Blackhawks Sign Cole Guttman

On Thursday morning, the Blackhawks announced the team has signed forward Cole Guttman on a one-year, two-way contract that runs through the 2024-25 season. The deal has a $775,000 cap hit.

Guttman, 25, signed as a college free agent with the Blackhawks two years ago; he was originally drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning. He was the captain of the University of Denver’s national championship-winning team in 2021-22. In 41 career NHL games, Guttman has scored eight goals with six assists. He has added 70 points (32 goals, 38 assists) in 78 career AHL games with the Rockford IceHogs.

As I wrote previously, the Blackhawks have a list of RFAs they still need to consider. Guttman is the first from that group to get a new contract.

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Tab Bamford has been writing about the Chicago Blackhawks for almost two decades. He joined Bleacher Nation as the lead Blackhawks writer in May 2022. Tab is a member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association and is the author of two books about the Blackhawks: "100 Things Blackhawks Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die" (Triumph Books) and "Chicago Blackhawks: An Illustrated Timeline" (Reedy Press, 2021). Find him on Twitter/X/Instagram/Threads at @The1Tab

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