Salary Cap Situation – source Cap Friendly
Projected Cap Hit: $75,733,591
Projected Cap Space: $-733,591
Projected LTIR Used: $733,591
Current Cap Space: $0
Deadline Cap Space: $0
Todays Cap Hit: $75,733,591
Roster: 23/23
Contracts: 47/50
Offseason Moves – In/Out – source Sports Forecaster
In
Dereck Baribeau, G FA
Matt Cullen, C FA – Pit
Ryan Murphy, D FA – Cgy
Alex Grant, D FA – Bos
Niklas Svedberg, G FA
Kyle Rau, LW/C FA – Fla
Kyle Quincey, D FA – CBJ
Cal O’Reilly, C FA – Buf
Landon Ferraro, C/W FA – StL
Tyler Ennis, RW/LW T – Buf
Marcus Foligno, LW T – Buf
Dante Salituro, C T – CBJ
Out
Victor Martley, D FA-Europe
Ryan Carter, LW/C Retired
Nate Prosser, D FA – StL
Alex Gudbranson, D FA-Minors
Brady Brassart, C FA-Minors
Darcy Kuemper, G FA – LA
Christian Folin, D FA – LA
Martin Hanzal, C FA – Dal
Marco Scandella, D T – Buf
Jason Pominville, RW T – Buf
Jordan Schroeder, C/RW T – CBJ
Alex Tuch, RW T – VGK
Erik Haula, C/LW ED – VGK
Tyler Graovac, LW/C T – Wsh
Louis Nanne, LW Retired
Depth Chart – source Yahoo! Sports
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Zach Parise | Eric Staal | Charlie Coyle |
| Mikael Granlund | Mikko Koivu | Jason Zucker |
| Nino Niederreiter | Joel Eriksson Ek | Tyler Ennis |
| Marcus Foligno | Matt Cullen | Chris Stewart |
| Ryan Malone | Luke Kunin | Landon Ferraro |
| Daniel Winnik | Christoph Bertschy | Kurtis Gabriel |
| Defense | Defense | |
| Jared Spurgeon | Goaltender | Ryan Suter |
| Matt Dumba | Devan Dubnyk | Jonas Brodin |
| Ryan Murphy | Alex Stalock | Kyle Quincey |
| Mike Reilly | Niklas Svedberg | Gustav Olofsson |
2018 Free Agents
Unrestricted – Mikko Koivu, Kyle Quincey, Chris Stewart, Matt Cullen, Zach Palmquist, Alex Grant, Niklas Svedberg, and Patrick Cannone.
Restricted – Matt Dumba, Jason Zucker, Adam Vay, Mario Lucia, Sam Anas, Christoph Bertschy, Nick Seeler, Adam Gilmour, Kurtis Gabriel, Steve Michalek, Kyle Rau, Ryan Murphy, Dylan Labbe, and Zack Mitchell.
2018 Draft Picks
1st – Minnesota
2nd –
3rd – Minnesota, Vegas, Buffalo
4th –
5th – Minnesota, Washington
6th – Minnesota
7th – Minnesota
Top 10 Chicago Blackhawks Prospects – source The Hockey News
1. Joel Eriksson Ek – Center
2. Kirill Kaprizov – Left Wing
3. Luke Kunin – Center
4. Jordan Greenway – Left Wing
5. Mike Reilly – Defense
6. Gustav Olofsson – Defense
7. Ivan Lodina – Right Wing
8. Carson Soucy – Defense
9. Louis Belpedio – Defense
10. Dmitry Sokolov – Right Wing