-27 by way of 2028-29 campaigns.
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Knight was a extremely regarded NCAA prospect who joined the Florida Panthers after two seasons at Boston School. Nevertheless, his beginning place in web was compromised by Sergei Bobrovsky’s seven-year contract signed with the Panthers throughout the 2019 offseason. Within the backup function for Florida over the past three seasons, Knight recorded a 44-25-7 file, a 2.76 goals-against common (GAA), and a .906 save share (SV%).
In March 2025, Chicago acquired Knight and a 2026 first-round decide from the Panthers in alternate for defenseman Seth Jones and a 2026 fourth-round choice. The Blackhawks’ new goalie recorded a 5-8-2 file with a 3.18 GAA and a .896 SV% in 15 begins for Chicago. In his NHL profession, the 24-year-old netminder owns a 49-33-9 file with a 2.83 GAA and a .904 SV%.
Chicago at the moment sits $18.6 million below the wage cap determine of $76.8 million for 2025-26. With over $57 million in projected cap house for the 2026-27 season, Knight’s extension shouldn’t influence the Blackhawks’ means so as to add expertise round Connor Bedard within the coming seasons.
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The Blackhawks have three NHL goalies below contract in 2025-26. Knight would be the highest-paid netminder at $4.5 million, Laurent Brossoit at $3.3 million, and Arvid Soderblom at $2.7 million. Brossoit missed your complete 2024-25 season attributable to a knee harm that required a pair of surgical procedures all through the season. Soderblom was awarded a two-year, $5.5 million contract from Chicago in late July 2025.
Like many groups across the league, the Blackhawks’ prospects are on the ice at Fifth Third Area this week. Knight and the remainder of his teammates are anticipated to hit the ice subsequent week for 2025 Blackhawks Coaching Camp; nonetheless, an official schedule has not but been launched. Chicago is trying to proceed the youth motion that recorded a 25-win season in 2024-25, a two-win enchancment over their 23-53-6 file in 2023-24.
