Remember three days ago when we discussed the potential financial complications a successful first wave of the Blackhawks’ youth movement could potentially have? The Blackhawks made a trade on Thursday afternoon to start working on that issue.
The Blackhawks acquired the contract of Ryan Ellis, defenseman Jake Furlong and a fourth-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for defenseman Nolan Allan, goaltender Laurent Brossoit and a 2028 seventh-round pick.
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Ellis is effectively retired. His contract carries a $6.25M cap hit thru the 2026-27 season. As we’ve talked about, the Blackhawks needed to find some help to get to the salary floor without wasting a roster spot and they effectively accomplished that (in part) with the acquisition of Ellis’ contract.
Furlong, who turns 22 on March 4, is a left-handed defenseman who has appeared in 78 AHL games over the past two seasons. His contract runs thru the 2026-27 season as well.
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Brossoit is the biggest name in this deal. He’s been rehabbing on Rockford, and the Blackhawks have been working to find him an opportunity in the NHL for some time. He never appeared in an NHL game for the Blackhawks.
Allan, 22, was the Blackhawks’ first-round pick (No. 32 overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft. He has appeared in 43 NHL games — all last season — with one goal and seven assists on the back of his hockey card.
Allan is a good, stay home defenseman who found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time with the blue line in Chicago becoming good and deep quickly around him. In Rockford, the Blackhawks will have Ethan Del Mastro — who was assigned back to the IceHogs earlier on Thursday — and Kevin Korchinski on the left side of the blue line. At the NHL level, the Blackhawks currently have Alex Vlasic, Wyatt Kaiser and Matt Grzelcyk.
I really enjoyed speaking with Allan during his time in the organization. He won a gold medal with Del Mastro, Korchinski, Colton Dach and Connor Bedard at the 2023 World Junior Championship. He recently represented Canada at the Spengler Cup as well.
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